| Bill Myckatyn, P. Eng
Chairman of the Board
| | | Mr. Myckatyn has over 30 years experience in the mining industry. Prior to forming Quadra, Mr. Myckatyn was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dayton Mining Corporation from 1998 to April, 2002 where he led the restructuring of the company and its subsequent merger with Pacific Rim Mining Corp where is currently Lead Director. Prior to 1998, Mr. Myckatyn was President and CEO of Princeton Mining Corporation, overseeing completion in 1997 of the construction of the Huckleberry open-pit copper mine in British Columbia and the 1998 merger of the company with Imperial Metals Corporation. Mr. Myckatyn worked for Gibraltar Mines Limited from 1991 to 1996, initially as Mine Manager and ultimately as President and CEO as the company transitioned from being controlled by Placer Dome Inc. into an independent growth oriented public company, and through its acquisition by Westmin Resources Inc. in 1996. For over ten years prior to that, Mr. Myckatyn worked for various operations controlled by Placer Dome Inc. and its associated and predecessor companies including four separate mines in Australia and the Philippines.
Mr. Myckatyn is the Lead Director of Pacific Rim Mining Corp. and a director of First Point Minerals Corporation. Mr. Myckatyn received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1972. |
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| Ken Williamson
Lead Director
| | | Mr. Williamson is the Lead Independent Director and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Chair of the Compensation Committee. After completing his Master of Business Administration, Mr. Williamson began his career as a corporate planner. In 1980 he joined Midland Doherty / Midland Walwyn as an Investment Banker and remained with that organization after it was acquired by Merrill Lynch Canada. Since 1993, Mr. Williamson has acted on the board of directors and audit committees for several TSX listed companies. |
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| Geoffrey S. Belsher
Director, Secretary
| | | Mr. Belsher is the Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee, as well as a member of the Environmental and Safety Committee. Mr. Belsher is a partner at the law firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon (U.S.) LLP. He practises in the area of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and cross-border transactions. Mr. Belsher has worked at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP since 1989. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Law School where he taught Advanced Corporate Transactions for ten years. He has also been an instructor in Osgoode Hall Law School's national Master of Laws in Securities Law program. Both of these courses cover corporate governance and the fiduciary obligations of directors. Mr. Belsher is an editor of the Lexis/Nexis British Columbia Business Corporations Act and Commentary, is an editor for the Bowne Appeal International Securities Laws Handbook and has written and spoken in the area of corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Mr. Belsher is ranked by a number of publications as one of the leading corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions lawyers in Canada.
Mr. Belsher is a member of several legal and industry organizations including the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Mr. Belsher holds an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School and a B.A. from Simon Fraser University. |
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| George W. Poling
Director
| | | Dr. Poling is the Chair of the Environmental and Safety Committee, as well as a member of the Compensation Committee. Dr. Poling retired from the position of Professor in the Department of Mining and Mineral Process Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1997 after 29 years of service. He also served as the Research Director at the B.C. Mining Association. His field of research includes issues related to solid/liquid separations, thickening, clarification, coagulants and flocculants as aids to sedimentation, froth flotation, gold recovery, diamond processing, bulk materials handling, and environmental protection in mining. Specializations also include submarine tailings placement (STP), slurry flows in pipelines, slurry rheology, and acid mine drainage. He has also published numerous papers on these topics. Dr. Poling is a member of the Technical Environmental Advisory Committee for BHP's Island Copper Mine on Vancouver Island. |
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| Neil MacKenzie
Director
| | | Mr. MacKenzie is a member of the Environmental and Safety Committee, as well as the Compensation Committee. Mr. Mackenzie has been a Partner with Chancellor Partners Management Consultants since 1993. From 1976 to 1991, he was a partner with Ernst & Young Consulting (formerly Woods, Gordon). Mr. MacKenzie is a member of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of British Columbia and a professional engineer. He is currently on the board of directors of five other companies and was a former board member of several public and private technology based companies. Mr. MacKenzie has over thirty years of management consulting experience in several industries including base and precious metals mining. |
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| Paul Blythe
President and Director
| | | Mr. Blythe has more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry. Prior to forming Quadra, Mr. Blythe worked for Billiton Metals where he held the positions of Vice President, Project and Business Evaluation from 2000 to 2002 and Vice President, Special Projects from 1998 to 2000. While with Billiton Metals, Mr. Blythe oversaw a number of projects, including the acquisition of Rio Algom and, subsequently, BHP's participation in Highland Valley Copper. Prior to joining Billiton Metals, Mr. Blythe spent two years as President and CEO of Compañia Minera Gibraltar Limitada where he was responsible for the development, construction and commissioning of the Lomas Bayas copper mine in Northern Chile. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Blythe acted as Mill Superintendent at the Gibraltar Mine in British Columbia and then as Vice President Projects, responsible for evaluation of exploration and development opportunities for Gibraltar. Mr. Blythe worked at various base metal and gold projects in supervisory and technical capacities before joining Gibraltar.
Mr. Blythe was a director of Dayton Mining Corporation from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Blythe obtained his Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mineral Processing, from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London. |
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| Greg Van Staveren
Director
| | | Mr. Van Staveren is the Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Van Staveren is currently the President of Strategic Financial Services, a private company providing business advisory services. From February 1998 until September 2001, Mr. Van Staveren was the Chief Financial Officer of MartinRea International Inc., a TSX traded automotive parts company, and prior to that he was partner in the mining group of KPMG, a professional services firm. He had been with KPMG since 1980. Mr. Van Staveren currently acts as a director to one mining company that trades on the TSX, and two other companies that trade on the TSX venture exchange.
Mr. Van Staveren is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Math (Honours) degree from the University of Waterloo. |
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| John A. Brough
Director
| | | Mr. Brough is a member of the Audit Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Brough has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry including master planned residential communities, shopping centers, condominiums, office and industrial buildings. His responsibilities have included real estate acquisitions/dispositions, development/operations, and finance (debt and equity). Mr. Brough retired as President of both Wittington Properties Limited (Canada) and Torwest, Inc. (United States) as of December 30, 2007. As President, he was responsible for all of the real estate business assets of the Weston family in both Canada and the United States.
Mr. Brough formerly worked at Markborough Properties, Inc., a $2 billion public real estate company as Vice President, Finance until 1986 when he became Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and held that title until 1996. He took Markborough public in 1990 and directed the company through the restrictive real estate capital environment of the early 1990's. From 1996 - 1998, John was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of iSTAR Internet, Inc. |
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