Yves comes from the natural resources sector in the DRC, where he worked for over a decade. He was one of the key players in the major mergers and acquisitions that shaped the mining industry in the DRC, bringing in-depth knowledge of finance and business development. Throughout his career, Yves has held key positions at the head of SMB (Moku Goldmines) and Oriental Iron Company. He was also CFO of AMB Mining, Principal Analyst at Bombardier Inc. and Cash Management Analyst at National Bank of Canada. Yves has also held positions on the boards of a number of companies in the DRC, namely Oil of Congo, Karibu Development Company (an infrastructure company in JV with Andrade Gutierrez) or West River. He brings extensive experience and local market knowledge to The Icon Group Congo. Yves is a graduate of HEC and McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Tim has nearly 30 years of experience in recruiting, managing payroll outsourcing in the engineering trades (mining, construction, energy). He created The Icon Group in South Africa in 1994, later sold to a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1999. In 2001, Tim accepted the position of Managing Director of Manpower (South Africa), a subsidiary of the Manpower Group listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the second largest labor recruitment and outsourcing company in the world. In 2007, after observing a period of regulatory non-competition, Tim rebuilt The Icon Group with a focus on permanent and contract recruitment in the engineering sector. Over the past three decades, he has acquired a valuable experience in the workforce recruitment and outsourcing industry in Europe, the Middle East as well as Africa.

Colin has 34 years of experience in recruiting manpower in engineering, in the petrochemical industry as well as in the mining industry in several countries and continents such as Asia, Wales, Canada, in UK, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, DRC and South Africa.