Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.'s Profile

Management & Directors

• Officers

  & MANAGEMENT

  Dennis E. Wheeler
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

  Dennis E. Wheeler has been Chairman of the Board of Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation since May 1992 and Chief Executive Officer since December 1986. Previously, Mr. Wheeler served as President of Coeur, commencing in December 1980. Mr. Wheeler was our Chief Administrative Officer from December 1980 to December 1986, Secretary from January 1980 to December 1980 and Senior Vice President and General Counsel from 1978 to 1980....
  
  
  Mitchell J. Krebs
  Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  Mitchell J. Krebs first joined Coeur in 1995 after spending several years in the investment banking industry in New York. During his tenure with Coeur, Mr. Krebs has held various positions in the corporate development department, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Since March of 2008, Mr. Krebs has held the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Krebs holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University.
  
  Richard M. Weston
  Senior Vice President – Operations

  Richard M. Weston was appointed to his current position in 2007. He was previously the Managing Director of CDE Australia Pty. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coeur based in Sydney, Australia. Before joining Coeur, Mr. Weston was the General Manager for Barrick Australia Ltd.’s Cowal Gold Project in New South Wales from 2003 to 2005. He has held numerous other mine development and operations positions with leading mining companies and was previously employed by Coeur as the General ...
  
  
  Donald J. Birak
  Senior Vice President, Exploration

  Donald J. Birak was appointed Senior Vice President - Exploration of Coeur in January 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Birak was Vice President of Exploration for AngloGold North America, Inc. and Vice President of Exploration for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. In March 2001, Mr. Birak was co-recipient of the Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award presented by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. ...
  
  
  Alan L. Wilder
  Senior Vice President, Project Development

  Alan L. Wilder was appointed Senior Vice President – Project Development in July 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Wilder was an independent consultant from July 2002 to July 2004 for Glamis Gold and Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation. Prior thereto, he was Project Manager for BHP Tintaya from February 2000 to June 2002 and from 1999 to 2000 he was an independent consultant for the mining industry....
  
  
  Thomas T. Angelos
  Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

  Tom T. Angelos was appointed as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in December 2006. Prior to that, he had held the position of Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Coeur since 2004. Mr. Angelos was previously Controller of Stillwater Mining Company from 1998 to 2004, and from 1983 to 1998 was employed by Coeur in various capacities....
  
  
  Kelli Kast
  Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

  Kelli C. Kast was appointed Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in May 2005. Prior to that Ms. Kast served as Corporate Counsel for HealtheTech. Inc. from April 2004 to April 2005. Prior thereto, she served as Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Global Water Technologies Inc. and Psychrometric Systems, Inc. from December 1997 through February 2003....
  
  
  Luke J. Russell
  Vice President Environmental Services

  Luke J. Russell was appointed Vice President of Environmental Services at Coeur in 2005. Prior to that, he was Coeur d’Alene Basic Project Manager for the State of Idaho’s Department of Environmental Quality. Before that, he held a series of increasingly responsible positions in the management of environmental affairs at major mining companies and was previously Director of Environmental and Government Affairs for Coeur from 1995 to 2000....
  
  
  Larry A. Nelson
  Vice President, Human Resources

  Larry A. Nelson was appointed Vice President Human Resources in January 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Nelson served as Director Human Resources from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Nelson held the position of Human Resources at Coeur Silver Valley from 1996 to 2005. Prior to that, he was employed in corporate and site human resource positions within the mining industry since 1977....
  
  
  Kenneth L. Koski
  Controller

  Kenneth L. Koski was appointed Controller in March 2008. Prior to that, he held the position of Assistant Controller since 2002. Mr. Koski was a Financial Analyst for Telect, Inc. in 2001 and from 1990 to 2001 was employed by Coeur in progressively responsible accounting positions....
  
  
  Alfredo Cruzat
  Senior Vice President, Exploration CDE
  Chilean Mining Corporation

  Alfredo Cruzat was appointed Senior Vice President, Exploration, of CDE Chilean Mining Corporation Ltd, Cerro Bayo, in 2002. He joined CDE Chilean in 1990 and served in several exploration management positions before his appointment as Vice President of Exploration in 1996. Before joining Coeur, he was Exploration General Manager in Chile for Freeport McMoran. He also had previously served as a senior partner at a geologic consulting firm and held a position in Chile’s Geological Surve...
  
  
  K. Leon Hardy
  Senior Vice President
  North American Operations

  K. Leon Hardy was appointed to his current position in 2008. He was previously the Vice President and General Manager of Coeur Argentina. Prior to that, he had been operations consulting manager for the Apex San Cristobal silver mine in Bolivia from 1999 to 2002 and from 1996 to 1998 was Operations Manager of Minera Alumbrera in Argentina. Before that, was with Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, where he held a number of increasingly responsible mine management positions....
  
