Manoel Carlos Cerqueira
CFO
Mr Manoel Cerqueira is a graduate of Celso Lisboa University Center, in Accounting, and also a graduate in Law from Candido Mendes University, both in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mr Cerqueira has over 35 years of experience in senior management positions in North American, UK and Australian companies in Brazil, mostly in the mining sector.
He was previously the Brazil CFO for the ASX listed Avanco Resources Ltd., from 2017 to 2021, a copper producing company with gold and copper exploration projects in Brazil that was acquired by OZ Minerals Ltd in 2018. Prior to this he worked independently as a consultant for mining companies (Avanco Resources Ltd and Canadian listed Luna Gold Corp.) and previously held the position of CFO for multiple Canadian listed resource companies including Rio Verde Minerals (potash and phosphate exploration), Talon Metals Corp. (iron ore exploration) and Amazon Mining (gold exploration).
Mr Cerqueira was formerly VP Finance, Brazil for TSX/NYSE listed Kinross Gold Corp.; CFO Brazil for TVXNA (TVX Normandy) where he also served as a member of the three TVXNA Joint Venture Boards, with two in Brazil and one in Chile. He was also CFO for the Brazilian operation of TSX listed intermediate gold producer Eldorado Gold, ASX listed Western Mining and BP Mining in Brazil. He started his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. Independent Auditors.
Mr Cerqueira is a Brazilian and Portuguese national and fluent in English.