Mauricio Cardenas

Mauricio Cardenas possesses extensive experience in finance and strategic planning across various industries, currently serving as the Finance and Administrative Director at AngloGold Ashanti since April 2022. Previously, from February 2016 to March 2022, Cardenas was the Manager of Planning and Projects at Continental Gold Inc., overseeing strategic planning and budget management. Prior roles include serving as Manager of Investments at Corficolombiana - Grupo AVAL, where responsibilities encompassed financial evaluations and resource allocation for portfolio companies, and as a Senior Assistant to the CEO at Carbones del Cerrejón Limited, focusing on financial valuation of mining projects. Cardenas began a career at Ecopetrol, handling corporate planning and financial valuations for oil and petrochemical projects, and started in economic research at Fedesarrollo. Educational qualifications include Master's degrees in Economics from both the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Universidad Nacional de Colombia, along with a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.