CFO Appointments - Page 8

DigitalCFO Newsroom | 22 October 2021

According to a statement released today, Rajeev Mantri has been named chief financial officer (CFO) of Citi India and cluster finance head of South Asia, starting October 5, 2021.

Mantri will be based in Mumbai and will be in charge of the finance function, which includes business planning and strategy, balance sheet management, financial controls, reporting, and tax matters. He will focus on delivering the financial plan while collaborating closely with key stakeholders on franchise-level issues in India. He would also be responsible for the control and monitoring of Sri Lanka’s and Bangladesh’s financial functions.

He’ll report to Ashu Khullar, Citi India’s CEO, and Tim Monger, Citi’s Asia Pacific CFO. He succeeds Niraj Parekh, who will relocate to New York to lead the Institutional Clients Group’s financial planning and analysis.

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Tasha Lam | 13 October 2021

Bharti Airtel has announced the appointment of Soumen Ray as its next Chief Financial Officer, effective December 21, 2021. Ray will report to Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel’s Managing Director and CEO (India and South Asia).

Ray has over 23 years of expertise in financial planning, management accounting, factory commercial, treasury, and corporate accounts as a Chartered Accountant. He joins Airtel after serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Bajaj Auto Ltd.

Airtel also announced Amrita Padda’s appointment as Chief People Officer, CPO, effective October 1, 2021.

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Qinthara Fasya | 11 October 2021

Mr. Lawrence Roulston has been named Non-Executive Chairman of Palladium One Mining Inc., and Ms. Sara Hills has been named Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. In addition, the Company is pleased to announce the formation of a new board of directors ESG committee. Ms. Giovanna Bee Moscoso, an Independent Director of the Company, will chair the ESG Committee.

“We are delighted to have Mr. Roulston, Ms. Moscoso and Ms. Hills take on their new responsibilities and look forward to gaining from their extensive experiences,” said Derrick Weyrauch President and CEO of Palladium One. “We wish to thank Mr. Robert Scott and Mr. Jeff Dare for their, respective, past services as CFO and Corporate Secretary of the Company and we wish them much success in their future endeavors.”

About Lawrence Roulston

Lawrence Roulston is a mining professional with over 35 years of diverse hands-on experience. He heads WestBay Capital Advisors, providing business advisory and capital markets expertise to the junior and mid-tier sectors of the mining industry. From 2014 to 2016, he was President of Quintana Resources Capital, which provided resource advisory services for US private investors. Before Quintana, he was a mining analyst and consultant, as well as the editor of “Resource Opportunities”, an independent investment publication focused on the mining industry. Prior to this, Lawrence was an analyst or executive with various companies in the resources industry, both majors and juniors. He has graduate-level training in business and holds a B.Sc. in geology and is presently a director of Metalla Royalty and Streaming Ltd, Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd, Thunderstruck Resources Ltd and Enduro Metals Corp.

About Giovanna Bee Moscoso

Ms. Bee Moscoso is an experienced mining executive with over 28 years of experience, including progressive responsibilities over 25 years at Barrick Gold Corporation, where previously she was a partner, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. At Barrick she co-designed and co-led the implementation of the Global Ethics and Compliance Program of Barrick Gold.

Giovanna has managed legal, regulatory, permitting and contractual matters for various mines in the Americas during exploration, development, operations and mine closures, and held responsibilities for coordinating government and public relations, and developing social outreach programs to foster positive relations with stakeholders, including long-term agreements with indigenous communities and private landowners. Her background also includes providing legal and governance oversight to major mining operations in the Americas and Africa.

About Sara Hills

Ms. Hills is a CPA, CA with over 16 years experience in accounting and finance and has achieved increasingly senior roles in public mining companies including with KGHM International and Teck Resources. At KGHM International she led the accounting and financial reporting functions for Quadra Mining and Quadra FNX as well as the international reporting for KGHM International. At Teck Resources she worked closely with the exploration group, leading their accounting, reporting and budgeting functions. She started her career in public practice at BDO and KPMG and holds a BBA.

About Palladium One

Palladium One Mining Inc. is an exploration company targeting district scale, platinum-group-element (PGE)-copper nickel deposits in Finland and Canada. Its flagship project is the Läntinen Koillismaa or LK Project, a palladium dominant platinum group element-copper-nickel project in north-central Finland, ranked by the Fraser Institute as one of the world’s top countries for mineral exploration and development. Exploration at LK is focused on targeting disseminated sulfides along 38 kilometers of favorable basal contact and building on an established NI 43-101 open pit Mineral Resource.

