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Dr. Sally Williams, European Director - Health and Environment.

Bernie Swarbrick, Manager, Environmental Programs.

Akira Ono, Manager, NiDI Tokyo

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October 2002 -- Dr. Sally Williams, European Director - Health and Environment

LONDON OFFICE - Dr. Sally Williams has been seconded by Inco Limited to the Nickel Development Institute for a three-year period.

Sally holds a degree in Medicine from the University of Wales; she is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, an Associate of the faculty of Occupational Medicine and is a certified General Practitioner. Sally has worked for Inco Europe for the past ten years, providing occupational health services at the Inco nickel and precious metals refineries in the UK and at the Jinco nickel salts production plant in China. She also provided advice on product stewardship, health and environmental science, and European regulatory affairs.

In recent years, Sally has chaired the Scientific Advisory Committee of NiPERA and the Health Group of Eurometaux. She will continue to lead the nickel industry activity in connection with the nickel risk assessment, currently being undertaken by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the EU Member States.

Sally will be located at both NiDI's London Office and Inco's nickel refinery, Clydach.

Bernie Swarbrick, Manager, Environmental Programs

TORONTO OFFICE - Bernard Swarbrick will be seconded by Falconbridge Limited to NiDI as Manager, Environmental Programs, for a two-year period.

For the past three years Bernie has managed environmental strategic processes at Falconbridge's Raglan Operations in northern Quebec, Canada and managed the implementation of ISO 14000 standards at all of the company's Canadian operations.

Bernie will be located in NiDI's head office in Toronto and will manage NiDI programs related to the life cycle of nickel and nickel-containing products including end-of life issues such as municipal solid wastes, industrial wastes and recycling.

Akira Ono, Manager, NiDI Tokyo

TOKYO OFFICE - With the retirement of Ichiro Doi in June, NiDI has appointed Akira Ono to manage NiDI's programs and activities in Japan.

Akira holds a Master of Engineering degree in metallurgy from Kyushu University and joined Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. in 1969. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in Sumitomo's nickel-producing operations, as Senior Metallurgist for the Non-Ferrous Metals Division and most recently as General Manager of the Environmental, Health and Safety Division. He will be based in Tokyo.






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