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Jervois welcomes Dr. Daniela Chimissodos Santos, a leading global mining and sustainability expert, as aNon-Executive Director effective 1 December 2022
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Dr. Chimisso dos Santos has a stronglegal and governance background in the extractive industries withexperience across government and non-governmental organisations
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Dr. Chimisso dos Santos’ corporateexperience includes more than six years with Brazilian-basedmultinational mining company, Vale S.A. (“Vale”), including asDeputy General Counsel; as well as legal roles with Hatch Group(“Hatch”); and Shell Group (“Shell”)
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Dr. Chimisso dos Santos has extensiveexperience in Brazil, and has been appointed in conjunction withJervois’ recently announced final investment decision to restart its100%-owned São Miguel Paulista nickel-cobalt refinery
November 14, 2022 –TheNewswire - Jervois GlobalLimited (“ Jervois ”) (ASX:JRV)(TSXV:JRV) (OTC:JRVMF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr.Daniela Chimisso dos Santos as a Non-Executive Director, effective 1December 2022.
Dr. Chimisso dos Santos is a leading global mining andsustainability expert with significant international experience,including in Brazil, where she is based part-time. Dr. Chimisso dosSantos’ varied experience encompasses industry, government andnon-governmental organisations.
Dr. Chimisso dos Santos has recently joined CesconBarrieu, a full-service premier Brazilian law firm, as Of Counsel. Her previous roles have focused on ESG, primarily for the Canadiangovernment. She is on the Board of Directors of TransparencyInternational – Canada, and is on the United Nations’ DevelopmentProgramme – Extractive Resource Expert Roster, as well as anappointed member to ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR Task Forceon Addressing Issues of International Corruption in InternationalArbitration, representing ICC Canada.
Previously, Dr. Chimisso dos Santos was a nationalresearcher for Mining for Sustainable Development in Canada and is aformer appointed Member, Administrative Tribunals of British Columbia— Environmental Appeal Board, Forest Appeals Commission, and the Oiland Gas Appeal Tribunal.
Between 2007 and 2013, Dr. Chimisso dos Santos was asenior executive at Vale, where her last role was Deputy GeneralCounsel, Business Development & International, leading a team ofmore than 45 lawyers in M&A, finance, corporate and exploration. During this time, she was based across both Vale Canada in Torontoand in the Vale head office in Rio de Janeiro. Dr. Chimisso dos Santos was a member of Vale’s Gender EquityProgram Validation Committee and advised the Vale Board including itsRisk Committee.
Previously, Dr. Chimisso dos Santos was employed byHatch in Canada and spent five years with Shell in both Canada andBrazil. Prior to this she was a lawyer with Baker & McKenzie inRio de Janeiro, and McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto.
Dr. Chimisso dos Santos holds a Doctor of JuridicalScience from the University of Toronto; a Master of Laws in NaturalResources, Energy, and Environmental Law from the University ofCalgary; and a Bachelor of Laws from York University, in each case inCanada; and a Bachelor of Arts from the American University of Rome,in Italy.
Dr. Chimisso dos Santos is a global authority, academicauthor, lecturer and presenter on environmental sentencing, ESG,anti-corruption, business and human rights, extractive industries,responsible investment, sovereign debt and mine closures. She isfluent in five languages and admitted to the Ontario and Alberta Barsin Canada.
On behalf of the Jervois Board of Directors.
Peter Johnston
Chairman
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