Primero Announces Appointment of Kevin Jennings as C.F.O.
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 01, 2016) - Primero Mining Corp. ("Primero" or the "Company") (TSX:P.TO) (PPP) today announced the appointment of Kevin Jennings as Chief Financial Officer effective September 19, 2016.
Mr. Jennings is an experienced international mining finance executive with an extensive background in financial management and reporting, international corporate transactions, strategy development, restructuring and turnarounds. He successfully led the African Barrick Gold initial public offering as C.F.O. and has held senior financial executive roles with Barrick Gold, (Vice President, Corporate Development), Xstrata Nickel, (Director, Business Optimization), Falconbridge (Director, Business Development), American Racing Equipment (C.F.O.), Sun Gold (C.F.O.) and most recently Banro Corporation (C.F.O.). Kevin is a Chartered Accountant with a BA in Administrative studies (Honours Accounting) from York University and a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Jennings will replace Ms. Wendy Kaufman who is leaving the Company effective September 6, 2016 to pursue other opportunities.