Source: Yahoo Finance

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Tan Chloe Choe from The Edge Markets | 7 October 2021

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) announced Thursday the appointment of Khalijah Ismail as its group chief financial officer (GCFO), which will take effect the next day (Oct 1).

Khalijah has been the group’s acting GCFO since June 29, following the resignation of Datuk Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir, who has been appointed Khazanah Nasional Bhd’s managing director.

“She has had extensive experience in Maybank having served in various lead roles within the group, including treasury operations, corporate and investment banking and international operations, as well as managing group-wide transformation programmes for the bank,” said Maybank in a statement.

According to Maybank, Khalijah obtained her professional qualification with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK, in 1989, following which she served in Ernst & Young and then Datapower Sdn Bhd, before joining Maybank in 1991.

Prior to her appointment as the GCFO, Khalijah held the group financial controller position from January 2014, and reported directly to the then GCFO.

“Khalijah’s appointment demonstrates Maybank’s strong internal succession pipeline. It also bodes well with our commitment to diversity and equity,” said Maybank group president and chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Farid Alias.

“With over 30 years of business and finance experience and proven ability in managing several group finance functions, Khalijah will complement and strengthen further our group EXCO and senior management team towards realising our M25 [Maybank five-year strategy plan] aspiration and reinforcing our regional financial services ambitions. We look forward to her continued contribution to the group in a greater and expanded capacity,” he added.

Maybank shares slipped 0.62% or five sen to settle at RM8.05 on Thursday, with some 12.92 million shares done. It has a market capitalisation of RM94.13 billion.

Read the full article here.

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DigitalCFO Newsroom | 24 September 2021

Australia-based mineral explorer Coda Minerals Limited (ASX:COD) has a strong track record of project development and exploration. To achieve its objective of building a profitable exploration and mining business, Coda keeps strengthening its world-class leadership team.

The latest in the series is the appointment of Mr Kudzai Mtsambiwa to the executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

A snapshot of Mr Mtsambiwa’s career

Mr Mtsambiwa has experience of over 14 years in the international resources industry. Prior to joining Coda, Mr Mtsambiwa was associated with an ASX-listed West Africa-focused gold player Perseus Mining (ASX:PRU). At Perseus, he held the role of a Group Planning & Business Analyst. As a seasoned chartered accountant, Mr Mtsambiwa also served as Group Financial Controller for seven years.

His stint at Perseus gained him extensive commercial and financial experience. He joined Perseus as a Group accountant back in 2010. He witnessed the growth story of Perseus and had seen various stages of growth and development of the Company.

In academics, Mr Mtsambiwa has done a Master of Science in Mineral Economics from Curtin University. He also holds an Honours degree from the University of Western Australia.

Management commentary

Reacting to the appointment, Mr Keith Jones, Chairman of Coda Minerals, welcomed the new member to the growing Coda’s leadership team. He said Mr Mtsambiwa would bring significant financial and operational experience to the Board. The valuable knowledge and expertise that he gained at one of the leading gold producers on the ASX will help in taking the Company to the next level of development.

Read the full article here.

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DigitalCFO Newsroom | 22 September 2021

Terragen Holdings Limited (ASX:TGH) 26 July 2021 – Australian agriculture company Terragen Holdings
Limited (“Terragen”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Miles Brennan as Chief Financial Officer
and Company Secretary.

Miles Brennan has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Terragen
Holdings Limited.

Miles Brennan was most recently Financial Controller of the Seafood Division of Simplot Australia and
spent eight years with Fosters Group and then Treasury Wine Estates, where he rose to become
Financial Controller APAC.

Miles will commence in the role on 30 August 2021. Miles replaces Kara King who will remain with Terragen until the end of August 2021.

About Terragen Holdings Limited
Terragen develops and markets probiotics for agricultural applications. Each product uses a unique
combination of naturally occurring live microbe strains selected to help boost the productivity, welfare
and resilience of farm production animals and address soil health. Terragen’s aim is to increase farm
productivity through the use of these products, whilst providing improved environmental sustainability
that will be attractive to consumers.
Terragen has two products on the market in Australia and New Zealand: a microbial feed supplement,
Mylo®, for animals, and a soil conditioner called Great Land Plus®.

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