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Senior Management
Jorge A. Ganoza,
Geological engineer
President, CEO and Director
Jorge A. Ganoza is a geological engineer with over 18 years of experience in mineral exploration, mining and
business development throughout latin America. He is a graduate from the new Mexico Institute of Mining and
technology. Jorge is a fourth generation miner from a peruvian family that has owned and operated underground
gold, silver and polymetallic mines in peru and panama. Before co-founding Fortuna in 2004 he was involved in
business development at senior levels for several private and public Canadian junior mining companies working in
Central and South America. Jorge also serves as Chairman of the Board of Atico Mining Corporation.
Luis D. Ganoza,
B. Sc. engineering, MBA, M. Sc.
Chief Financial Officer
luis D. Ganoza has 12 years of experience in the operation and financial management of mining companies.
He has held the position of CFo at Fortuna since 2006 and previously held the positions of Controller and
treasurer for one of peru’s largest public mining companies. luis has a B.Sc. in mining engineering from the
universidad nacional de Ingenieria in peru, and an M.Sc. in accounting and finance from the london School
of economics. luis also serves as a Director of Atico Mining Corporation.
Dr. Thomas I. Vehrs,
ph.D.
Vice President of Exploration
over the past 38 years, Dr. thomas I. Vehrs has built a successful career in mineral exploration and mine
development. During this time, he has consulted for and/or held senior positions with Gold Fields, Cyprus-
Amax, Western States Minerals and Anaconda Minerals, as well as being a founder, president and Coo of
Aquest Minerals Corp. Since 1980, tom has worked extensively in latin America, developing and managing
exploration programs in Chile, peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Central America with emphasis
on epithermal and porphyry-related mineralized systems. Dr. Vehrs is a Founding Registered Member of the
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and exploration, Inc. (SMe Member number 3323430RM), a Fellow of the
Society of economic Geologists and a Member of the Geological Society of America. tom has been Vice
president of exploration since 2006. He also serves as an independent director for AQM Copper Inc.
Manuel Ruiz-Conejo,
B. Sc. engineering
Vice President of Operations
Manuel Ruiz-Conejo is a mining engineer graduated from the universidad nacional de Ingenieria in lima, peru.
He has more than 25 years in the mining industry and has worked for the most prolific polymetallic mines and
mine contractors in peru. As an engineer, he participated in the implementation and execution of critical
projects. As an executive, he devised and supervised the execution of several multimillion dollar mining
projects. In 2005, he became Chief operating Manager of Minera Atacocha S.A.A. Manuel also holds an
executive Management program from the universidad de piura in peru. Amongst his different areas of
expertise, he has vast experience in community relations.
Cesar Pera,
Bachelor in psychology, Masters in organizational psychology
Vice President of Human and Organizational Development
Cesar pera is an organizational psychologist with a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the
university of Madrid. Cesar has over 25 years of experience in organizational development and change in latin
American companies. He has served as president of the peruvian Association of Human Resources (ApeRHu)
and also as Vice president of the Interamerican Federation of Human Management (FIDAGH) for the Andean
region. Cesar is currently director of the master’s degree program in organizational Development and people
Management at the universidad del pacifico in peru.
Robert Brown,
B. Sc. (Honors Geology), MBA
Vice President of Corporate Development
Robert Brown has 20 years of international experience in exploration, project development, finance and
corporate development. throughout his career he has identified exploration and development opportunities
through the detailed analysis of economic, geologic and corporate criteria. prior to joining Fortuna, Robert was
president and Ceo of Calibre Mining Corp. where he was responsible for the acquisition, exploration and
development of the company's projects in Australia, north America and Central America. He also spent nine
years with Barrick Gold in various senior management roles in exploration and business development and was
involved with numerous exploration, valuation, and merger and acquisition transactions. Robert is a graduate of
the university of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology (Honors), and an MBA from the Rotman
School of Management at the university of toronto.
