Raad Alkadiri

Raad Alkadiri, a country-risk specialist with the energy advisory firm PFC Energy, Inc.

and an expert in global energy policy, has joined the board of Sparks-based SulphCo Inc.

At Washington, D.C.-based PFC Energy, an international strategic advisory firm on global energy,Alkadiri is director of the firm's markets and countries group and heads its Iraq advisory service.

SulphCo is developing and marketing high-powered ultrasound technology and equipment for the petroleum industry.