W. Adriaan Bakker is a mining executive and consultant with 10 years' experience in the mineral exploration sector. He is directly involved in corporate finance, management, project acquisition and development, business development, as well as corporate communications.
Adriaan has worked with the Company since 2003. He defined and managed VanadiumCorp's communications strategies worldwide including the development of public relations initiatives, media relations, corporate advertising, social media campaigns, customer marketing programs and other key corporate initiatives. Adriaan contributed significantly in building a strong team of advisory board members and establishing relationships with strategic groups of producers and consumers in the specialty metal and green technology sectors.
“As a key member of the management team, I have played a key role in VanadiumCorp's growth, from acquisition and development to directly financing its Vanadium projects over the past seven years," said Adriaan. I believe Vanadium is truly the metal of the future. VanadiumCorp’s large scale Canadian deposits may create enough supply to not only stabilize Vanadium's historically volatile price, but to fuel emerging technologies that may vastly improve the quality of life for many decades to come.”
Adriaan has also been a management partner of XRG Inc. since 2000 which is developing a system of local energy databases allowing commercial and residential building owners to evaluate energy use, costs and emissions of all metered or delivered fuels for the purpose of maximizing the return on their investments in energy. Adriaan's experience, knowledge and contacts in the renewable energy and specialty metals sector plays a key role in the development of VanadiumCorp’s Iron-Titanium-Vanadium projects