Our Team

Leadership Team

Hratch Jabrayan

Chief Executive Officer/Director

Mr. Hratch Jabrayan, Galloper’s President and CEO, is an accomplished, high-energy and values-driven business leader with a proven track record of operational growth, efficiency, bottom-line success, and wealth creation with resource and non-resource entities in North America and around the world. He brings more than two decades of high-level resource sector experience to Galloper, including 7 years with Dundee Precious Metals where he advanced the company’s interests in Armenia and globally.

Bryan Loree

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Loree has held senior accounting roles for public and private companies in various industries including renewable energy, exploration, and construction. Prior to entering the accounting field, Mr. Loree gained experience as an investor relations manager. He holds a Certified Management Accountant designation, a Financial Management Diploma from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and a BA from Simon Fraser University.

Bryan Sparrow, P.Geo.

Vice President Geology and Exploration

Mr. Sparrow has 20 years of experience in Newfoundland and Labrador across various geoscientific disciplines in mining, mineral exploration, and geotechnical analysis. He has a successful track record of geoscientific data analysis and integration within the natural resources industry. He has well-developed project management and leadership abilities at various stages of implementation, with development initiatives hitting targeted outcomes. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) from Memorial University in Newfoundland.

Bryan is a Professional Geoscientist registered in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Dr. Iliya Garkov

Director

Dr. Garkov is the Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM). He has over three decades of international mining experience in Bulgaria, Australia and Armenia. Since 2003, when DPM acquired its assets in Bulgaria, he has held a number of leadership roles within the company and was appointed to his current position in February 2024, helping grow the Toronto-based producer’s profitability and its market capitalization to approximately $2.5 billion. Dr. Garkov has a PhD in mining engineering from the University of Mining and Geology St. Ivan Rilski in Bulgaria and is a graduate of the London Business School Senior Executive Programme.

Stephen Robert Shea

FCPA, FCA, MBA, BSc, ICD.d

Mr. Shea is a courageous and pragmatic leader with integrity. He has a broad base of functional and industry experience with public companies complemented by excellent people skills and EQ. The foundation of his approach to problem solving is rooted in the scientific method from his undergraduate degree in neurophysiology.

As Managing Partner, Talent at Ernst & Young, he was a critical member of the Canadian Firm’s Executive Committee for more than decade until his retirement in 2022. EY Canada is an integrated professional services firm with more than 400 partners, 6,500 professionals and revenue more than $1.5 billion.

Importantly, as a Global Client Coordinating and Consulting Partner in the resource sector, he led the EY’s integrated client service delivery for several years to major companies such as Barrick Gold Corporation and Irving Oil. Earlier in his career he was an audit partner.

As a young professional in the audit practice, he served the gold mining industry working with the Dome Mines Group which eventually evolved into Barrick Gold Corporation. This experience included working with exploration stage projects, new mine construction (Detour Lake) and acquisitions.

He has served on numerous internal boards and committees and as a Board Member in the not-for-profit sector throughout and after his career at EY. Since retiring from the firm, he continues to serve on two not-for-profit boards and provide consulting services to private sector clients.

Souren Sarkissov

Mr. Sarkissov is a well-known Toronto based entrepreneur and investor with more than 25 years of dedication to the growth and management of various privately held companies. His extensive business background reflects a strong commitment to building successful enterprises from ground up and guiding them to substantial growth.

Souren has played a pivotal role in launching several businesses, guiding them from inception to becoming multi-million-dollar enterprises. His leadership and vision have been key drivers to the success of various endeavors. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of a privately held multi-national Oil and Gas company is the Chief Executive Officers of a Toronto based enterprise.

Mr. Sarkissov holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering and is actively engaged in the mining and business communities in Toronto.

Peter Lauder, P.Geo.

Director

Mr. Lauder is a senior level mine and exploration geologist with more than 20 years’ experience (Goldcorp, IAMGOLD and BHP Canada) in the design, implementation and management of underground and surface exploration projects. He has managed all aspects of mining and exploration projects from early to advance stage, to full production with emphasis on safety and process driven exploration leading to successful resource estimation and project development.

Jan Urata

Corporate Secretary

Jan Urata is the Founder and President of Take It Public Services Inc. since 2011, a highly motivated legal support service for top tier and junior issuers in a variety of industry sectors. She is well versed in taking corporate entities from initial seed capital stage to publicly listed status. Her services include corporate secretarial to regulatory filings to complex transactions while offering corporate sustainability through cost-effective, efficient and timely services. Her business model focuses on performance, attention to detail and results, ensuring success and quality of work, with over 25 years’ experience in the industry. The business grew out of her years of experience as a legal secretary/paralegal in top Vancouver law firms. She is also Corporate Secretary of several TSX Venture Exchange and Canadian Securities Exchange issuers.

Bill de Jong, Lawyer

Corporate Legal Counsel, Securities Specialist

Mr. de Jong is a capital markets specialist in the areas of securities (regulatory and stock exchange ‎compliance), mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance, working with both investment banks and ‎issuers. ‎He is experienced as both in-house counsel and as a corporate ‎development professional for publicly listed companies, and as a director for multiple public, private and not-for-profit entities.