Board of Directors
Mr. Lundin has many years of experience in capital markets and public company management across the natural resources sector. His background includes oil & gas and mining technology, investment advisory, international finance, and executive management. He began his career working for several Lundin Group mining companies in various countries before moving into finance where he was co-head of the London office for an international securities firm.
Mr. Lundin is the former President, CEO and a Director of Josemaria Resources Inc. He now serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Lundin Mining Corporation and Filo Mining Corp. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lucara Diamond Corp., NGEx Minerals Ltd., and the Lundin Foundation.
Mr. Heppenstall is a corporate director with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas and resource sectors. He currently serves on the board of directors of four other public mining, oil and gas, and renewable energy companies. From 2002-2015, Mr. Heppenstall served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lundin Petroleum AB, an oil and gas exploration and production company with core assets in Norway. Early in his career, Mr. Heppenstall worked in the banking sector where he was involved in project financing of oil and resource sector businesses. Mr. Heppenstall holds a degree in Mathematics from Durham University.
Mr. Charter has extensive board level experience having been involved in several corporate boards and having sat on and chaired a number of audit, compensation, governance, special, independent and strategic committees. He currently serves on a number of public company boards, which, in addition to Lundin Mining, includes Dream Office REIT (Trustee) and International Petroleum Corporation. He is also the Chairman of HGC Holding, a private company, which through HGC Investments is an employee-owned firm specializing in low volatility, liquid, event-driven mandates currently managing the HGC Arbitrage Fund and Credit Fund. Mr. Charter also sits as a director of the World Gold Council.
Mr. Charter has extensive senior executive leadership experience, most recently as President and CEO of Corsa Coal, a public metallurgical coal company he built from a non-operating start-up to an established supplier of US low vol metallurgical coal. His business experience includes financial services, mining and real estate. Having begun his career in Toronto, building a successful business law practice, Mr. Charter later joined the Dundee group of companies as an Executive Vice President with capital markets related responsibilities. He became the founding Chairman and CEO of the Dundee Securities group of companies, and oversaw its growth from a start-up to a major independent financial services company. After ten years, Mr. Charter left this group and, in addition to Corsa Coal, focused his attention on consulting in the private equity and hedge fund sectors, and corporate directorships. He is a graduate of McGill University with degrees in Economics and Law. He has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education Program and is a member of the Institute.
Ms. Lam has extensive executive level financial management and international business experience in diverse industries including mining, manufacturing, services and distribution. Ms. Lam is a corporate director and currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Major Drilling Group International Inc. in addition to Lundin Mining. She previously served as a director of Gibson Energy Inc. and Toronto Hydro Corporation. Prior to becoming a corporate director, Ms. Lam has held a number of executive and finance leadership positions in private and publicly traded companies including Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Uranium One Inc., Senior Vice-President, Finance at Kinross Gold Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer at Nexans Canada Inc. Ms. Lam holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA), and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Jack Lundin was appointed President in 2022 and took over the role of CEO in December 2023. He has extensive experience in the natural resource industry gained through exposure with several Lundin Group companies.
Prior to joining Lundin Mining, Jack was President & CEO of Bluestone Resources Inc., and before which he was involved in the highly successful development of Lundin Gold Inc.'s Fruta del Norte Gold Mine in southern Ecuador, serving as the Project Superintendent. He began his career in the mining sector working prospecting jobs on various early-stage projects in Canada, Russia, Ireland, and Portugal.
Jack holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Chapman University and a Master of Engineering degree in Mineral Resource Engineering from the University of Arizona. He currently sits on the board of directors of Bluestone Resources Inc., Lundin Gold Inc., Lundin Foundation, and the University of Arizona’s Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources.
Mr. Peniuk is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA). He currently serves as a director of two other public companies, Kuya Silver, and MAG Silver, and has been on the board and chair of the audit committee of numerous other Canadian public mining companies since 2006. Mr. Peniuk spent more than 20 years with KPMG LLP, Chartered Accountants and predecessor firms, including being an assurance partner from 1996 to 2006 and the leader of KPMG’s British Columbia mining practice. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1982 and his designation as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (now referred to as the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, or CPABC) in 1986. Mr. Peniuk was a member of CPABC's Public Company Forum from 2000 to 2019, including serving as Chair of that committee for much of his term. Mr. Peniuk is the designated financial expert on the Audit Committee.
Ms. Recart brings extensive knowledge and experience on many environmental and social topics in Chile, including community engagement, government relations, sustainable supply chains and social values. She has been a Director since March 2023.
Ms. Recart was the Dean of Universidad Santo Tomás from 2019 to 2023, prior to which, she worked at BHP from 2010 to 2018 as Vice President Corporate Affairs. As VP of Corporate Affairs for BHP, Ms. Recart was responsible for community engagement, communications, government relations and social value strategy for the Americas. During that time, she also served as a member of the Owners' Council of BHP’s Escondida mine, where she advised on a range of operational, safety, financial, commercial, human resources and strategy issues. She was also appointed as VP of the board of directors of Fundación Chile, a mixed board composed of Chilean government officials and BHP appointed professionals; VP of Centro de Entrenamiento Industrial y Minero, an apprentice learning center to promote the skills needed in the workforce for productivity impact in mining and construction operations; and VP of Fundación Minera Escondida, a non-profit organization in the region of Antofagasta whose initiatives are focused on making an impact in the region's human and social capital and target minorities, the indigenous communities and women in particular.
Ms Recart also has experience in the public sector in Chile, where she served as Vice Minister of Finance between 2006 and 2010 and was responsible for the team that led Chile into the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Currently, Ms. Recart serves on the Board of Directors of CAP S.A (a Chilean listed producer of iron ore and iron and steel products) and Aclara Resources Inc. (a TSX-listed rare earths company with a development project in Chile). She is also a board member of Comunidad Mujer, a Chilean non-profit organization advocating for women's issues in public policy.
Ms. Vaz brings proven executive-level operational-leadership. She is currently Agnico Eagle Mines’ Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer leading the Operations and Project Development teams for Ontario, Australia and Mexico. Previously, she served as Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Technical Services and Innovation and Vice President, Technical Services for Kirkland Lake Gold.
Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President, Technical Services for Tahoe Resources. Over her 10-year tenure with Lake Shore Gold she held a number of operational and technical services roles, including Director, Technical Services and Project Evaluation, and Vice President, Technical Services.
Ms. Vaz is a Professional Engineer with over 20 years of operational and technical experience in the mining industry. She is the current chair of the Board of Directors of the Ontario Mining Association. Ms. Vaz holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences, Mineral Engineering from the University of Toronto and an Executive MBA from the Kellogg-Schulich School of Management.