Petaquilla Minerals CEO and leadership

I am a highly analytical and incisive senior executive with 20+ years of experience directing substantial growth and leading turnaround of underperforming global operations spanning a wide variety of international businesses. As a strategic, visionary, and central thinker, I possess an innate ability to face challenges and execute complex missions, turnaround projects, reorganizations, and market share attainment. My demonstrated expertise in finance, operations, and general management has been proven in multiple industries spanning Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the US. I am known as an effective communicator with strong team building skills driving continuous success within diversified and decentralized operations.

Career Highlights:

➢ Led restructuring assignments in Portugal, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. Launched new products, sales / marketing strategies, and distribution initiatives driving market growth and revenue generation.

➢ Streamlined Pan-European paper distribution program harmonizing product ranges and brands. Centralized procurement and supplier negotiations. Slashed headcount from 408 to 290 and annualized fixed costs €8M. Achieved €5M recurrent EBITDA improvement annually.

➢ Integrated manufacturing companies acquired in Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, and Finland. Reduced workforce 40% (4,500 to 2,700) and inventory from 90 days to 30 days representing $125M decrease and 5% ($37.5M) improvement in gross margin.

➢ Managed the construction and startup of the Molejon, Panama, gold mining and refining project in full compliance with industry’s technical and environmental best practices.

➢ Extensive exposure to regulatory bodies including British Columbia Securities Commission and Toronto Stock Exchange.

Skills & Expertise:

Leadership & Team Building - Operational Excellence - Best Practices - Risk Assessment & Control - Languages & People Management - Client Relations & Retention - Investor Relations - Sales & Marketing

Profesional en Ciencias Económicas, con amplia experiencia en temas de Administración y Finanzas, adquirida a través de 25 años de trabajo en la industria minera y en auditoría externa de corporaciones internacionales, especializándome en compañías de industrias extractivas (minería, oil & gas), energéticas y de construcción.

Specialties: Risk Management, Treasury & Cash Management, Accounting & Reporting, IFRS, Control de Gestión, Tax Planning, Internal Controls, Business Plan & Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Evaluación de Proyectos, Exportaciones, VAT Recovery, Auditoría Externa e Interna.

Gian Carlo Menotti is a CTO at Petaquilla Minerals Ltd and is based in Panama-Stadt, Panama. He attended Universidad de Panamá.