  
  Donald P. Gray
  Senior Vice President
  South American Operations

  Donald P. Gray was appointed to his current postition in 2008. He previously was the Vice President & General Manager of Compañía Minera Cerro Bayo. Prior to that he served as Vice President and General Manager of Minera Hecla Venezolana. Before that, he held a series of progressively responsible senior mine management positions with Hecla, Newmont Mining, Exxon and Climax Molybdenum....
  
  
  Godfrey B. Mramba
  Vice President and Managing Director
  Coeur Tanzania Ltd.

  Godfrey B. Mramba was appointed to the position of Vice President and Managing Director of Coeur Tanzania in March 2004 and has served as a Board Member of Coeur Tanzania since March 2003. Mr. Mramba returned to Coeur as an Project Accountant in 2001. Prior to that he was employed as Auditor with Ernst & Young. Mr. Mramba briefly worked for Coeur in 1998....
  
  
  Thomas C. Henderson
  Vice President & General Manager
  Kensington Project

  Thomas C. Henderson was appointed to his current position in 2008. He previously was the General Manager for Coeur Alaska, Inc.. Prior to that, he held the positions of Director of Operations and Mine Manager with Coeur’s Kensington Mine. Before that, he held a series of progressively responsible mine management and engineering positions at several mines including the Robinson and Goldstrike mines in Nevada and the Grasberg Mine in Indonesia....
  
  
  Stuart Mathews
  Vice President and General Manager of the Palmarejo Project

  Stuart Mathews was appointed to his current position in 2008. He joined Coeur in October 2006 as Technical Director for Coeur Australia. He was named Interim Project Manager for the Palmarejo Project in July 2007. He has over twenty years of mining, exploration and geological experience in Australia, New Zealand, South America and Mexico. Prior to joining Coeur, Stuart was Geology Manager for Barrick’s Cowal Gold Mine in Australia. Stuart holds a Masters Degree in geology from the University...
  

• Director(s)

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  Dennis E. Wheeler
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Coeur d' Alene Mines Corporation
  
  James J. Curran
  Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Interstate Bank, Northwest RegionJames J. Curran
  Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Interstate Bank, Northwest Region

  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of First Interstate Bank, Northwest Region (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington) from October 1991 to April 1996; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of First Interstate Bank of Oregon, N.A. from February 1991 to October 1991; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Interstate Bank of Denver, N.A. from March 1990 to January 1991; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Interstate Bank of Idaho, N.A. ...
  
  
  Sebastian Edwards
  Henry Ford II Professor of International Business Economics at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  
  Andrew Lundquist
  Managing Partner of Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles LLC
  
  Robert E. Mellor
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Building Materials Holding CorporationRobert E. Mellor
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Building Materials Holding Corporation

  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Building Materials Holding Corporation (distribution, manufacturing and sales of building materials and component products) since 1997, director since 1991; Member of the Board of Directors of The Ryland Group (national residential home builder)....
  
  
  John H. Robinson
  Chairman of Hamilton Ventures LLCJohn H. Robinson
  Chairman of Hamilton Ventures LLC

  Chairman of Hamilton Ventures LLC (consulting and investment) since founding the firm in 2006. Vice Chairman of Olsson Associates (engineering consultants) from 2004 to 2005. Chairman of EPCglobal Ltd. (professional engineering staffing) and Executive Director of MetiLinx Ltd. (software) from 2003 to 2004. Executive Director of Amey plc (business process outsourcing and construction) from 2000 to 2002. Vice Chairman and Managing Partner of Black & Veatch Inc. (engineering and construction) f...
  
  
  J. Kenneth Thompson
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Star Energy, LLCJ. Kenneth Thompson
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Star Energy, LLC

  President and CEO of Pacific Star Energy LLC (private energy investment firm in Alaska) from September 2000 to present. The Managing Director of Alaska Venture Capital Group LLC, a private oil and gas exploration company from December 2004 to present. Executive Vice President of ARCO’s Asia Pacific oil and gas operating companies in Alaska, California, Indonesia, China and Singapore from 1998 to 2000. President and CEO of ARCO Alaska, Inc., the parent company’s oil and gas producing division ...
  
  
  Alex Vitale
  Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.Alex Vitale
  Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

  Managing Director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. from April 2001 to present. Previously, Director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (1997-2001), Managing Director of Vitale Borghesi & Co. Inc. (1995-1997), and Vice President of Kidder, Peabody & Co. (1993-1994)....
  
  
  Timothy R. Winterer
  Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Western Oil Sands, Inc.Timothy R. Winterer
  Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Western Oil Sands, Inc.

  President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Western Oil Sands from January 2000 to December 2001. President and Chief Executive Officer of BHP World Minerals Corporation (international resources company) from 1997 to 1998; Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, BHP World Minerals (1992-1996); Senior Vice President, Operations International Minerals, BHP Minerals (1985-1992); Executive Vice President, Utah Development Company (1981-1985)....