Great Panther Mining promotes Sandra Daycock to CFO and Fernando Cornejo to COO

Great Panther Mining Limited (TSE:GPR) (NYSEAMERICAN:GPL) (FRA:G3U) announced the appointments of Sandra Daycock as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) and Fernando Cornejo as its new chief operating officer (COO), following the retirement of current COO Neil Hepworth on June 30. 

Daycock, who previously served as director of corporate development at Methanex Corporation (TSE:MX) (NASDAQ:MEOH) (FRA:MX5), joined Great Panther in March 2021 and will become the company’s CFO effective immediately. 

“Sandra’s breadth of experience and proven leadership skills are a great addition to our executive management team. She has demonstrated a strong capability for strategic business planning and corporate development since joining Great Panther earlier this year,” Great Panther Mining CEO Rob Henderson said in a statement.  

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“I have high confidence in her ability to lead the finance team and look forward to working with her,” Henderson added.

Cornejo, meanwhile, was appointed as Great Panther’s vice president of projects & technical services in July 2019 and later became vice president of the company’s Brazil operations in March 2020. He will assume the COO role effective July 1, 2021. 

Based in Vancouver, Great Panther owns assets in Brazil, Mexico and Peru, which includes three operating gold and silver mines, four exploration projects, and an advanced development project.

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