Claudia D’Orazio, CPA, is an accomplished senior executive with leadership experience across a range of industries, including oil and gas, energy, mining, public audit, and finance. She is currently the Vice President and Chief Human Resources & Technology Officer of Centerra Gold Inc., a publicly traded Canadian-based gold mining company. Prior to joining Centerra Gold, Ms. D’Orazio held several leadership roles with Pembina Pipeline Corporation from 2006 to 2020, ending as Vice President, Human Resources. She spent the first half of her career in public audit and finance at the Royal Bank of Canada, and KPMG LLP.

Ms. D’Orazio is currently a Board member of the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant Designation and Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Management Information Systems from McGill University.

Jeff Barber was a co-founder and managing partner of a boutique M&A advisory firm in Calgary from 2012 to 2016. Prior, Mr. Barber was an investment banker with Raymond James Limited for four years and held investment banking and equity research positions at Canaccord Genuity Corp before that. Mr. Barber began his career as an Economist with Deloitte LLP.  He is a CFA charter holder and holds a Masters in Finance and Economics from the University of Alberta.

Dr. Volker Berl is the founder, managing partner, and CEO of New Age Ventures. Early in his career, Dr. Berl was Head of a Process Development Laboratory at BASF AG, Germany, teaming up to build the Fine Chemical Division’s pharmaceutical contract manufacturing business and overseeing the process development for some of BASF’s most important APIs. More recently, he was Vice President of Equity Research Pharmaceuticals for Deutsche Bank and Chief Technology Officer for the bioscience company Zymes LLC. Dr. Berl holds a MBA from Concordia University, and he completed a postdoctoral chemistry fellowship at Stanford University. Before earning his Ph.D. in Strasbourg, Dr. Berl finished a Masters in Chemical Engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, in France.

Robert Cross is an engineer with 25 years of experience as a company builder. He co-founded B2Gold (TSX: BTO) (NYSE-American: BTG) (NSX: B2G), which produced over 1 million ounces of low-cost gold production in 2021. Mr. Cross has an Engineering Degree from the University of Waterloo and received an MBA from Harvard in 1987.

Jeff Barber was a co-founder and managing partner of a boutique M&A advisory firm in Calgary from 2012 to 2016. Prior, Mr. Barber was an investment banker with Raymond James Limited for four years and held investment banking and equity research positions at Canaccord Genuity Corp before that. Mr. Barber began his career as an Economist with Deloitte LLP.  He is a CFA charter holder and holds a Masters in Finance and Economics from the University of Alberta.

Dr. Volker Berl is the founder, managing partner, and CEO of New Age Ventures. Early in his career, Dr. Berl was Head of a Process Development Laboratory at BASF AG, Germany, teaming up to build the Fine Chemical Division’s pharmaceutical contract manufacturing business and overseeing the process development for some of BASF’s most important APIs. More recently, he was Vice President of Equity Research Pharmaceuticals for Deutsche Bank and Chief Technology Officer for the bioscience company Zymes LLC. Dr. Berl holds a MBA from Concordia University, and he completed a postdoctoral chemistry fellowship at Stanford University. Before earning his Ph.D. in Strasbourg, Dr. Berl finished a Masters in Chemical Engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, in France.

Claudia D’Orazio, CPA, is an accomplished senior executive with leadership experience across a range of industries, including oil and gas, energy, mining, public audit, and finance. She is currently the Vice President and Chief Human Resources & Technology Officer of Centerra Gold Inc., a publicly traded Canadian-based gold mining company. Prior to joining Centerra Gold, Ms. D’Orazio held several leadership roles with Pembina Pipeline Corporation from 2006 to 2020, ending as Vice President, Human Resources. She spent the first half of her career in public audit and finance at the Royal Bank of Canada, and KPMG LLP.

Ms. D’Orazio is currently a Board member of the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant Designation and Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Management Information Systems from McGill University.

Dr. Volker Berl is the founder, managing partner, and CEO of New Age Ventures. Early in his career, Dr. Berl was Head of a Process Development Laboratory at BASF AG, Germany, teaming up to build the Fine Chemical Division’s pharmaceutical contract manufacturing business and overseeing the process development for some of BASF’s most important APIs. More recently, he was Vice President of Equity Research Pharmaceuticals for Deutsche Bank and Chief Technology Officer for the bioscience company Zymes LLC. Dr. Berl holds a MBA from Concordia University, and he completed a postdoctoral chemistry fellowship at Stanford University. Before earning his Ph.D. in Strasbourg, Dr. Berl finished a Masters in Chemical Engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, in France.

Anca Rusu has over 30 years of experience in the energy sector with an extensive background in developing and directing global capital projects in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. Ms. Rusu held several leadership roles with Shell from 2005 to 2021, including Vice President, Safety and Environment Excellence and Vice President, Projects Shell Chemical Appalachia, where she led the development and construction of Shell’s multi-billion dollar Petrochemicals Complex in Pennsylvania. During the first half of her career, Ms. Rusu held several progressively senior roles with major engineering, procurement, and construction companies.

Ms. Rusu currently serves on the Rio Grande LNG Board of Managers (Global Infrastructure Partners representative). Until recently she served on the National Board of the Project Management Association of Canada and on the Advisory Board for Moss Lake Partners LP. She holds a Professional Engineer Designation in Ontario, Canada, an MBA from York University in Toronto, Canada and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering from Politechnica University of Bucharest, Romania.

Claudia D’Orazio, CPA, is an accomplished senior executive with leadership experience across a range of industries, including oil and gas, energy, mining, public audit, and finance. She is currently the Vice President and Chief Human Resources & Technology Officer of Centerra Gold Inc., a publicly traded Canadian-based gold mining company. Prior to joining Centerra Gold, Ms. D’Orazio held several leadership roles with Pembina Pipeline Corporation from 2006 to 2020, ending as Vice President, Human Resources. She spent the first half of her career in public audit and finance at the Royal Bank of Canada, and KPMG LLP.

Ms. D’Orazio is currently a Board member of the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation. She holds a Chartered Professional Accountant Designation and Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Management Information Systems from McGill University.

Anca Rusu has over 30 years of experience in the energy sector with an extensive background in developing and directing global capital projects in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. Ms. Rusu held several leadership roles with Shell from 2005 to 2021, including Vice President, Safety and Environment Excellence and Vice President, Projects Shell Chemical Appalachia, where she led the development and construction of Shell’s multi-billion dollar Petrochemicals Complex in Pennsylvania. During the first half of her career, Ms. Rusu held several progressively senior roles with major engineering, procurement, and construction companies.

Ms. Rusu currently serves on the Rio Grande LNG Board of Managers (Global Infrastructure Partners representative). Until recently she served on the National Board of the Project Management Association of Canada and on the Advisory Board for Moss Lake Partners LP. She holds a Professional Engineer Designation in Ontario, Canada, an MBA from York University in Toronto, Canada and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering from Politechnica University of Bucharest, Romania.

Robert Cross is an engineer with 25 years of experience as a company builder. He co-founded B2Gold (TSX: BTO) (NYSE-American: BTG) (NSX: B2G), which produced over 1 million ounces of low-cost gold production in 2021. Mr. Cross has an Engineering Degree from the University of Waterloo and received an MBA from Harvard in 1987.

A geoscientist with over 20 years of experience, Dr. Andy Robinson has worked on a wide range of projects in the resource, power and energy sectors in Europe, Africa, and North and South America. Dr. Robinson hold a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the University of Bristol, UK.