INTEROP A.G.
Interop A.G. is the investment holding company in Zurich, Switzerland from which a number of companies operate worldwide under the direction of Robert S. Stewart. The principal focus of these highly diversified operations and investments are in construction, finance, petroleum, infrastructure, mining and metallurgy with a primary focus in the Emerging Markets of Africa as well as Canada and Latin America.
Interop is a global consultancy in its own right, while its Chairman/CEO also acts as either Chairman or CEO of several other companies located around the world, including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland and Africa.
Started in Toronto, the headquarters of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the main mining city worldwide, the company has grown since 1976 from a single client to serving over 30 world class companies, several as leaders in their respective fields. These include project conception, initiation, planning, feasibility studies, senior management, finance, construction, implementation, commissioning, engineering and operations in the fields of mineral exploration, mining, metallurgy, exploration and production of onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas.
To back these projects up requires additional studies and expertise developed in hydro, natural gas, solar and wind electrical power generation, biotechnology, telecommunications, aviation, railways, roads, unions, collective bargaining, community relations and all levels of government relations (municipal, provincial, federal and international. Mining and Petroleum are complex businesses.
Interop is a unique global investment house and consultancy. We offer discrete, direct assistance to Chairmen/CEO's of Multinational Corporations who are developing mining projects, minerals markets, investment proposals, and/or trade in difficult, often isolated and undeveloped regions and markets. Our experience covers dozens of industries with experiences that go beyond mining and metals in over 100 countries over the past 40 years.
These industries range from precious, base, industrial and strategic mineral mining and metallurgical projects, oil and natural gas exploration, production and distribution (both upstream and downstream), pipelines, power generation and distribution. As remote mining operations often take place in the far North, deserts, mountainous regions or in foreign countries, Interop has tackled more than the geographic and geological challenges. Diseases have affected millions of workers. Interop led important discoveries in diseases and help to find many life-saving products to fight them.
Other engineering projects include airport development, researching alternative fuels, aircraft sales, construction, engineering, highways, hotels and hospitality, hydro-electric dams and power distribution, infrastructure, natural gas, nuclear power, alternative and conventional medical healthcare clinics and systems, new medical products, telecommunications, and waste recycling.
Interop's principal interests are in the global fields of mineral development, mining, and metallurgical processing; upstream E&P petroleum discovery and development; hotel and hospitality design and development, ownership, and construction; telecoms (VoIP patents), and biotechnology used in the fields of combating HIV/AIDS and atheroschlerosis.
Offshore petroleum exploration
Mineral development projects
HIV/AIDS Research Tests, Vaccines, Cures and Prevention
During the late 1970's and early 1980's, Interop assisted medical researchers in Uganda at Mulago Hospital in the discovery of HIV/AIDS. Drs. Wilson Carswell and David Serwadda led research projects in Uganda in Rakai District that led to the most important discoveries of HTLVIII, later HIV.
Interop carried thousands of samples of the blood of infected victims back to Europe and America where disease research medical labs (at CDC/Atlanta, Institute of Tropical Medicine/London and Institute Pasteur/Paris) verified their findings. These discoveries were recognized as some of the most important work which led to the discovery and now work on finding cures for HIV/AIDS.
Interop has participated in helping to organize several world summits including those focused on Global Warming and the Environment (Stockholm 1972), Rio de Janiero, Brazil (1992) and Johannesburg (2002). In addition Interop has been a regular attendee to the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings, various summits of the WEF, the Crans Montana Summits, the Banff CEO Summits, and various CEO Meetings throughout the USA.
When companies find cultural roadblocks, political impediments, retro-active financial controls and unethical attempts to change prior agreements, hundreds of millions of dollars of investments can be lost. Interop makes best efforts to avert these disasters by negotiating alternatives to these potential meltdowns. This is done directly with Heads of State and on behalf of corporate leaders outside the countries of operation.
Diplomacy and the normal rule of law involving traditional methods of negotiation have long since been proven outmoded and incapable of finding solutions to many of these problems. Issues including corruption, retro-activity, mismanagement and differing levels of competence in various governments of emerging markets have produced dramatic challenges to most companies attempting to access the Third World.
High Level Government Negotiations at the Head of State Level
Interop AG has created methods of inducing sanity back into these negotiations and restoring the calm and stability needed to perform long term development projects. This is done at the highest level, face-to-face and between the principals involved.
Large corporations have long lead times to make major changes in their market plans. By the time these plans hit the markets, changes may have taken place in both governments and national economies. Finding swift answers to avert financial disasters are often needed. Co-operation and understanding of these challenges across wide political and cultural divergences are found. This takes rare and unique insight into dozens of counter-veiling market forces.
INTEROP (or International Operations) today demands a strong concerted effort to view every problem from dozens of different perspectives. Interop has developed a unique methodology for confronting the major challenges of our time, whether they are strategic, financial, security-related, or introducing new technologies into the market place.
Interop has taken on a very wide spectrum of challenges from negotiating nationalization decrees, securing investment proposals, raising billions of dollars of debt and equity finance, setting up major trade projects, vetting the due diligence of various governments and companies, insuring the safety and success of hard-earned business throughout the world during these turbulent times.
No risk or challenge is too great for Interop. We have done our homework, made personal and corporate contacts at the highest levels in over 100 countries and recorded some of the most dramatic financial successes on behalf of many corporations.