Wheaton Precious Metals welcomes Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan to its Board of Directors

– CANADA, Vancouver –  Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (TSX: WPM / NYSE: WPM / LON: WPM) announced the addition of Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, or Venkat, who joins the board effective today. Detailed results of the vote for the Board of Directors of the Company are shown below.

About Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan

Venkat is a Corporate Director and an experienced mining executive who brings a wealth of mining and financial experience, gained through his vast experience of leading global mining businesses, in a career that has spanned 17 countries and six continents. He has a proven track record of leading multinational organizations – including major publicly listed companies – through periods of challenging and transformative change. He is currently the Chair of Endeavour Mining plc. and a director of BlackRock World Mining Trust plc. He was also, until March 31, 2024, a Director of Weir Group Plc. Previously, Venkat served as CEO of Vedanta Resources plc from 2018 to 2020 and was CEO of AngloGold Ashanti Limited between 2013 to 2018, having previously been CFO of the business from 2005, and of Ashanti Goldfields Limited from 2000. In his early career, he was a Director with Deloitte in London, leading corporate restructurings on behalf of both corporates and financiers.

Venkat is a past board member of the World Gold Council, International Council on Mining and Metals, Business Leadership South Africa, the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, and a past member of the Financial Review Investigation Panel of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

SOURCE: https://www.wheatonpm.com/