OR - Osisko Announces Appointment of Jason Attew as President and Chief Executive Officer | Benzinga
MONTREAL, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd ("Osisko" or the "Corporation") (NYSE:OR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jason Attew as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective no later than January 2nd, 2024. Mr. Attew will also join the Board of Directors of Osisko.
Mr. Attew is an accomplished mining executive with almost 30 years' experience in the industry. He brings to Osisko proven corporate leadership, a track record of successful team building and deep mining industry connections, built upon a background advising on some of the most transformational mergers and acquisitions in the mining sector.
Mr. Attew's appointment is the culmination of a thorough search process conducted by Osisko's Board under the direction of a search committee of independent directors. After considering a number of quality candidates, both external and internal, Osisko's Board unanimously concluded that Mr. Attew is the ideal candidate to successfully lead Osisko going forward.
Osisko also announces that Mr. Norman MacDonald has been appointed as Chair of the Board, effective immediately, succeeding Mr. Sean Roosen. Mr. Roosen will continue as a director with the title, "Chair Emeritus", to honour his legacy as founder of Osisko and his continuing contributions to the Corporation. The change reflects Mr. Roosen's desire to focus on his role as Chief Executive Officer of Osisko Development Corp., while continuing to contribute as a director of Osisko. Mr. Roosen was a founder of Osisko Mining Corporation, where he was instrumental in the discovery and development of the Canadian Malartic mine and also led the efforts that resulted in the creation of the Corporation.
"We are extremely pleased to have attracted a new President and Chief Executive Officer of the caliber of Jason Attew, and the entire Board looks forward to working with him over the years ahead as we focus on a new and exciting stage of long-term sustainable value creation," said Mr. MacDonald, the new Chair of the Board. "The Board also wishes to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. Sean Roosen, who founded the Corporation, and grew Osisko from a market capitalization of $400 million to $3.2 billion. We are grateful that Mr. Roosen will continue as a director, allowing us to continue to benefit from his knowledge, experience and connections while the Corporation moves forward under the capable leadership of Mr. Attew. Lastly, I want to thank Mr. Paul Martin for his leadership and steady hand as our Interim Chief Executive Officer while we undertook our careful CEO search process."
Mr. Attew was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Gold Corp. Prior to that, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gold Standard Ventures Corp until its acquisition by Orla Mining Ltd. Previously he served as the Chief Financial Officer at Goldcorp Inc. ("Goldcorp") where, in addition to leading the finance and investor relations operations, he was responsible for Goldcorp's corporate development and strategy culminating in the US$32 billion merger with Newmont Mining Corporation. Mr. Attew has extensive capital markets experience from his time in investment banking with the BMO Global Metals and Mining Group where he was at the forefront of structuring and raising significant growth capital as well as ...