Member of the Board of Directors and MD of SMW Gold; Co-Founder, MD and Member of the Board of Directors of Magnesium.com; Chairman of SMW Engineering

Mr. Lisnyansky is a partner at Optim Advisors, an asset management firm specialized in portfolio management and private equity investments into Emerging Europe. Mr. Lisnyansky has been working in asset management since 1994. In 1993, he co-founded Silvel, one of the first brokerage and asset management firms in the Russian Federation. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Lisnyansky founded and served as President of Ello Ltd, an electronics and office-automation equipment distributor. In addition to Nivelir and Allin Blitz, he is co-founder of Magnesium.com, the leading global portal for magnesium professionals. Mr. Lisnyansky also serves on Boards of Directors for several start-up companies in the metallurgical, financial, and renewable energy industries.

Mr. Lisnyansky is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Finance.