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Directors and Management

Toro Energy is led by a Board and management team with strong technical and commercial skills and significant experience in the Australian resources industry.

BOARD MEMBERS

RICHARD HOMSANY

Executive Chairman

LL.B (Hons), B. Com, Grad. Dip. Fin & Inv, F Fin, MAICD, CPA

About RICHARD HOMSANY

Richard Homsany has extensive experience in the resources industry, having been the Executive Vice President for Australia at TSX listed Mega Uranium Ltd since April 2010. He has also worked for North Ltd, an ASX top 50-listed internationally diversified resources company in operations, risk management and corporate prior to its takeover by Rio Tinto Ltd.

Richard is an experienced corporate lawyer and Certified Practising Accountant advising numerous clients in the energy and resources sector, including public listed companies. He was Corporate Partner of international law firm DLA Phillips Fox (now DLA Piper) where he advised clients on a range of transactions and matters including capital raisings, IPO’s, stock exchange listings, mergers & acquisitions, finance, joint ventures, divestments and governance.

He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has a Commerce Degree and Honours Degree in Law from the University of Western Australia, and a Graduate Diploma in Finance and Investment from FINSIA (State Dux).

Richard has significant board experience with public listed companies in Australia and Canada. He is the Chairman of ASX listed copper explorer Redstone Resources Ltd and TSX-V listed iron ore and gold explorer Central Iron Ore Limited. Mr Homsany is currently the Chairman of the Health Insurance Fund of Australia Limited.

MICHEL MARIER

Non-Executive Director

BBA(Int’l Mgt), M.Sc (Finance)., CFA, FRM

About MICHEL MARIER

Mr Marier is a co-founder and executive director of Integrated Energy Metals Pte Ltd (IEM) and Integrated Battery Metals Pte Ltd (IBM) from early 2023. Before co-founding IEM and IBM, Mr Marier worked as an investment manager for Sentient Equity Partners (SEP)/The Sentient Group for 13 years and 8 years at the Private Equity division of la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Mr Marier holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from HEC Montréal.

RICHARD PATRICIO

Non-Executive Director

LL.B

About RICHARD PATRICIO

Richard Patricio is the Chief Executive Officer of Pinetree Capital Ltd., a Toronto-based diversified investment, financial advisory and venture capital firm which specializes in the early-stage resource and technology investments. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and President of Mega Uranium Ltd. a uranium-focused investment and development company with assets in Canada and Australia.

In addition to his legal and corporate experience, Richard has built a number of mining companies with global operations. He holds senior officer and director positions in several junior mining companies listed on the TSX, TSX Venture, AIM and NASDAQ exchanges. Previously, Richard practised law at a top tier law firm in Toronto and worked as in-house General Counsel for a senior TSX listed company. He received his law degree from Osgoode Hall and was called to the Ontario bar in 2000.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

KATHERINE GARVEY

Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

LL.B, BA, MAICD

About KATHERINE GARVEY

Katherine is a corporate lawyer who has significant experience in the resources sector. Katherine advises public (both listed and unlisted) and proprietary companies on a variety of corporate and commercial matters including capital raisings, finance, acquisitions and disposals, Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule compliance, corporate governance and company secretarial issues. She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating various corporate and commercial agreements including farm-in agreements, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and business and share sale and purchase agreements.

Katherine is presently a senior associate at Cardinals Lawyers and Consultants, a West Perth based corporate and resources law firm and company secretary of the Health Insurance Fund of Australia Limited. Katherine is also Legal Counsel (Australia) to TSX listed Mega Uranium Limited and company secretary to TSX-V listed Central Iron Ore Ltd.

DR GREG SHIRTLIFF

Geology Manager

BA, BSc (Hons), PhD (Geol.) MAusIMM

About DR GREG SHIRTLIFF

Dr Greg Shirtliff has over 20 years’ experience in industry-related uranium geology and geochemistry, including a PhD in mine-related uranium geology and geochemistry from the Australian National University. Since his studies, Dr Shirtliff has spent over 17 years in various roles in the uranium mining and exploration industry ranging from environmental, mine geology, resource development, exploration as well as management roles, in exploration and technical and construction projects inclusive of engineering and metallurgical.

His roles have included a number of years at ERA-Rio Tinto’s Ranger Uranium Mine, as the Senior Geoscientist for Cameco Australasia and more recently as the Geology and Technical Manager for Toro Energy Ltd. At Toro Greg is the exploration and technical lead responsible for increasing the viability of the company’s uranium and mineral resources, developing and directing the company’s uranium and non-uranium exploration strategy, aiding the company technically through EPA approval for a uranium mining operation, and guiding the engineering and metallurgical through to scoping level economic assessment.

Dr Shirtliff has had recent exploration success at Toro, being responsible for the discovery of the Dusty, Houli Dooley, Jumping Jack and Dimma massive nickel sulphide discoveries on the Dusty Nickel Project, arguably the first massive Ni-sulphide mineralisation discovered in the Yandal Greenstone Belt in Western Australia.

Dr Shirtliff holds directorships on privately owned consultancy and prospecting companies and he is a long-standing member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Society of Economic Geologists.

MARC BOUDAMES

Financial Controller

B.Com, CPA, MAICD

About MARC BOUDAMES

Marc is experienced in statutory financial reporting, taxation, ERP systems, business analytics, corporate transactions, due diligence, mergers & acquisitions, finance, joint ventures and divestments. He previously worked at RSM Bird Cameron, as General Manager – Finance & Administration for ASX listed Redport Ltd and Mega Uranium Ltd (Australia), a Canadian TSX listed mining and equity investment company focused on global uranium properties and multi-mineral exploration. He has worked for multiple companies across various industries including listed and public companies associated with the mining and oil & gas sectors such as WesTrac, CB&I and Spotless Group.