{"id":1179612,"date":"2020-04-21T14:13:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1021123"},"modified":"2020-04-21T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:13:55","slug":"great-panther-announces-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1179612","title":{"rendered":"Great Panther announces new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great Panther (TSX:GPR, NYSE-A:GPL) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"announced (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greatpanther.com\/news-media\/news\/great-panther-announces-new-ceo-rob-henderson-three-new-directors-including-david-garofalo-as-chair-and-meghan-brown-as-vp-investor-relations\" >announced<\/a> on Tuesday changes to the board of directors, and a new CEO.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rob Henderson&nbsp;has been appointed as president and CEO effective&nbsp;April 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>With 35 years of experience in operations, capital projects, and mining finance, Henderson was the former president and CEO of Amerigo Resources, a copper producer with assets in Chile.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p> In Amerigo, Henderson oversaw a $95 million\u00a0debt financing to complete a major expansion project <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In Amerigo, he oversaw a $95 million&nbsp;debt financing to complete a major expansion project.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Amerigo, Henderson was senior VP, technical services at Kinross Gold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My immediate priorities will be to continue building on cost and operating efficiencies at Tucano and [to] grow production at all three mines,&#8221; Henderson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I see tremendous potential in the asset base and am looking forward to leading the company through this period of transition into a mid-tier precious metals producer,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n<p>Board chair and interim president and CEO&nbsp;Jeffrey Mason&nbsp;has stepped down from both roles and will continue to provide consulting services to Great Panther. <\/p>\n<h2>New directors<\/h2>\n<p>David Garofalo has been appointment as chairperson, effective immediately. <\/p>\n<p>He was most recently president and CEO of Goldcorp, which Newmont bought in April last year to create the world\u2019s largest gold mining company.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Garofalo,\u00a0Joseph Gallucci\u00a0and\u00a0Alan Hair\u00a0have joined the board.<\/p>\n<p>Cofounder Bob Archer will remain on the board until the upcoming annual general meeting on June 24, but will not stand for re-election and, instead, will continue to serve the company in an advisory capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Brown\u00a0is also joining the company as VP, investor 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