BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our Board determines strategic priorities and is responsible for the financial oversight of Mayfair Gold. Composed of industry leaders with diverse experiences and perspectives, our board guides the vision of the company.
Darren McLean, Chair of the Board
Darren McLean is the Director of Research of Dfridge and acts as a consultant to Muddy Waters. Mr. McLean has over ten years of experience in the mining and natural resources space. Prior to founding DFridge, Mr. McLean was a vice president at K2, a Canadian investment manager, from 2014 to 2023, where he focused on public and private investments in K2’s mining portfolio. Before K2, Mr. McLean was an analyst at Boswell Capital Corporation, where he specialized in project analysis, corporate advisory, and investment opportunities in the mining sector.
Carson C. Block, DIRECTOR
Carson C. Block is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Muddy Waters. Mr. Block began his career in investment banking and equity research prior to moving to Shanghai, China to work as an attorney with the international law firm Jones Day. While at Jones Day, he focused on mergers and acquisitions and foreign direct investment. He subsequently started what is believed to be the first self storage business in Mainland China. Mr. Block started the predecessor activist investment firm to Muddy Waters in 2010. Bloomberg BusinessWeek named Mr. Block “One of the 50 Most Influential in Global Finance” in 2011. He obtained his Juris Doctorate with high honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Zach Allwright, DIRECTOR
Zach Allwright is a skilled mining professional with 15 years of diversified international experience, specializing in asset optimization and technical evaluations. In his most recent role as Director, North America for Mining Plus Consulting (part of the Byrnecut Group from Australia), he successfully delivered an extensive range of technical studies and asset evaluations in team environments. Notable engagements include the delivery of technical advisory to GT Gold (supporting the subsequent acquisition by Newmont in May 2021), facilitating the mining technical due diligence for Goldcorp culminating in the Newmont/Goldcorp merger in April 2019, leading the transformation of Lac Des Illes mine through the implementation of sub-level caving 2015-2018, and the delivery of various mass mining technical studies for Newcrest. Mr. Allwright (P.Eng) holds a Mining Engineering degree from the Western Australian School of Mines and an MBA from Curtin Graduate School of Business.
Christine Hsieh, Director
Christine Hsieh is an international commercial lawyer with 25 years of global practice
experience, including 13 years focusing on resources. In her most recent role, Ms. Hsieh was
the Group General Counsel for Promethiem AG. Previously Ms. Hsieh was the Executive
Director – M&A of Eurasian Resources Group where she dealt with legal matters related to
mining and infrastructure projects. Additionally, she served as Legal Counsel at Glencore
International AG and gained early career experience at various law firms in Texas,
Switzerland, Singapore, China and Australia, specializing in the global energy and resources
sector. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley
and a law degree from Georgetown University.
Sean Pi, DIRECTOR
Sean Pi, a partner at Heeney Capital, is a co-founder of Mayfair and previously served as a director since the formation of the Company in 2019 until March 26, 2024. Previously, Mr. Pi was an investment banker at Evercore Partners, primarily covering diversified industrial companies, and started his career with the same coverage at Wells Fargo. Mr. Pi holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.
Executive Team
Our executive team manages the Mayfair Gold portfolio, overseeing exploration and development, long-term strategy and all financial resources.
DARREN MCLEAN, CHAIRMAN & INTERIM CEO
Darren McLean is the Director of Research of Dfridge and acts as a consultant to Muddy Waters. Mr. McLean has over ten years of experience in the mining and natural resources space. Prior to founding DFridge, Mr. McLean was a vice president at K2, a Canadian investment manager, from 2014 to 2023, where he focused on public and private investments in K2’s mining portfolio. Before K2, Mr. McLean was an analyst at Boswell Capital Corporation, where he specialized in project analysis, corporate advisory, and investment opportunities in the mining sector.
DARREN PRINS, INTERIM CFO
Darren has extensive experience in corporate development, capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, financial reporting, auditing, risk management, budgeting and forecasting, as well as international tax planning. Darren has served as Chief Financial Officer for TSX, TSX Venture and NYSE listed companies, as well as privately held entities, across multiple industries including mining, oil & gas, agriculture and private equity. As CFO, Darren has led a variety of capital markets initiatives and oversaw several mergers & acquisitions transactions. Earlier in his career, Darren worked at Ernst & Young, where he led audit engagements across a variety of industries. Darren graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance Major).
RICHARD KLUE, VICE PRESIDENT TECHNICAL SERVICES
Mr. Klue has over 40 years of experience in the mining, minerals, and metals industry, and has held numerous senior leadership positions overseeing global engineering studies, projects, and engineering programs. Most recently, Mr. Klue was Vice President Engineering and Studies at Hudbay Minerals Inc. Prior to that, he served as Vice President Technical Services at Copper Mountain Mining Corp., Regional Director of Mining and Metals at Hatch, and Senior Vice President at Tetra Tech Wardrop.
NICHOLAS CAMPBELL, VICE PRESIDENT CAPITAL MARKETS
Mr. Campbell has more than 20 years of experience in the mining, minerals, and metals industry, and has held several leadership positions. Prior to joining Mayfair, Mr. Campbell was Vice President of Capital Markets of Artemis Gold Inc., a gold development company. Prior to that, Mr. Campbell served as Executive Vice President of Business Development of SilverCrest Metals Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of Goldsource Mines Inc.