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Mining executive search, across the Americas.

Executive search for mining and metals across the Americas, from North American capital markets to the copper, silver and gold of the Andes. Founder-led, retained, and focused on the judgement a CV cannot show. Paul Templeton's senior appointments include general managers of mines and smelters in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina and Peru, and chief executives in Canada and the United States.

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Coverage across the Americas

Completed senior mandates span North, Central and South America, from copper, silver, gold and the base metals to coal, steel and iron ore. Each mandate below is shown by country, role and company tier; client names are held in confidence.

Map of the Americas marking Templeton Global Search completed mandate countries: Canada, United States, Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Chile and Argentina.

Completed senior mandates by country. A representative selection of Paul Templeton's appointments across the Americas.

Recent mandate record

North America

10CanadaMost seniorChief Executive Officer, Gold
Non-Executive Director, GoldChief Executive Officer, GoldGeneral Manager, Mine, Base MetalsGeneral Manager, Mine PlanningGeneral Manager, Project Management OfficeGeneral Manager, Exploration, Base MetalsManager, Exploration, NickelManager, Exploration, CopperRegional Chief Technical OfficerProject Manager, Iron Ore
9United StatesMost seniorChief Executive Officer, Coal
Chairman, CoalNon-Executive Director, CoalChief Executive Officer, CoalChief Executive Officer, SteelChief Executive Officer, Base MetalsChief Executive Officer, GoldGeneral Manager, Mine, CopperGeneral Manager, Mine, ZincGeneral Manager, Smelter, Zinc

Central America & Mexico

2MexicoMost seniorGeneral Manager, Mine, Silver
General Manager, Mine, SilverGeneral Manager, Mine, Zinc
1HondurasMost seniorGeneral Manager, Mine, Zinc

South America

5ChileMost seniorVice President, Operations, Base Metals
Regional Chief Financial Officer, Base MetalsCountry Manager, AI & Exploration Start-UpVice President, Operations, Base MetalsGeneral Manager, Mine, CopperManager, Exploration
2ArgentinaMost seniorGeneral Manager, Mine, Gold
General Manager, Mine, GoldMine Manager, Gold
1PeruMost seniorGeneral Manager, Mine, Polymetallic

From the board to the mine, across the Americas

One appointment sits in a boardroom in Toronto or New York; the next stands on a mine site high in the Andes. The practice covers that whole range: chair and non-executive director, chief executive, chief financial and operating officer, country and regional heads, general managers, and the technical and exploration leaders who turn an orebody into production.

What a role demands shifts as you move down that chain, and again as you move across the map. A chief executive in the United States answers to public markets and a disclosure regime. A general manager in Chile or Peru answers to the community across the fence and the water table beneath the pit. Either can fail for reasons a competency matrix never captures.

So the brief rests on a read of character as much as on qualifications: how someone held up when a permit stalled, a price turned, or a community said no.

Leadership appointments across the Americas

Board & C-suite

Chair, non-executive director and C-suite mandates for operators from small-cap to major. We assess for character and for the capital-markets judgement boards and investors actually rely on.

Country & regional leadership

General managers, vice presidents and regional leaders who carry the licence day to day: the community across the fence, the permit, the water, the politics.

Project & technical leadership

Project managers and senior technical and exploration leaders, from operating mines to greenfield builds, across the metals and bulk commodities the region produces, copper and gold through to coal, steel and iron ore.

Frequently asked questions

What does a mining executive search firm do in the Americas?

It identifies and assesses senior leaders for mining and metals operators across the Americas on a retained, exclusive basis: board and C-suite appointments, country and regional leadership, and project and technical leadership. Templeton Global Search runs every mandate personally through its founder.

Which countries in the Americas has Templeton Global Search completed mandates in?

Completed senior mandates on this page span Canada, United States, Honduras, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Peru. Client names are held in confidence; roles are listed by country and company tier above.

What levels does Templeton Global Search place across the Americas?

Board and C-suite, country and regional leadership, and project and technical leadership across copper, gold, silver, base metals, coal and steel, at asset, country and group level.

Further reading

Below the Surface looks at why boards are moving their own directors and former chief executives into the chief executive seat, and our market map of mining executive search firms compares the firms that run these appointments. See all insights.

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