Directors

Jean Martineau is a seasoned industrial veteran with extensive leadership experience in the North and Latin American industrial, mining and investment sectors. Through his stewardship of Dynacor, Jean has made foundational contributions to the formalization of the artisanal gold mining industry in Peru, helping the government increase governance of the sector and improving miner livelihoods through fair pricing, transparent dealing, and traceable measures. During his 18-year tenure, Dynacor has posted 14 years of consecutive profit, over a decade of top-line and operating cash flow growth, and ranked on the TSX30 as a top-performing stock.

Mr. Martineau studied science at Université du Québec. He has years of governance experience as director of public corporations including at Argex Titanium, Wesdome Gold Mines and TomaGold Corp. Currently, he is a director of Fidamar, a Peruvian foundation and of GEIF (Global Ecosystem Impact Foundation), a Swiss foundation.

Mr. Béliveau brings over 35 years’ business leadership experience, built over a career which has included corporate and operational senior finance roles with publicly traded mining companies operating internationally. At IAMGOLD, he helped start up two gold mines in challenging jurisdictions in West Africa and Latin America, oversaw the company’s financial reporting process and teams, and implemented a governance department. His IAMGOLD career is enriched by over 10 years of expatriate assignments in West Africa and a three-year mandate in Suriname. A passionate advocate of operational efficiency, Pierre has transformed projects and operations through his leadership of ERP system implementation and Lean Six Sigma certification.

Mr. Béliveau began his career at PWC (formerly PW) where he also worked with clients in the mining industry. Previously, he sat on the committee of IAMGOLD Essakane, a subsidiary board, between 2016 and 2019. He holds a B.A.A. in accounting from Université du Québec à Montreal, and has been a member of the Order of Chartered Professional Accountants of Québec since 1988.

Isabel Rocha is a senior sustainability professional with over 40 years of international experience within the chemical, clean technologies, engineering and manufacturing industries.

As environmental consultant and in previous roles, Ms. Rocha excels at spearheading environmental strategies and programs that identify, monitor and mitigate corporate risk. While at Gildan in Montreal, she was Corporate Environmental Director from 2006 to 2014 and most recently served as Environmental Advisor. During her tenure, she maintained environmental stewardship of all of the multinational’s facilities in addition to creating and implementing the company’s environmental management system.

Prior to that, she held senior environmental roles at Genivar Inc. (now WSP Global) in Montreal and worked for some 10 years in the chemical and clean technologies sectors in Latin America.

Isabel Rocha holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering, an MBA from Universidad de Carabobo (Venezuela), and a MSc in Environmental Sciences from Université du Québec à Montréal.

Rocio Rodriguez-Perrot is a certified board director and an international business lawyer with over 10 years of legal advisory experience with international companies. She has been practicing with the law firm Rossello since 2013, leading legal counsel for the foundation and development of foreign companies in Peru. Since 2016, Rocio also directs IN Group (France)’s Peruvian business.

Ms. Rodriguez-Perrot brings a strong track record in international trade, negotiation and market entry strategies from her four-year tenure as French Foreign Trade Advisor – Peru Section. Her public sector advisory experience is complemented by industry consultancy mandates at Veolia Environnement in France and at Kutxabank in Spain.

Rocio’s leadership is rooted in a strong academic background: She graduated in law from the University of Almería (Spain) and the University of Bologna (Italy), with her qualifications validated in Peru (2013). She also earned a master’s degree in management of international projects from ESCP Business School (France) and is a member of the French Institute of Board Directors (IFA).

Pierre Lépine is a senior financial executive and entrepreneur with over 30 years of executive leadership positions in some of Canada’s most prominent financial institutions. Pierre’s career spans investments, corporate M&A, corporate development, corporate finance, and international expansion and includes over a hundred deals across five continents.

Mr. Lépine held senior executive and directorship roles with large-scale corporations such as Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), GL&V Inc., National Bank Financial, Price Waterhouse, and Groupe ABP. Since 1987, he has guided the extraordinary growth trajectory of Groupe ABP, which he co-founded, which is now the leading high-end event agency in eastern Canada.

Mr. Lépine earned a degree in business administration, is a member of the Order of the Chartered Professional Accountants and holds the ICD.D designation granted by the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Lépine has served as director of TSX.V-listed TomaGold Corporation and sat on the committee of several Canadian non-profit organizations.

Réjean Gourde is a senior mining executive with a 40-year track record in mining operations, corporate development and management of intermediate gold producers. From 1994 to 2006, Réjean was Senior VP of the Guiana Shield Division at Cambior Inc. (now IAMGOLD) and was responsible for the operations of the Omai Gold Mines in Guyana and Rosebel Gold Mines in Suriname. From 2007, Mr Gourde worked as a mining consultant on mining projects such as IAMGOLD’s Essakane and Bomboré projects in West Africa, and other projects in Guyana and Peru.

He was President and CEO of Reunion Gold Corporation from 2017 until his retirement in 2021.

Mr. Gourde serves on the board of G Mining Ventures and previously was director of Radisson Mining Resources. He earned a degree in mine engineering from Polytechnique Montreal and is a registered Professional Engineer in Quebec.

Philippe Chave is a microtechnology engineer and international businessman with over 25 years of experience developing strategic partnerships for innovative metallurgical solutions globally. Philippe currently serves as co-CEO of Swiss-based PX Group SA, a global conglomerate specialized in precious and non-precious metals processing.

Over his 20-year career with PX Group, Philippe has guided its evolution into a global player in the field of impact gold sourcing, traceable precious metal scrap and exclusive metal-processing development. Notably, Mr. Chave has expertise in chain-of-custody and audit systems that combine unprecedented levels of market traceability and transparency with positive impacts on all stakeholders in the value chain of complex ecosystems.

Mr. Chave holds a microtechnology engineering degree from Haute École d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud in Switzerland. He currently sits on the committees of PX Group, COLEARNIS SA., ASFCMP (Swiss Association of Manufacturers and Traders in Precious Metals), and Fidamar, a Peruvian foundation.

Cyril Gradis is a lawyer and investor with over 10 years of experience in business law, M&A, capital markets, sustainable investing, and private equity financing, primarily within premier European financial institutions.

Mr. Gradis began his career as an attorney-at-law in the corporate/M&A department of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva before moving to investment banking at Rothschild & Co in Paris, and later to private equity at Partners Group in London and Zurich. Cyril is currently a Managing Director at Harpe, a private investment office based in Luxembourg.

Since 2013, Cyril has also acted as director of an impact investment company active in Latin America and Africa. He also sat on the board of Traditions for Tomorrow, an international non-governmental organization focused on strengthening the cultural heritage of indigenous communities of Latin America, particularly in Southern Peru.

Mr. Gradis is a graduate from the law schools of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Heidelberg (Germany). He also holds an MBA from Columbia University with a concentration in finance and investments.