Eldorado Gold Corporation Announces Executive Changes, Effective January 1, 2024
joined the Company in May, 2021 as Senior Vice President, Chief Growth and Integration Officer. Prior to joining Eldorado Gold, Paul spent nearly two decades with Repsol SA (and Talisman Energy), most recently as Executive Director leading Repsol's North American upstream oil and gas division. He also held progressively senior leadership roles in corporate, line and functional areas including finance, investor relations, strategy, commercial, planning and business performance management. Simon Hille has been appointed Executive Vice President, Technical Services & Operations. Simon will be accountable for Operations in Turkiye and Canada along with the Global functions:
Technical Services, Project Engineering, Exploration and Safety & Sustainability. Simon joined the Company in November, 2020 as Vice President, Technical Services. Prior to joining Eldorado, Simon was with Newmont (Goldcorp), as Group Executive, Technical Engineering and Global Projects. Ahead of the Newmont merger, Simon was Vice-President, Global Innovation, Metallurgy and Processing at Goldcorp. He also held progressively senior leadership roles in metallurgy and process development with Barrick Gold and Newcrest Mining. Simon has over 30 years of experience in gold and base metals specializing in leading high-performance, cross- functional technical and operational teams to maximize value from complex ore bodies. Niklas Frank has been appointed Senior Vice President, Operations. Niklas recently joined the Company as Vice President, Operations in August, 2023. Niklas is based in Europe and will be
responsible for Operational Support and the primary lead for site General Managers in Quebec and Türkiye and operations support needs in Greece. With a career spanning over 25 years, Niklas brings a strong background in operations management and a proven track record of driving efficiency and excellence. His experience in world-class, highly productive mining operations, safe and sustainable development, life of mine and strategy development, application of LEAN mining, M&A and stakeholder management.