Stan Bharti
, Chairman
Over 25 years xperience in operations, public markets and finance. Has raised over $500 million in the last decade. Former founder and Chairman of Desert Sun Mining.
Mike Hoffman
, Director
Professional mining engineer with over 25 years of experience; former VP at Yamana Gold(DSM).
Mark Brennan
, President & CEO
(President & CEO) Founding member of Desert Sun Mining with over 20 years financing experience in North America & Europe. Founder and principal of Linear Capital, Brasoil Corporation, James Bay Resources, and Morumbi Oil & Gas.
William Clarke
, Director
Former Ambassador to Brazil and Sweden. Former Advisor to Desert Sun Mining.
Alberto Arias
, Director
Mr. Alberto Arias is the founder and President of Arias Resource Capital Management LP. Mr. Arias has over 15 years of experience in the field of international mining finance, and is widely recognized as an industry expert, having been ranked for five consecutive years as the #1 equity research analyst for the metals and mining industry in Latin America by leading polls such as Institutional Investor. Prior to founding Arias Resource Capital, Mr. Arias worked for eight years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., most recently acting as Managing Director and Head of Equity Research for metals and mining in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Arias worked for 4 years at UBS as Executive Director and Analyst covering the Latin American metals and mining sector. Mr. Arias has engineering degrees in mining and metallurgy and an MBA (B.Sc. from the Colorado School of Mines and three Masters degrees from Columbia University), mining industry operational experience, and holds a patent for a gold mineral processing technology. He was raised in a family with a three-generation tradition of founding and managing private mining companies in Peru.
Santiago Pardo
, Director
Mr. Pardo, Portfolio Manager, joined Ashmore Investment Management Limited in 2006 from Deutsche Bank where he was based in New York and was responsible for strategy, business generation and transaction execution for clients in energy, utilities and chemicals. Mr. Pardo has also worked in M&A roles for both Goldman Sachs & Co and for Salomon Brothers Inc in New York. He has a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and dual BBA/BS degrees in Business Administration and Political Science from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota.
Dirk Donath
, Director
Dirk Donath is Senior Managing Director and Partner at Eton Park Capital Management, responsible for Eton Park’s private equity and direct investment activities in Emerging Markets. Eton Park is a global, multi-disciplinary investment fund that initiated activities in November 2004. With offices in New York, London and Hong Kong, the firm has a capital base of over US$ 14 billion. Prior to joining Eton Park, Dirk was a Founding Partner and Managing Director of Pegasus Capital. Pegasus is a principal investment firm focused on distressed private equity, turnarounds and restructurings in Latin America. Before founding Pegasus, Dirk was a Partner of McKinsey & Company and was based out of the Mercosur Office in Buenos Aires. Dirk was head of McKinsey’s Latin American Consumer Goods and Retail Practice and also a leader of the Latin American Corporate Finance and Strategy Practice. He originally joined McKinsey in 1988 and previously worked in the New York, London and Madrid offices. Dirk graduated cum laude with honors from Yale University with a BA in Economics (with distinction) and studied international relations at Oxford University in England. He received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.