Sam Pazuki

Sam Pazuki has experience in strategy, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and investor relations.

Mr Pazuki will become chief executive of Matador Mining in May 2022. He has spent nearly ten years with dual-listed OceanaGold Corporation where he led the investor relations and corporate development functions as senior vice president of corporate development. Mr Pazuki helped establish OceanaGold as a global mid-tier gold producer, and was instrumental in its expansion into North America. He helped build a global shareholder register and was the company's primary interface with the capital markets.

Prior to OceanaGold, Mr Pazuki advised major mining companies (including BHP Billiton) as a management consultant within Ernst & Young’s advisory services practice in Toronto, and was part of a team that helped
establish a Climate Change and Sustainability practice for the firm. He had also held roles in business development and asset management for multinational energy company Enbridge Incorporated.

Mr Pazuki is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering and a Masters of Finance.