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Stefan Piech
MBE, CMC, CCBP
CEO & Managing Partner
Innovative and inspirational business leader with a talent for helping clients to think differently about their business challenges. His approach to business consulting is simple - listen, be transparent and empathetic to your client’s needs. Stefan founded HIVE based on his fifteen years of experience as a dynamic management consultant. He has worked for the world’s Top Tiered Consulting firms including PwC's Consulting and Deals practice and BDO's Consulting Business Line and Risk Advisory practice…
JEFF SWINOGA
CPA, CA, MBA
PRESIDENT & HIVE Partner
Jeff is a highly accomplished mining executive with over 25 years of executive and management experience in the areas of capital markets, project advancement, development and project construction. In addition to being President of Hive Advisory, Jeff sitson several TSX & NYSE public company Boards and CEO of Exploits Discovery (CSE:NFLD); Previously, he was the National Mining and Metals co Leader at EY Canada, CEO of First Mining Gold, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Torex Gold Resources Inc. (“Torex”) where, during his four-year tenure, he led the US$400 million financing of Torex’s US$800 million El Limon-Guajes gold mine on the Morelos property…
BETTY SOARES
CPA, CA, EBMA
HIVE Partner
Betty is a finance and accounting executive that brings astute business acumen as well as over 20 years’ of proven leadership in the technology, renewables and natural resource sector. She is a strategic, diligent, focused, and passionate by nature with proven leadership and strong business acumen bridging the gap between finance and strategy. A forward-thinker that excels at translating a vision into actions and taking the necessary steps to create the future. A keen ability to solution problems, drive profit and cash flow through cost reductions, convert finance into a cohesive tangible story and streamline processes. Leads and executes projects from conceptualization through implementation across multiple reporting and organizational lines. Expertise spans domestic & international markets from start-ups to multimillion-dollar organizations. Finance leadership backed by operational & technological expertise, M&A experience from due diligence to integration, transformation leadership & change management, restructuring & reorganizational leadership and onboarding of new technologies...
RYAN WEBSTER
CFA, CPA, CMA
HIVE Partner
A multi-disciplined and versatile finance executive with over 10 years of experience in the mining sector. Mr. Webster combines a strategic focus with a broad range of skills across the finance function. Until its recent sale to the Washington Companies, Mr. Webster was Vice President, Finance at Dominion Diamond Corporation, after over 10 years in progressively senior roles. During his tenure at Dominion Mr. Webster was responsible for the financial consolidation and public financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, corporate development, corporate finance, and investor relations. He has led and executed roughly $2 billion in corporate M&A transactions including…
Alex Karbovskiy
FCCA, CPA, CGA
Hive Partner
Alex is a finance and business modelling professional with over 15 years of progressive experience in facilitating the decision-making process for a wide variety of companies operating in the natural resources, technology, telecom, non-for-profit and other industries, with the main focus around the mining industry. He brings a wealth of experience in various areas of finance function with primary focus around short-term and strategic planning, including both building and training teams and setting up efficient processes, introducing fit-for-purpose solutions and tools…