Andy Taunton

Andrew Taunton joined SolGold as Vice President in 2017, and is one of the legal representatives for the Ecuador group of companies. Andy oversees all day to day activities and leads government relations for the companies. Following graduation in the UK in Electrical Engineering, Andrew’s initial career in the medical diagnostic equipment industry took him world-wide. In 1991 he emigrated to Ecuador where he has lived almost continually for 29 years. Andrew is a fluent Spanish speaker.

His extensive business experience in Ecuador encompassed petroleum service activities as an entrepreneur, as an independent consultant representing multiple international aviation parts and services suppliers including Pratt and Whitney, holding senior management team roles in physical security and crisis management in the petroleum and mining industries and holding a major planning position for the transition of all stakeholders to Quito’s new airport. Andrew was COO for a TSX listed junior explorer with central Ecuador exploration activity and held the position of Security Manager for both Kinross Gold Corporation’s Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador and their Tasiast, Mauritania gold mine. This work has included being the President of the British Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce, one of the Founders of the British School in Quito and being a Consular Agent over many years for the British Embassy. As a result of his immediate response and international liaison activity following the major earthquake which hit Ecuador in 2016, Andrew was awarded the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.