David Harquail led the successful initial public offering and listing of Franco-Nevada Corporation onto the Toronto Stock Exchange in late 2007. He has served as CEO since then during which time Franco-Nevada’s share price has outperformed the gold price and all relevant gold equity benchmarks. Mr. Harquail previously held senior executive roles at Newmont Mining Corporation. Prior to that, he was a senior executive of the original Franco-Nevada group of royalty companies for 15 years. Mr. Harquail is the current Chair of the World Gold Council and has served on many senior mining boards, industry associations and not-for-profits. He is a designated Professional Engineer with a degree from the University of Toronto, an MBA from McGill University and is the major benefactor of the Harquail School of Earth Science and its Mineral Exploration Research Centre in Sudbury.

Sandip Rana rejoined Franco-Nevada in April 2010. He previously served in treasurer and controller roles at the original Franco-Nevada until 2002 and then acted as an international controller for Newmont Mining Corporation. From 2003 to April 2010, Mr. Rana held financial roles at Four Seasons Hotels Limited where he most recently served as Vice-President Corporate Finance. Mr. Rana holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.