Sonny Janda
Chairman
Mr. Sonny Janda holds the Executive Chairman and Director position with Desert Gold Ventures Inc. and has been involved with the company and the company’s operations since 2010. Mr. Janda’s experience ranges from operational and financial management, to business development and capital procurement strategy.
He holds notable board positions with Sierra Growth Corp. and Grand Peak Capital Corp. Mr. Janda concurrently serves as Director of the Janda Group, a family owned business developing various types of real estate assets including commercial, office, industrial, mixed-use, residential and agricultural. Mr. Janda earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University.
Jared Scharf
President & CEO, Director
Mr. Scharf is Chief Executive Officer of Desert Gold and has been involved with the company since 2010 and has been a director since 2015. His background is in corporate finance and public markets. Prior to working with Desert Gold, Mr. Scharf worked for ITM Corporation, a Toronto-based asset management firm, where he was involved in the development of a variety of companies ranging from gold and geothermal projects in Latin and South America to oil and gas projects in Eastern Europe.
Mr. Scharf holds an Honours Commerce degree in Finance from the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa as well as a Bachelors of Administration also from the University of Ottawa.
Chris Marsh, CFA
Director
Mr. Marsh is the President of Blockchain Foundry. Previously, Chris spent 8 years at Richardson GMP and GMP Securities in Toronto, Canada, as an investment banker and corporate development executive. He also spent four years in London, England where he worked in corporate finance and asset management.
Mr. Marsh is a CFA charter holder and holds a Masters in Finance degree from London Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.
Doug Engdahl, P.Geo.
Director
Mr. Engdahl has over 20 years of experience managing various companies with over 16 years of geological experience in both junior and major exploration and mining sectors across North America and in Africa.
His extensive mineral exploration experience has been focused on data compilation and interpretation, drill target generation and drill program management, as well as resource and mine modeling with focus on structural geology and resource calculations. Mr. Engdahl has extensive Athabasca Basin resource experience having previously spent over eight years working as a Senior Mine Geologist on Cameco Corporation’s McArthur River Mine, the largest high-grade uranium mine in the world.
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