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Paul Fornazzari B.SC., LL.M.
Chairman (Acting)
Mr. Fornazzari is a partner with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in Toronto, where he practices corporate and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and regulatory matters. He is head of the Corporate Finance, Securities and M&A National Practice Group at Gowlings. He obtained his LL.B. degree from the University of Windsor in 1994 and his LL.M. degree from York University, Osgoode Hall Law School in 2000. Mr. Fornazzari has broad international public markets and transactional experience, example of which include: (i) principal lawyer to Nelson Resources Limited from its inception as a start-up oil company with assets in Kazakhstan, through its active capital raising and M&A activities (international equity and debt financings, overseas acquisitions and London Stock Exchange AIM admission), and sale to Russia's Lukoil for $2.7 billion (the sale of Nelson to Lukoil, which was featured in The Economist and American Lawyer magazines, ranks as the largest Canadian acquisition by a Russian company to date), and (ii) part of the deal team for ATI Technologies Inc. on the sale to Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. for US$5.4 billion.
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Harvey H. McKenzie, CA (Canada)
Director
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Patricia Sheahan, BA, Geology..
Director
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David G. Wahl
Director
David Wahl is the president and CEO of Latin American Minerals. Since starting in the summer of 2006 Mr Wahl has helped rebuilt Latin American Minerals. Raising over 16 million in financing and currently developing 2 advanced stage exploration projects.
Mr. Wahl has worked 20 different countries on 7 continents in his 40 years experience in industry and consulting. As a partner in several major Canadian consulting firms; W. G. Wahl Limited: Derry, Michener, Booth & Wahl: Watts, Griffiths and McOuat Limited where he specializing in mineral exploration and property evaluations.
Mr. Wahl through Southampton Associates, his consulting firm, currently advises financial institutions on acquisition strategies and composition of their investment portfolio.
David G. Wahl, P. Eng., P.Geo., graduated from the Colorado School of Mines, with a degree of Engineer of Mines (1968). Mr. Wahl is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario (1970) and holds the designation of Consulting Engineer (1975) and has been designated Specialist in Exploration and Development (1978) by Professional Engineers Ontario. Additionally, Mr. Wahl is a registered Professional Geoscientist (2002) in the province of Ontario.
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Dr. Waldo Perez
Director
Waldo Perez is the Executive Vice President of Exploration. Dr. Perez assumed the position in December of 2006 and through his direction, discovered and brought into advanced stage exploration properties.
Prior to joining Latin American Minerals, Dr. Perez worked for IAMGOLD and was a Senior Geologist for Barrick Gold Corporation and responsible for project generation. Dr. Perez brings 13 years of industry experience and 6 years in academia as distinguished lecturer.
successes included the discovery of low sulfidation gold deposits in Patagonia and high sulfidation gold deposits in Central Argentina. His responsibility also included directing the due diligence drilling program of the multi million ounce Esquel gold deposit and the project management for the Menucos gold project.
Waldo A. Perez, B.Sc.(Honors Geology), Ph.D., P.Geo., received his undergraduate and Doctorate degree in geology from the Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina (1982-1991) and completed Postdoctoral studies at the University of Alberta (1992-1993). Dr. Perez is registered Professional Geoscientist with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientist of British Columbia (2006).
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Michael J. H. Brown: P. Eng., C.F.A.
Director
Mr. Brown is the founder and president of Capital Markets Advisory, which works with small and intermediate mining company clients. He has over 35 years of experience in mining analysis and international mining investment banking. He was formerly President and CEO of Macquarie North America Ltd., a Managing Partner of Gordon Capital Corporation, and a Managing Director of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Canada. Mr. Brown has served as a member of the Listing Committee and the Board of Governors of the Toronto Stock Exchange, and is a past president of the Mineral Resources Analysts Group. He holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Edinburgh University, and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario.
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Theodore J. Freedman
Director
Mr. Freedman is currently Emeritus Director of Mount Sinai Hospital and formerly served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital. He is a Director of Saint Elizabeth Health Care, an Associate Professor (adjunct) at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board at Longwoods Publishing Corporation. He is a former Chair of the Boards of the Change Foundation, the Ontario Health Research Alliance and the (North American) Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Service Administration. Mr. Freedman is a former Director of Tribute Minerals Inc., a publicly traded mining exploration company, and currently is a Director of two privately held mining exploration companies. Mr. Freedman has experience in international education, research and technology collaborations and partnerships, and has received numerous awards and recognitions for his activities.
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