TORONTO, Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) has appointed Isela Costantini to its Board of Directors as an independent director.
Ms Costantini has over 25聽years of experience in international business and is currently the chief executive of Grupo Financiero GST, a privately held asset management company that ranks among Argentina鈥檚 leading financial groups. Prior to that, she was president and CEO of Argentina鈥檚 national airline, Aerol铆neas Argentina, as well as president and general director, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, for General Motors.
She holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in social communications and advertising from the Pontificia Universidade Cat贸lica do Paran谩 in Brazil and an MBA in marketing and international business from the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University in Chicago.
Ms Costantini is a past president of ADEFA, the Automotive Manufacturers' Association in Argentina where she served two terms. She was included in the list of the 500 most influential leaders in Latin America by Bloomberg L铆nea and has been named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 most powerful women in business outside the United States. She recently published Un L铆der en Vos, a book about leadership, and sits on the boards of CIPPEC (Centro de Implementaci贸n de Pol铆ticas P煤blicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento), a think tank in Argentina, and Food Bank Argentina. Ms. Costantini is also a member of Barrick's International Advisory Board.
Executive chairman John Thornton said Ms Costantini would bring a valuable perspective to the Board with her wealth of experience in business, government and regulatory affairs in Latin America. 鈥淗er passion for developing people, building effective teams and creating winning cultures is an ideal fit with Barrick鈥檚 partnership culture,鈥� he said.
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