Directors and Officers:

Chief Executive Officer and President
Amer Rustom
Since 1984 when he co-founded the Platinum Group, Mr. Amer Rustom has successfully guided the many diverse business units of the Group and has been instrumental in the creation of The Platinum Group USA, Inc. as the operational platform for today’s many business ventures. He has successfully developed strong ties with many of the Middle East and North African leaders and country officials as well as the local and international business communities. Educated in Europe, Mr. Rustom is multi-lingual.

Chief Operating Officer and Vice President
Robert R. Donofrio
With over 35 years of successful senior management experience in both public and private companies, he has combined participation in a number of successful public companies. He was co-founder of a public company that was the first Chinese Fast Service Restaurant in 1976 called Charlie Chan. He expanded the company to more than 60 locations, with more than 3,000 employees before selling his interest. Mr. Donofrio is founder and Chairman of a company associated with chemicals operating in over 60 cities and 3 states in the southern United States. Mr. Donofrio brings considerable management and operational experience. Mr. Donofrio attended Youngstown State University where he majored in Business Administration.

Chief International Relations Officer and Vice President
Azzam Rustom
A co-founder of the Platinum Group in 1984, Mr. Azzam Rustom has been instrumental in the growth and success of the many diverse business interests of the Group. An innovative visionary, he has been the “key man” in the formation of new international business ventures with emphasis on telecommunications. Educated in Europe, Mr. Rustom is multi-lingual.

Chief Information Officer and Vice President
Mr. Ernst U. A. Schultes
With over 40 years of successful experience in management, operations and administration in both military and civilian environments, Mr. Schultes’s is a former Officer of Marines with a myriad of command experiences in times of both peace and conflict. With extensive senior management experience to include positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Lending Officer in both public and private financial services companies and banks, he was a co-founder and former Co-Chairman of the Russian-American Business Development Group, a joint venture between U. S. and Russian financial institutions. Additionally, Schultes’s has extensive experience in corporate representation, trade and security related enterprises particularly in the Middle East. Mr. Schultes’s is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (1965).

General Counsel and Vice President
Hon. Doug Walgren
Former United States congressman Walgren, a partner in The Platinum Group USA, Inc., has served as counsel to Drinker Biddle, LLP., a national law firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and other cities. Mr. Walgren has more than twenty-five years of government relations experience. Elected seven times to the U.S. House of Representatives as a congressman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Walgren’s committee responsibilities focused on energy, the environment and technology. During the Clinton Administration, he served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Energy in the Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Mr. Walgren is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Stanford University Law School and is a member of the bar in Pennsylvania, California and the District of Columbia.Chief Managing Director of Business Development and Vice President

Chief Managing Director of Business Development and Vice President
Mitchell Miller
Principal and founder of H2 Energy Solutions, Inc., a master distributorship of the world’s leading hydrogen fuel cell production company, Altergy Systems. He is a former commercial banker with over 30 years of business experience in the industries of energy, telecommunications, insurance, healthcare services, freight and logistics, franchising and sales training. He has extensive and established business relations in the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Russia, and Latin America.

Board of Directors

Chairman – Amer Rustom – Bio as above

Director – Robert Donofrio – Bio as above

Director – Azzam Rustom – Bio as above

Director - Gene Ackerman – Bio as above

Director - Hon. Doug Walgren – Bio as above

Director - Mitchell Miller – Bio as above

Director - Alexander E. O. Schultes