Joe Poore is CFO of GEM Mining.

Prior to joining GEM Mining, Poore was a partner at Cherry Bekaert, LLP, a top 25 U.S. accounting firm. His role focused on helping clients create maximum value for their companies through digital optimization, efficient use of capital, and strategic tax structuring. Poore also worked extensively in sell-side M&A, where he was a lead advisor on multiple private companies exiting to public market buyers.

Before his role at Cherry Bekaert, Poore spent his career in various roles of increasing responsibility with Elliott Davis, one of the southeast’s largest regional accounting firms. Before his career in public accounting, Poore served in the U.S. Marine Corps and is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Poore earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting at Bob Jones University.