Mr. Taylor has held several financial management and executive roles in companies in the mining and metals, telecommunications and assurance practice sectors and has accumulated more than 25 years of finance experience within the various TSX and TSX-V listed mining organizations for which he has worked including Banro Corporation, Aura Minerals Inc, Endeavour Mining Corporation and Crew Gold Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town and is a South African qualified Chartered Accountant.