Cesar E. Velasco

Cesar E. Velasco, designated leader for the Fortuna-Roxgold integration, joined Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. in 2018 and held the position of Country Head, Peru until August 2021. A skilled executive with over 22 years of global experience in the mining and manufacturing industry, Cesar has held senior management positions in large private and public multinational companies throughout Latin America, including EXSA, ENAEX-EXSA JV, and Dyno Nobel Latin America. He has a BSc in Marine Biology from the Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Colombia and graduated from an Executive Program for Mergers and Acquisitions from Stanford Graduate School of Business in the U.S. Cesar serves as a member on the boards of the Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petroleo y Energía and of the International Society of Explosives Engineers.