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Alacer Gold announces the appointment of two new independent directors to its Board of Directors
TORONTO , Sept. 15, 2014 /CNW/ -  Alacer Gold Corp. ( "Alacer" or the "Corporatio...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nTORONTO, Sept. 15, 2014 /CNW/ - Alacer Gold Corp. (\"Alacer\" or the \"Corporation\") [TSX: ASR and ASX: AQG] is pleased to announce that two new independent directors, Anna Kolonchina and Alan Krusi, have been appointed to Alacer's Board of Directors, effective today. \n\n\"On behalf of the Board and the Corporation, I'd like to welcome Ms. Kolonchina and Mr. Krusi to Alacer. Anna's wealth of experience in private equity, governance and financial markets, specifically in emerging countries, and Alan's extensive project and risk management experience will add significant value to the proficiency of the existing Board,\" commented Mr. Edward Dowling, Chairman of Alacer's Board of Directors.\n\nMs. Kolonchina has a degree in Economics from the Moscow State Financial Academy and has over 15 years of experience in investment banking. Ms. Kolonchina gained considerable experience in global financial markets while working for Deutsche Bank AG for 12 years in both the Moscow and London offices. While at Deutsche Bank, Anna was the Director of the EMEA Debt Capital Markets department within Global Markets. Ms. Kolonchina has also built her knowledge of the international gold mining industry while serving as a non-executive director of OJSC Polyus Gold since 2010 and as a non-executive director of Polyus Gold International, Ltd. since July 2011. At the same time, Ms. Kolonchina also served as a non-executive director on the Uralkali Open Joint Stock Company and PIK Group Open Joint-Stock Company. \n\nMost recently, Ms. Kolonchina has also served as the Executive Managing Director of Nafta Moskva, Private Equity. Previous to that, she served as the Chief Financial Officer and the Vice President of Economy & Finances at PIK Group Open Joint-Stock Company and as Managing Director at Wainbridge Limited.\n\nMr. Krusi has a degree in Geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and has over three decades of management experience in the engineering and construction industries. Mr. Krusi began his career as a project geologist with Dames & Moore  where he gained significant experience and international exposure as lead project engineer and geologist in multiple countries across Latin America and Asia. Mr. Krusi later served as president of Construction Services when Dames & Moore was acquired by URS, where h...