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.

Nader Elm

Director

Nader Elm is a seasoned senior executive with extensive global experience in business leadership, strategic planning, and operations across technology, media, telecoms, aerospace, and mining industries. Known for building high-performance teams and leading complex, high-pressure projects, Nader has thrived in both dynamic start-up environments and heavily structured multi-billion-dollar enterprises, often serving as a transformational leader and intrapreneur. He has operated in restructuring, turnaround, and net-new business development contexts, with expertise in corporate development, VC, and PE modalities. Most recently, as Founder and CEO of Exyn Technologies, a spin-out from the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Labs, he built the team to 70+, raised $61M, developed award-winning AI robotics products, and drove rapid revenue growth through global partnerships. Previously, at IMAX Corporation, he was Senior VP of Strategy & Corporate Development, where he grew the IMAX Private Theatre venture into a $20M+ business, laying the foundation for the company’s move into the home market. Earlier roles include leadership positions at Rogers Digital Media, Bell Canada, and Blue Spark Media, where he drove strategic initiatives, acquisitions, and new business development. Nader holds a B.Eng (Hons) from University College London and an MBA from London Business School.
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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.

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.