The Management of Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic”) combines +200 years experience in mining, finance and energy sectors.
Stephen G. Roman
, Chairman, President and CEO
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Stephen G. Roman is the founder, Chairman, President and CEO of Global Atomic Corporation, and was previously the President & CEO of TSX listed Harte Gold Corp. Mr. Roman has successfully identified, financed, developed, and brought into commercial production many mining and oil and gas projects in the past 40 years and notably he was the founder, Co-Chairman and Director of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., that was acquired by Goldcorp Inc. for $1.5 Billion in 2008.

Previously he was a Policy Advisor to the Minister of National Defence, Canada, spearheaded the privatization of two major petrochemical companies in Central Europe, was Director and VP Exploration of Denison Mines Limited and was instrumental in the initial creation and leadership of Gabriel Resources, Belo Sun Mining, Exall Energy, Silvermet and Polar Star Mining among others. Mr. Roman received the “Bill Dennis Award” for Canadian Mineral Discovery from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in March, 2016.

Rein Lehari
, Chief Financial Officer
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Rein A. Lehari is the Chief Financial Officer of Global Atomic Corporation and was CFO, President and Director of Silvermet prior to its merger with Global Atomic in 2017. Mr. Lehari was previously the CFO for Harte Gold Corp. and trained as an accountant (CPA qualified) and was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rein became President of Reindalyne Enterprises Inc, in 2002, which provides financial consulting services. He graduated in Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Emre Toprak
, Vice President Finance
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Emre Toprak, is a chartered accountant (“CPA”) with over 12 years of expertise in audit, accounting, financial management, financial reporting, and internal controls.

Emre joined Global Atomic in 2021 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Vice President, Finance in 2024. Prior to joining Global Atomic Corporation, Emre working for at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Canada from 2019 to 2021, and previously Türkiye and The Netherlands, holding several senior roles working with numerous public and private companies in various industries, including large Canadian mining companies.

Emre holds Master of Financial analysis and Master of Professional Accounting from La Trobe University and Bachelor of Economics from Baskent University. He received his CPA designation from the Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Türkiye in 2018 and holds an Independent Auditors' certificate from the Public Oversight, Accounting, and Auditing Standards Authority of Türkiye.

Santiago Faucher
, Chief Technology Officer
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Santiago graduated in 1996 with a degree in chemical engineering and began designing and starting-up metallurgical plants for clients of Hatch Ltd. Upon graduation, he worked as a researcher for Xerox and as a professor at McMaster University. At Xerox, Santiago lead teams to develop new materials and processes and was Manager of the Composite Materials Process Engineering Area. In 2012, Santiago left Xerox to lead Technology Development for Hatch Ltd. where he developed technologies and established the company’s innovation ecosystem. In 2017, Santiago founded Insight R&D Inc. to develop processes and products derived from what would otherwise become industrial waste. His Insight clients include Ecomaister (Korea as CTO), Anglo American (South Africa), Freeport McMoran, Vale, Nexa Resources, Global Atomic (as CTO) and many more prominent companies. In 2018, Santiago founded Ecomaterials Inc. to commercialize waste-to-wealth products. Ecomaterials now counts clients in the middle east, the Americas, and Europe who purchase its abrasive products derived from underutilized resources. Santiago volunteers in the Canadian and American Chemical Engineering Societies, and has been President of the Canadian Society. Santiago is an author of 17 articles and book chapters, and is inventor of over 60 U.S. patents and patent applications, which are owned by Ecomaister, Hatch, Xerox, Ecomaterials, and Samsung.

Timothy Campbell
, Vice President ESG and Corporate Secretary
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Timothy Campbell has over twenty-five years of experience in the mining sector involved with numerous companies from early stage to production, and the transition from private company to exchange-listed issuer status. Tim’s expertise is in corporate finance, regulatory compliance, government relations and permitting, local community and aboriginal consulting. He has held the positions of Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Global Atomic Corporation since June 2010. Tim holds a BA (Hons) in History and Economics from the University of Toronto.

Ibrahim ALISSO
, Administrator of Global Uranium Niger
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Ibrahim ALISSO is the Administrator of Global Uranium Niger. Educated as a Geological Engineer and in related studies in Niger, Senegal and France, Mr. ALISSO joined Global Uranium Corporation in 2007 as Exploration Manager and has been engaged with Global Atomic Corporation since 2013.   Prior to Global Atomic, Mr. ALISSO had extensive work experience in Niger’s private sector, including Chief Geologist at Golden Star Resources, St. Jude Resources and  Proma-Minerals and Senior Geologist for Barrick Gold Exploration’s ‘Tialkam’ Gold Research Project.  In Niger’s public sector he held several key positions at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, including Project Director, Director of Geological and Mining Research and Inspector of Services.

During his career, Mr. Ibrahim ALISSO has visited many mines, laboratories and consulting firms around West Africa, in France, Belgium, Germany, Morocco and Zimbabwe. Mr. Ibrahim ALISSO is member of several associations and non-governmental organizations.

Bob Tait
, VP Investor Relations
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Bob Tait has over 30 years of Investor Relations experience in mining, retail, petroleum, financial services and forest products. His relationship with the investment community extends throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and South Africa. His experience encompasses multiple public companies including three mining companies. He worked at Eldorado Gold while they were developing mines in Turkey, at First Uranium with gold and uranium mining operations in South Africa and at IAMGOLD whose largest producing mine is in Burkina Faso, near the Niger border.

Mr. Tait has working knowledge of the security regulations and disclosure practices on the TSX, NYSE and JSE. He formerly led the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) and has also been a Director of the US-based National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). He was a member of the Continuous Disclosure Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission 2002-2018.

Fergus P. Kerr
, Director & Mining Consultant
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Fergus Kerr is Mining Consultant for Global Atomic Corporation and a former Director for Harte Gold Corp. Fergus has over 40 years experience in the mining industry mostly senior management in Canadian underground mines. He was General Manager at Denison Mines, Elliot Lake and subsequently Area Manager of Mines for INCO Ltd. In Sudbury, Ontario. He was then appointed Director, Mining Sector with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Toronto, Ontario. Fergus has also served as Employer Co-Chair of the Mining Health, Safety and Prevention Review, and has consulted in Indonesia, Mongolia, Australia, South Africa and North America. A graduate in Mining Engineering from the Royal School of Mines, he holds a B.Sc. (Mining) and ARSM and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.

Peter Wollenberg
, Director of Exploration and Resource Development
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Peter Wollenberg is Director of Exploration and Resource Development at Global Atomic Corporation. Peter has over 38 years of experience in the uranium exploration and mining business. He has worked in Europe, Canada, Africa and Australia, including work as an exploration geologist and VP Exploration for Urangesellschaft, and joined Cogema/Areva where he worked as senior mine geologist at the Cluff Lake uranium mine and as exploration manager both in Australia and Niger. He was responsible for the quality management system at Areva Resources Canada Inc. and was the Director Exploration North America. He is a graduate of the Technical University of Munich and holds a BSc, MSc and PhD degree in Geology and Geoscience.