Executive Management
Jamie Lalinde - Interim President & Chief Executive Officer (Colombia Country Rep)
Mr. Lalinde has over 25 years of investment banking experience most of which has been focused in the natural resource sector. Previously he spent the last 18 years at Citibank and JP Morgan Chase in New York, Miami, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. He was the founder and managing director of KLB Capital, servicing clients in both the mining and energy sector. Jaime was also the President of La Esperanza Mining Company which has interests in coal, zircon and gold in Colombia. He has a high level of expertise in the valuation, and negotiation of natural resources in Colombia, and an extensive business network.
Ms. Deborah Battiston - Interim Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Battiston is a Certified General Accountant with over 23 years of accounting and financial management experience. At present, she is the Chief Financial Officer of a number of Canadian public companies. Ms. Battiston obtained a B.A. in Economics from the University of Guelph.