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The highly experienced technical and financial team, has overseen 60+ mine builds and over US$200bn of mining sector transactions, and works in a close and collaborative manner with management teams to deliver optimal results

The Appian Team

GAVIN CLOW

Senior Underground Mining Engineer

DESCRIPTION

Gavin Clow is an experienced mining engineer with a strong background in the mining and metals industry. He has a demonstrated history of working with mine planning, financial modeling, and feasibility studies.

From 2024 to the present, Clow has served as the Chief Mining Engineer at West Red Lake Gold in Ontario, where he was responsible for overseeing the restart of the Madsen Mine. His duties included building an engineering team, reviewing mine plans to mitigate production risks, and ensuring that short-term plans aligned with long-term budgets. He also developed and formalized mining methodologies and managed project metrics to ensure adherence to schedules and budgets. Prior to this role, he was a Manager of Mining at Optimize Group in Toronto, where he led a team of mining engineers and acted as a Qualified Person for underground mining studies. He oversaw full mine designs, including geotechnical studies, equipment selection, and project costing.

Earlier in his career, Clow gained experience as a Mining Engineer/Senior Project Estimator at Dumas Contracting, where he managed project estimates and led the transition to InEIGHT estimation software. He also worked as a Mine Planning Engineer at Klondex Mines, where he created production plans and designed drill and blast strategies for narrow vein gold ore bodies. As a Mining Engineer at Rambler Metals and Mining, he was responsible for production plans, reserve estimations, and evaluating the economic viability of historical pillar recovery.

He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mineral Engineering from the University of Toronto. He is a member of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) since 2018.

MICHAEL W. SCHERB

Founder and CEO

GUILLERMO KAELIN

Managing Partner

GRAHAM BROWN

Senior Operating Partner

WILLIAM LAMB

Senior Operating Partner

ROB ATKINSON

Senior Operating Partner

GRAEME DELL

Chief Operating Officer

IGOR GONZALES

Chief Operating Officer (technical)

RICHARD JOHNSON

Global Head of Investor Relations

MATHIAS J. IRANZO CONDE

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

TIMOTHY MISTER

Head of Credit & Royalties

ANTTI GRÖNLUND

Managing Director, Private Equity

ALYSSA McANNEY

Head of Legal, Global M&A

IGNACIO BUSTAMANTE

Head of Base Metals

WADE BICKLEY

COO, Base Metals

SILVIO LIMA

Head of Corporate Affairs, ESG and Community Engagement

MICHAEL LI

Head of North America

RICHY XIE

Head of Asia

K2 MAPASA

Head of Africa

KIERAN BECK

Head of Australia

RALPH PENNER

Director of Mining

KEN BRISEBOIS

Director, Mineral Evaluations

ADAM FISHER

Managing Director

YOHAN SANMUGAM

Principal

SAM ABRAHAM

Principal, Credit

MILOS AMATI

CFO, Base Metals

AUGUSTO CHUNG

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

PERCY CONDORI

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

JUAN ANES

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

ALBERTO DIAZ

Director, Underground Mining

TREVOR KRAWCHYK

Head of Continuous Improvement

RICHARD CLARK

Global Head of Specialty Materials and Processing

BENJAMIN MUSTON

Senior Vice President

JOSÉ MONTOYA

Senior Vice President, Latin America

DAVID ALLISON

VP of Operations

CHRIS ANDERSON

VP of Tailings

KEIRAN WHITEFIELD

VP of Global Maintenance

GAVIN CLOW

Senior Underground Mining Engineer

RICHARD HATCHER

Senior Geologist

DARREN PARSONS

Vice President, Production Geology

HECTOR SALAS

Senior Geologist, Mexico

LUCAS SARTO

Project Management Officer

DEREK MARLOW

Vice President

JÜRGEN UHLMANN

Vice President

EMMA LEITH

Head of Sustainability and People, Base Metals

ANDREW TODD

Head of Communications

AIMAN CHBARY

Senior Associate

STEFAN STROBELE

Senior Associate

NIKKI MIAO

Senior Associate

VICTORIA TWEEDIE

Resource Geologist

MELODY DONG

Head of Commodity Research

MARTIN BARAKSO

Investment Associate

SEBASTIAN MACIAS BRANDES

Associate (Base Metals)

MAURICIO ELESPURU

Investment Associate

CHARLES MOORMAN

Investment Associate

JASON SANTIXIS

Investment Associate

TOM DE NERT

Head of Marketing and Design/Graphics

PANOS PHILALITHIS

Investment Analyst

ANUP PATEL

Director of Fund Finance

ABDUL OSMAN

Fund Controller

VIDHUR KANSARA

Fund Controller

IRENE CABANUS

Fund Controller

ADRIANO FAGUNDES

Director, ANRH Cooperatief U.A.

AMABELLE MORAS

Controller, UAE Entities

OUTI NEVALA

Chief of Staff

RACHEL BENSON

Executive Assistant, Office Manager Dubai

HUSSEIN JANMOHAMED

Personal Assistant to the CEO

AIMEE HAND

Personal Assistant to the CEO

RACHEL ALEXANDER

HR Admin

ROMINA ASTE

Executive Assistant

ALISON GORDON

Executive Assistant

MADISYN WHITE

Executive Assistant

MINOU MOUSSAVI

Receptionist, Facilities Coordinator