NovaRed Mining has appointed Ed Kostenski to the company's advisory board.
Kostenski brings more than four decades of international experience spanning mining equipment, project finance, infrastructure development, and emerging-market industrial growth initiatives.
He is the founder and CEO of Nationwide Equipment and affiliated financing operations under Nationwide Group, an international enterprise operating across the mining, construction, infrastructure, energy, logistics, and project-finance sectors.
Since founding Nationwide Equipment in 1983, he has expanded the business into a global platform serving mining operators, governments, infrastructure developers, financial institutions, and industrial groups throughout Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia.
Over the course of his career, Kostenski has been involved in mining and industrial equipment financing, infrastructure funding, government project finance, energy initiatives, and industrial development programs supporting resource-sector growth across emerging markets.
Kostenski has developed extensive relationships throughout the African mining and infrastructure sectors, supporting projects involving mining equipment deployment, logistics systems, industrial expansion, and project financing initiatives. His experience spans engagement with mining operators, financial institutions, sovereign entities, ministries, export agencies, and industrial development stakeholders.
In 2005, Kostenski was appointed by the U.S. Export-Import Bank to its Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, contributing private-sector expertise toward expanding U.S. trade and investment engagement throughout Africa.
He also received national recognition after being highlighted by President George W. Bush during remarks on entrepreneurship and economic growth during a White House event focused on small business economic policy.
"Ed's appointment represents a significant addition to NovaRed's advisory team. His extensive experience across many mining-related sectors provides valuable strategic depth as NovaRed advances its project initiatives,” NovaRed CEO Brian Goss said in a news release.
“His global network and experience supporting industrial and mining development projects will be an important asset to the company."