Canada-based gold miner Centerra Gold on Tuesday announced that Paul Wright – former Endeavour Gold CEO – had replaced Scott Perry as president and CEO on an interim basis.
Chairperson Michael Parret thanked Perry for his commitment to the company over the last seven years. "We appreciate all he has done to serve the company, including through the challenges of the last two years. We wish him well in his future endeavours.”
Wright, a director of Centerra, will act as interim president and CEO as the board works with an executive search firm to select a long-term CEO.
Wright brings more than 40 years of extensive international experience in the mining industry. He retired from Eldorado Gold in April 2017 where he had served as president and CEO since 1999. He has served as a director of Centerra since his election to the board in May 2020.
In connection with this leadership transition, Perry resigned as a director of Centerra and would not be nominated for election to the board at the company’s upcoming annual meeting of shareholders to be held on September 22.
The board size would also be reduced from nine to eight.