Matthew Rowlinson has extensive experience from senior executive roles in Glencore’s copper department over the past eleven years. Since 2021, Matthew served as Head of Copper Business Development where he was jointly responsible for the strategic direction of one of the largest copper portfolios in the sector and developed deep knowledge of the industry and global inventory of projects.
In this role, he successfully executed multiple public and private M&A transactions, highlighted by Glencore’s consolidation of the global scale MARA project. Matthew joined Glencore in 2013 as an asset manager for Latin America and was subsequently appointed Chief Financial Officer for Copper Americas. He began his career with Ernst & Young as an auditor of multinational mining and financial companies and is a qualified Chartered Accountant that holds an MBA from the University of Bath, UK.
Javier Toro is a Mining Engineer with over 25 years of experience leading the design and execution of engineering and economic studies for global scale open pit copper projects in the Americas. Prior to joining Solaris in January 2024, Mr. Toro worked with Hudbay Minerals for over 11 years in progressively more senior capacities, most recently as Vice President, Mining Technical Services, with prior executive and director-level roles in mining, technical services, and mine optimization. Notably, Mr. Toro provided direct management of delivering technical reports and economic studies for various open pit copper projects, including the Constancia mine in Peru, Copper World mine in United States and Copper Mountain mine in Canada. Prior to Hudbay Minerals, Mr. Toro worked at Golder Associates Peru S.A. leading a team to produce the mining design, schedule and cost estimations for various projects. Prior to this, Mr. Toro held various management positions in mine operations in the areas of geotechnical, hydrogeological, mine operations, and mine planning. Mr. Toro holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering with Honors from the National University of Engineering in Lima, Peru.
Richard Hughes has over 20 years of experience in the natural resources sector with a strong value creation track record and significant knowledge across strategy, capital markets and corporate finance. Richard most recently served as CFO and Executive Director of Trident Royalties PLC, a position he assumed in September 2022 until its acquisition in late 2024. Prior to joining Trident, he founded an independent consultancy providing corporate finance advisory services to both mining and royalty finance companies. Before that he was a senior member of the Metals and Mining Investment Banking team at RBC Capital Markets based in London from 2010 to 2018. Richard began his career at CIBC, where he was a member of the Global Mining Group. Richard holds an MA (Oxon) in Economics and Management, from the University of Oxford, UK.
Jorge Fierro has over 22 years of exploration experience in South America. Mr. Fierro has been VP, Exploration for Solaris’ portfolio of assets since 2015 when he joined the predecessor company, Lowell Mineral Exploration. Prior to this, Mr. Fierro spent 6 years as CIC Resources’ General Manager for South America, and 2 years as Rio Tinto’s Mining & Exploration Country Manager for Peru. In addition to this, Mr. Fierro spent 10 years with BHP Billiton in a variety of positions including Northern Andes and Peru Exploration Manager, Chief Mine Geologist for the Tintaya copper mine, as part of the team that discovered the world-class Antapaccay porphyry copper mine in Southern Peru. Mr. Fierro is a professional geologist with a BSc in Geology from Escuela Politécnica Nacional de Quito in Ecuador and an MSc and DIC (Mineral Exploration) from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, University of London.
Patrick Chambers is a metals and mining investor relations professional with an extensive track record across a range of commodities with a focus on Latin America. Starting his career as an exploration geologist with Fresnillo PLC in Mexico, he transitioned into a corporate finance role before then relocating to London to join their investor relations team. Patrick most recently served as Head of Investor Relations at Horizonte Minerals focused on Brazil where he shaped their IR programme as the company transitioned from a development company towards production. Patrick holds a BSc in Geology from Edinburgh University, UK.
Ignacio Shimamoto is a senior finance executive with over 20 years of experience in financial planning, business improvement, and cost optimization within the natural resources sector. He led financial operations for major mining projects at Glencore, including Antapaccay and Coroccohuayco, and later served as Regional Finance Manager, overseeing continuous improvement and financial strategies across mining operations in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. With expertise in corporate finance, cost analysis, and project evaluation, Ignacio brings strategic financial leadership to Solaris Resources.
Ricardo Obando brings over 16 years of experience in the public and private sectors in Ecuador and is an expert in the field of government and community social relations, with a specialty in the formulation and design of dialogue and consultation processes. Until his promotion, Ricardo served as Country Manager, Ecuador, for Solaris since 2019.
Prior to this, Mr. Obando held senior roles in the Ecuadorian public sector, including Advisor to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Strategic Coordinator of Social Intervention of the Ministry of Strategic Sectors, as well as Director of Social and Environmental Monitoring of the Hydrocarbons Secretariat and Coordinator of Social Participation, Community Relations and Management in the Ministry of Environment.
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