# Felipe Riquelme Chief Financial Officer ## Career chronology - **Appointed 10 Aug 2026: Challenger Gold** — Chief Financial Officer. [Challenger Gold sharpens Hualilan development pathway]() (CFO appointment); [Directors & Management]() (Felipe Riquelme biography) - **Most recent role before Challenger; dates not established: Andean Precious Metals** — Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. [Directors & Management]() (Felipe Riquelme biography) - **Before Andean; titles/dates not established: New Gold and Yamana Gold** — Senior finance leadership roles. [Directors & Management]() (Felipe Riquelme biography) ## Business failures and setbacks ### CFO joined during funding and project-plan reset [felipe_hualilan_reset] 2026 · documented · medium materiality Challenger was adjusting from toll processing toward a standalone Hualilan project after near-surface grade-model discrepancies and toll-campaign pause; a US$1m deferred fee arose under the termination agreement. Riquelme joined after the underlying mining/model issue and has had limited time to manage the reset. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. No evidence connects him to prior planning assumptions or to the termination terms; role overlaps capital execution after Aug 10. **Relevance:** Material funding and working-capital oversight issue for the new CFO. [Quarterly Activities Report]() (Quarterly Activities Report); [Austral subsidiary and Challenger call it quits on toll agreement]() (Toll agreement termination and deferred payment); [Challenger Gold sharpens Hualilan development pathway]() (CFO appointment) ## Suitability for the current role ### Mining finance background aligns with CFO appointment [felipe_fit] Prior to Aug 2026 · analyst inference · medium materiality Challenger’s profile states 15+ years in finance leadership across multinational miners, including VP FP&A at Andean Precious Metals and senior finance roles at New Gold and Yamana. It describes capital management, reporting and governance expertise. Past titles/dates and credentials are not independently corroborated in the reviewed source. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Appointment and biography are documented, but no Challenger outcome can be attributed after two months in role. **Relevance:** Relevant for financing, reporting and development capital stewardship; personal performance remains unassessed. [Directors & Management]() (Felipe Riquelme biography); [Challenger Gold sharpens Hualilan development pathway]() (CFO appointment) ## Evidence gaps - Role chronology and education rely partly on issuer biographies; dates and credentials require primary-source confirmation where not specifically documented. - Person-specific court, regulator, sanctions, professional-discipline and safety/environment register searches were not exhaustive. - Hualilan technical and economic outcomes are project-level; no source establishes sole personal responsibility for outcomes. - Company transition and counterpart disclosures are reported distinctly; no denial or allegation has been treated as an independent finding.