Leadership Team

Paul Chawrun

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Paul Chawrun, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer joined Centerra Gold inc. in September 2022 and is a mining engineer with over 30 years of wide-ranging experience in the industry. Paul oversees all operations and project development activities for Centerra. Prior to joining Centerra, Paul was Chief Operating Officer of Teranga Gold Corporation, which created significant shareholder value by building up a small single asset producer growing to mid-tier status through successful major project construction, five consecutive years delivering record production with exceptional Environmental, Social and Governance performance. Previously Paul’s work experience included positions in operations at Fording and Suncor Energy, as well as technical services and corporate development at various mine development companies including Director of Technical Services for the development of the Detour Gold project. Paul initially started his career as an exploration geologist for Corona Corporation.

Paul is a professional engineer with a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University, also holding a Bachelor of Science in Geology from McMaster University and a Master of Business Administration from Athabasca University.

Ryan Snyder

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Ryan Snyder, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), joined Centerra Gold Inc. in 2022 as Vice President, Finance, and was promoted into his current role in April 2024. Focused on strategic decision making across all levels of the organization, Ryan leads the Centerra’s global finance function.

Ryan has over 15 years of experience in financial management in the mining industry. Prior to joining Centerra, he was CFO of Electra Battery Materials Corporation and Primero Mining Corporation. He previously held key financial roles at numerous resource companies, including five years in operations finance with Inmet Mining Corporation. Ryan started his career with KPMG in Toronto.

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA Ontario).

Claudia D’Orazio

Executive Vice President, People, Technology and Supply Chain

Claudia D’Orazio, Executive Vice President, People, Technology and Supply Chain, joined Centerra Gold Inc. in February 2020 as Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Claudia oversees the design, implementation, and oversight of global employee programs, global technology systems and processes and global supply chain policies and programs.  She has extensive experience in transformational leadership with a passion for optimizing people, process and technology. Claudia has over 30 years experience as a Senior Executive and has an extensive background in human resources, risk management, internal audit, information technology, supply chain management, integrations, treasury and finance.

Prior to joining Centerra, Claudia held several executive roles at Pembina Pipeline Corporation including, Corporate Controller, Vice President, Finance Treasurer, Vice President Risk and Compliance and Vice President Human Resources. She was a champion of change management, transformational leadership and team development, diversity and inclusion, health and wellness and led multiple management and employee initiatives including a large acquisition & integration program. Prior to that, Claudia worked with the Royal Bank of Canada and held several progressive senior roles in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. Claudia started her career at KPMG.

Claudia has served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation (CMIEF) and is currently on the Board of Directors of Standard Lithium Ltd. where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Claudia holds a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Accounting & Management Information Systems from McGill University and has her CPA designation.  She also holds her designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Yousef Rehman

Executive Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs

Yousef Rehman, Executive Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs, joined Centerra in 2013 as Senior Legal Counsel and was promoted progressively to his current role. Yousef has over 15 years of legal experience, principally in the mining industry. He is responsible for management of the company’s global legal affairs. Yousef provides the Company with strategic legal insight in corporate matters for its global operations. Prior to joining Centerra, Yousef worked as in-house legal counsel at a Canadian transportation company and, prior to that, practiced law at Stikeman Elliott LLP, where he worked in the areas of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, especially in the natural resources sector.

Yousef received his J.D. from the University of Toronto in 2006 and holds Bachelor’s of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto (2003).  Yousef was called to the Ontario Bar in 2007.

Hélène Timpano

Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development

Hélène Timpano, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, joined Centerra Gold Inc. in May 2023.  Hélène is an experienced mining executive and former management consultant with multinational experience in operations and development projects. Hélène is responsible for overseeing the company’s long-term growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and key partnerships. Her most recent executive position was as Senior Vice President, Operations at Kinross Gold Corporation where she led operations and technical strategy.  Hélène also held various other executive roles at Kinross where she led Kinross’s annual strategic business planning process, numerous technical M&A due diligence efforts, and oversaw many asset level strategy and optimization projects.  She also led a number of corporate functions including Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Continuous Improvement, among other areas.  Before her tenure at Kinross, Hélène was a consultant at Bain & Company, a multi-national consulting firm.

Hélène is an engineer with a Bachelor Degree in Integrated Engineering and a Bachelor Degree of Arts in Honours Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business and Western University.  Hélène holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management from Northwestern University.

Paul Tomory

President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Tomory, has over 25 years of experience in mining, engineering and construction and was appointed Centerra’s President & CEO effective May 1, 2023. Prior to his appointment, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Kinross Gold Corporation, where he worked for over 14 years in a series of progressive technical roles. Prior to Kinross, he worked as a consultant at Bain & Company and Golder Associates. Mr. Tomory is a professional engineer from the University of Toronto and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.