Ross Beaty to step down as Pan American chairman in May
Ross Beaty at The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Sypmposium in London, England, in April 2018. Credit: Martina Yang.
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) founder Ross Beaty will step down in May as the company’s chairman and has appointed board member Gillian Winckler to replace him.
Trained as a geologist, Beaty launched Pan American in 1984 and has served as its chairman since then. He was also CEO from the company’s inception until 2004.
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“I am so proud and grateful to have worked with our wonderful and dedicated team in building this great company,” he said in his announcement. “I would also like to thank our shareholders, who have supported my vision of creating a world-class silver mining company.”