Management
Nikolaos Cacos, M.I.M.
CEO & President
Mr. Cacos brings +30 years of executive level management and advisory expertise in the mineral exploration industry. He has worked with Grosso Group since inception and serves as a senior level executive for all the member companies. Mr. Cacos' career includes administration, structuring and strategic planning for public companies. He currently serves as an officer and director of a number of TSX Venture Exchange listed companies. He holds a Master of International Management degree from Heidelberg, Germany and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia.
Darren C. Urquhart, CPA, CA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Urquhart is a chartered professional accountant with twenty years of experience working in public practice and industry. Mr. Urquhart operates his own public practice accounting firm offering chief financial officer and accounting services to TSX Venture Exchange listed companies in Vancouver. He has also served as director for some of his corporate clients. Mr. Urquhart began his career working as an audit accountant with Grant Thornton LLP, then later worked as a senior tax accountant with Lohn Caulder Chartered Accountants. Mr. Urquhart obtained his chartered accountant designation in 2001 and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia. In 1995, Mr. Urquhart graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor degree of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering.
Brian McEwen PGeol.
VP Exploration & Development
Mr. McEwen is a professional geologist with more than 35 years of exploration and production experience in open-pit and underground mining projects and operations. The extent of his experience is global in managing numerous projects in Canada, US, Europe, Asia, Africa and throughout Latin America. Mr. McEwen's previous roles include more than a decade with MRDI (AMEC) where he was responsible for project management, economic resource and reserve calculations for various precious and base metal companies worldwide, working for both major and junior companies.
Pompeyo Gallardo
Vice President
Pompeyo Gallardo has over 29 years of experience in corporate finance, with particular strengths in budgeting & control, project structuring, project financing, financial modelling and analysis. He is a former senior credit risk manager at Scotiabank International Banking, a former financial analyst at CIBC, a former CFO at Chieftain Metals and Red Cloud Klondike Strike (now Red Cloud Securities). Mr. Gallardo also provides management and consulting services to mining and non-mining clients. Mr. Gallardo holds a B.A. of Economics from Universidad del Pacífico with post-graduate studies in Finance and Control at Harvard University Extension School and a Risk and Compliance certification from the International Association of Risk and Compliance Professionals.
Connie Norman
Corporate Secretary
Ms. Norman is a senior corporate officer with over 18 years of experience within the public company sector providing Corporate Secretarial and Regulatory Compliance services. While her main focus has been on TSX Venture listed issuers, she has also worked with companies listed on the TSX and HKEx.