Chief Financial Officer, Fundeco Inc.

Mahendra Naik is Chief Financial Officer, Fundeco Inc., a private investment company. He is a Chartered Accountant with extensive mining and investment industry experience. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. He was a principal with Coopers Lybrand, a major Canadian chartered accounting firm. Mahendra is a founding director (since 1990) of IAMGOLD Corporation, a TSX and NYSE listed mid-tier gold mining company and was its Chief Financial Officer till 1999. As former CFO, Mahendra led negotiations for the Sadiola Mine and Yatela Mine joint ventures with Anglo American and was responsible for raising more than US$ 550 million in project debt and equity financings. He is a Director of Fortune Minerals as well as several private companies.

In his personal capacity, he is also a contributor to several philanthropic causes.