SPARKS, Nev., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Robert Henri Charles van Maasdijk, chairman and CEO of Attica Alternative Investment Fund, Ltd.(AAI), has joined the board of SulphCo, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SLPH), the company announced. SulphCo is a leader in developing and marketing high-powered ultrasound technology and equipment for the petroleum industry.

Van Maasdijk has headed AAI since 1999. For the previous 16 years, he served as managing director and CEO of Lombard Odier Investment Portfolio Management Ltd., one of the oldest and largest private banks in Switzerland, where he increased assets under management from $200 million to $12 billion worldwide. Over his 35-year career, he has held executive, portfolio management and research positions with Ivory & Sims, Edinburgh; Banque Lambert, Brussels; Pierson Heldring Pierson, Amsterdam; and with Burham and Company, New York.

Van Maasdijk has held numerous company directorships, as well as serving on the boards of a variety of investment trusts and mutual funds.

"Robert's extensive international banking and financial experience will be invaluable to us as we continue to bring our ultrasound process to market," said Rudolf Gunnerman, chairman and CEO of SulphCo. "He is an ideal addition to the SulphCo board."

SulphCo has developed the patented Sonocracking(TM) ultrasound process, which upgrades crude oil by increasing the distillate yield while at the same time reducing sulfur and nitrogen content, producing more usable oil per barrel of crude. The company recently announced its first ultrasound equipment sale to OIL-SC Ltd. of Seoul, South Korea.