Karr McCurdy has over 35 years of expertise in geology and project development, executive management, finance, and technical advisory. He is a Founding Partner of Rock Elm Capital, a financial advisory firm bringing alternative capital investment to the natural resources sector and he is the COO and CFO of VectOres, a mineral exploration technology firm. Previously, Karr was CEO at Behre Dolbear, a minerals industry advisor, and served as the global head of mining and metals at Standard Chartered Bank and Citigroup. Throughout his career, he has completed over 200 transactions valued at more than $100 billion and personally visited numerous development projects and operating sites worldwide.

As a geologist, Karr played a crucial role in discovering and developing the world-class Pueblo Viejo gold mine in the Dominican Republic. He holds an MBA from Thunderbird and a BSc in geology from the University of Michigan. In addition to his professional commitments, Karr actively serves on the boards of Bacchus Capital, a London-based investment banking boutique; Pivot Industries, a Denver-based technology start-up providing a collaborative SaaS platform for subject-matter experts in capital-intensive industries; HonestDig, a technology start-up offering IoT and DLT technology solutions to stakeholders in the extractive industries; Sulfide Remediation Inc., a mineral processing technology and production firm; and the Alumni Advisory Board of the University of Michigan's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is also involved with Nomadic Venture Partners, a climate tech venture capital fund, and various non-profit community organizations in Denver, Colorado.

Karr is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver, where he contributes to the Daniels College of Business MBA program by teaching a core offering called "Creating Sustainable Enterprise." He is also a lecturer at the University of Colorado Denver's JPMorgan Center for Commodities, focusing on sustainable commodities production, markets, and supply chain. Furthermore, he is a Senior Advisor to Martello Risk, a leading provider of independent, third-party supply chain audits based in the U.K.