Management

Shawn Wallace - Chairman

Mr. Wallace serves as Chairman and is one of the founding members of Cayden Resources. Throughout his career, he has been involved in all aspects of the mining industry, from mineral exploration and project management, to financing, mergers & acquisitions and corporate development. Over the last 23 years, Mr. Wallace has been instrumental in building numerous high-quality mineral exploration, development and production stage companies. Mr. Wallace also serves as the Chairman and a Director of Keegan Resources, Stratton Resources and Georgetown Capital Corp.

Ivan Bebek - President and CEO

Mr. Bebek has spent over 12 years financing premier resource companies and has been instrumental in the raising of considerable risk capital for the exploration companies he has been involved in. Mr. Bebek is co-founder, President/CEO and a Director of Cayden Resources where he oversees all corporate and financial activities. Ivan has extensive experience in financing, foreign negotiations and acquisitions. His ability to finance, structure and position strategic partners has resulted in the development of a significant international financial network which will continue to be valuable in his role with Cayden. Mr. Bebek is also a co-founder of Keegan Resources and is a senior member of Keegan’s management team where he is involved in all aspects of the company.

Daniel McCoy, PhD., - Chief Exploration Geologist

Dr. McCoy obtained his doctorate at the University of Alaska and has worked extensively in the exploration sector for over 27 years, specializing in precious metals exploration.  He has a wealth of experience in North America, South America and in Africa.  He has explored for the most prominent types of gold deposits, including Carlin-type, intrusion-related, epithermal and Pre-Cambrian greenstone belt systems. Dr. McCoy was previously employed at Placer Dome as manager for US generative exploration and was most recently President and CEO of Keegan Resources where he led the exploration team that discovered and delineated the Esaase Gold deposit in Ghana, West Africa.

Russell Starr, MBA, MA - Senior Vice President 

Mr. Starr was the Head of Capital Markets for a boutique Canadian investment bank and has been active in the financial services industry for over 13 years. Mr. Starr has worked for global investment banks and independent boutique investment dealers during his career working both as an equity salesperson/trader as well as in corporate finance. He holds a MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a Master of Economics from the University of Victoria.

Peter Rees, CA - CFO and Corporate Secretary

Mr. Rees is a chartered accountant who has worked with Canadian and US publicly listed resource companies for the past 8 years.  Mr. Rees formely held the position of corporate controller at Keegan Resources, a mineral exploration and development company focused on bringing its Esaase project in West Africa to commercial production.  Prior to that, Mr. Rees was a manager at Deloitte and Touche LLP where he focused on providing both audit and consulting services to a number of Vancouver's largest public resource companies.  Mr. Rees also holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from McGill University.