7.21.2006 - 06:37pm ET

(CSRwire) Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is pleased to announce that Michael Oxman has been appointed Director of BSR's Oil and Gas Advisory Services team. Oxman comes to BSR from Chevron where he had responsibility for coordinating large-scale investment approvals for the Eurasia Business Unit, conducting extensive planning and financial analysis activities while a resident in Kazakhstan, and facilitating "above ground" risk workshops for international upstream business units. Prior to joining Chevron (Texaco) in 1998, Oxman worked for Price Waterhouse in the provision of consulting services to the Republic of Kazakhstan for various oil and gas projects. He also worked for the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), where he provided political risk insurance to U.S. companies investing in international projects. Oxman holds an undergraduate degree in Russian Area studies from Trinity College and masters degrees in international affairs (MIA) and business (MBA) from Columbia University and Rice University, respectively.

BSR would also like to announce that Terry Nelidov has joined BSR as a Manager with the Extractives Program, with a focus on mining in Latin America. Nelidov has spent much of the last 17 years working in business and development in Latin America. Prior to BSR, he was Country Representative for Catholic Relief Services in Peru (the overseas development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops), where he worked on a variety of development issues, including CSR and mining. Nelidov's time in Latin America began with Peace Corps Paraguay and went on to include work at the graduate school of business INCAE in Costa Rica, facilitating start-up of the land development company Americasas in El Salvador, as well as consulting assignments in Ecuador, Honduras and Dominican Republic. He has an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from IESE in Barcelona.

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Since 1992, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has been a leading provider of innovative business solutions to many of the world's leading corporations. Headquartered in San Francisco and with offices in Europe and China, BSR is a nonprofit business association that serves its 250 member companies and other Global 1000 enterprises. Through advisory services, convenings and research, BSR works with corporations and concerned stakeholders of all types to create a more just and sustainable global economy. For more information, visit www.bsr.org.

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