Shanta Gold Ltd (LON:SHG), the East Africa-focused gold producer, developer and explorer, has appointed Luke Leslie as chief financial officer.
Leslie is already a director of Shanta and was already serving as CFO on an interim basis. He also serves on the board of Kincora Copper (CVE:KCC), the Mongolian explorer. He’s previously worked with UBS and Accenture.
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"On behalf of the Board, I am extremely pleased that Luke has agreed to become Shanta's CFO on a permanent basis,” said Shanta chief executive Eric Zurrin.
“Luke's background in operational turnaround, strategy and M&A has already improved the company's capital investment decision-making process and lowered the company's cost base, delivering annualised savings of US$8.7mln."