Andrew Furey
Independent Director
Business
Alderon Iron Ore Corp
India
Biography
Dr. Andrew Furey is an Independent Director of the Company. Dr. Furey is currently the associate professor of surgery at Memorial University, the president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Surgical Society, chief of orthopedic surgery at Eastern Health, and director of research for the orthopedic resident training program at the Memorial Medical School. In October, 2015, Dr. Furey graduated from SAID School of Business at Oxford where he was the valedictorian of a graduating class of scholars from around the world. Dr. Furey was recently named one of Atlantic Business Magazine's Top 50 CEOs, two years in a row, and was the recipient of the 2015 CBC innovator of the year award. He also holds a BSc, biology, MD, and MSc, medicine: clinical epidemiology, from Memorial University in Newfoundland. Dr. Furey is also the co-founder and president/CEO of Team Broken Earth, a non-profit medical organization providing critical medical relief to Haiti and some of the poorest parts of the world.
Research Interest
Business