MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Barrick Gold

Toronto-based Barrick Gold announced a shakeup of its top management on June 6, 2012. Executive VP and CFO Jamie Sokalsky has been named president and CEO, replacing Aaron Regent. Sokalsky also took Regent’s seat on the board of...

Toronto-based Barrick Gold announced a shakeup of its top management on June 6, 2012. Executive VP and CFO Jamie Sokalsky has been named president and CEO, replacing Aaron Regent. Sokalsky also took Regent’s seat on the board of directors. Sokalsky joined Barrick as treasurer in 1993 and became CFO in 1999. Previously, he was an executive at George Weston for 10 years. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from Lakehead University and received his Chartered Accountant designation in 1982.

In addition, John L. Thornton, currently a Barrick director, has been appointed co-chairman of the board, a post he will share with company founder Peter Munk. Thornton is an international businessman, corporate director, chairman of The Brookings Institution, director of Global Leadership at Tsinghua University in Beijing and a former president of Goldman Sachs. He holds degrees from Harvard College, the University of Oxford and the Yale School of Management.

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