Management
| Paul M. Blythe President, CEO 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 was involved with a number of projects, including the acquisition of Rio Algom. Prior to joining Billiton Metals, Mr. Blythe spent four 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 | ||
| Michael D. Winship, P. Eng. Chief Operating Officer | ||
| Mr. Winship has over 30 years experience in mine development, operations, and corporate business. During his career Michael has been involved in the operation or development of over 20 mines in diverse working jurisdictions including Australia, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Indonesia as well as northern Canada and the Sudbury Basin. Most recently Michael was the President and Chief Operating Officer with Hudbay Minerals Inc. Prior to Hudbay, Michael was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with PT International Nickel Tbk. Between 2000 and 2007 Michael worked at Vale Inco where, in his last position as Vice President, Mining & Milling, he was responsible for seven nickel/copper/PGM mines and central processing milling operations in Sudbury. Prior to Vale Inco, Michael was the General Manager for several Placer Dome operations including the Getchell Gold Mines in Nevada, USA, the Dome Mine in Timmins, Ontario, and the Campbell Mine in Red Lake Ontario among others. Michael holds a bachelor's degree in mining engineering from McGill University. | ||
| William (Bill) Shaver, P.Eng. Executive Vice President, President & CEO of DMC Mining Services | ||
| Mr. Shaver is a Queen's University mining engineering graduate and a co-founder of Dynatec Corporation. From 1980-2004, he was Senior Vice President of Dynatec and responsible for all Mining Services Operations. From 2006-2008, he served as Executive Vice President, Mine Development and Canadian Operations for Denison Mines Corp. In September 2008, Mr. Shaver was appointed President, DMC Mining Services, a division of FNX and in December 2008, Mr. Shaver was also appointed COO of FNX Mining Ltd. | ||
| Robert (Don) MacDonald,CA Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Mr. MacDonald has more than 25 years experience in the mining industry. He started his career in 1976 with Coopers & Lybrand in London and moved to Vancouver in 1980 when he became involved in his first mining operation a large molybdenum mine in BC. Over his career Mr. MacDonald has been involved in the operation or development of multiple mines extracting base metals, gold and diamonds and including open pit, underground and heap leach operations. Prior to joining Quadra, he was CFO of NovaGold Resources a company developing two of the largest gold and copper projects in North America, and prior to that he was CFO of De Beers Canada Mining and Dayton Mining. From 1983 to 1991 he was VP Finance of Granges Inc. during which time it expanded from one operating mine in 1983 to five mines by 1988. Mr. MacDonald holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Engineering from Oxford University and is a Chartered Accountant. | ||
| Derek White, CA Executive Vice President, Corporate Development | ||
| Mr. White has over 22 years of financial experience in the mining and metals industry. He started his career in 1986 with Coopers & Lybrand LLC, in Vancouver and Johannesburg. In 1992, he joined Impala Platinum Ltd. and held financial management positions in both mine operations in South Africa, and metals trading in London. He joined Billiton International Metals BV in 1994, as part of the Gencor Ltd. acquisition team, and held executive financial positions in The Hague, London, and Toronto where he was Chief Financial Officer of the Base Metals Division, formed after the acquisition by Billiton Plc of Rio Algom Ltd. In 2003, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of International Vision Direct Corp., an online contact lens retailer and winner of the 2003 Ernst &Young LLP - Pacific Region Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Mr. White holds an undergraduate degree in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Accountant | ||
| Catharine Farrow Executive Vice President, Exploration and Project Evaluation | ||
| Dr. Farrow has more than 17 years of resource-related experience in research, government and industry. Prior to joining Quadra FNX she held roles of increasing responsibility at FNX Mining, from Chief Geologist (2003-2006), through Director of Exploration (2006 -2007), Vice President of Exploration (2007-2008), and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Technical Services (2009-2010). She was instrumental in building and directing FNX's successful exploration and geology team during that time. From 1996 to 2003 she was the Mineralogy/Petrology Specialist in exploration and technical services at Inco Ltd., and worked on a range of projects from project evaluation to mineral processing to research, supervised the mineralogy/mineral processing laboratory in Sudbury, and acted as the PGE specialist for international exploration. While completing graduate studies she began her career in 1993 as a Mineral Deposits Geoscientist with the Ontario Geological Survey. Dr. Farrow has been recognized nationally for outstanding contributions to geoscience and engineering by several organizations, including the Geological Association of Canada, and the Canadian Partnership Group for Science and Engineering. She is widely published as an expert in PGE deposits, is an Adjunct Professor at Laurentian University, a member of the Research Management Committee of the Centre for Excellence in Mining Engineering in Sudbury, a member of the Board of Directors of the PDAC, and a member of several professional organizations. Dr. Farrow obtained her BSc (Honours) in Geology from Mount Allison University, her MSc in Geology from Acadia University, and her PhD in Earth Sciences from Carleton University in Ottawa. | ||
| Guy Le Bel, Ing., MBA Vice President, Business Development | ||
| Mr. Le Bel has over 20 years experience in the mining industry, focusing on valuation, financial analysis and strategic and business planning. Prior to joining Quadra Mining, Mr. Le Bel was Corporate Development Consultant to Inco Limited's Strategic Planning Group. Between 1998 and 2000, he was Manager, Business Valuation with Rio Algom. Following the acquisition of Rio Algom by BHP Billiton, Mr. Le Bel was Senior Business Advisor to BHP Billiton Base Metals. From 1987 to 1998, he held the positions of Financial Analyst and Manager, Financial Planning with Cambior Inc. Prior to joining Cambior, Mr. Le Bel worked as Mining and Geotechnical Engineering with Golder Associates. Mr. Le Bel received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining Engineering from the Laval University in 1980, his Masters from the University of British Columbia in 1982, and his MBA from L' École des Hautes Études Commerciales in 1990. Mr. Le Bel is a licensed member of OIQ and member of PDAC. | ||
| Gord Morrison Executive Vice President, Geoscience | ||
| Mr Morrison has 40 years of experience in the mining industry, covering all aspects of geological applications from underground mining to international mineral exploration. Mr Morrison held the position of Senior VP Exploration at FNX Mining prior to joining Quadra FNX. Mr Morrison was with FNX Mining since its inception in 2002 and led the exploration efforts of the company during that time, except for being VP Corporate Development from 2007-2008. Prior to joining FNX Mining, Mr Morrison worked 32 years for Inco Limited where he was part of, and led, very successful exploration teams that were responsible for the discovery of a number of world class deposits. Mr Morrison is an acknowledged expert in the geology and exploration of the Sudbury Complex. As well, Mr Morrison served as technical advisor on other major exploration programs such as Voisey's Bay and has world wide experience in the exploration for nickel, copper and platinum group metals. Gord received his education at Queen's University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. | ||
| John Bailey Vice President, Commercial | ||
| Mr. Bailey has more than 30 years of financial and commercial experience, ten of which have been in the mining business. Prior to joining Quadra on March 1, 2005 he worked as a consultant to Quadra on insurance, risk management and a number of other commercial matters. Mr. Bailey started his career in the accounting profession in the UK and then joined Price Waterhouse in the Netherlands. In 1975 he joined Shell International Petroleum and from 1977 to 1979 worked as a financial analyst at Billiton International Metals in The Hague. From 1979 to 1986 he was Vice President Finance of Billiton Canada Limited. Between 1986 and 1994 he held various roles in the Downstream and Chemical business of Shell International Petroleum in the UK. In 1994 he moved to the Regional Treasury division of Shell International and specialized in project financing, particularly on projects in lesser developed countries. Between 1997 and 2002 he was controller and then CFO of the Shell Retail business in the UK before returning to Canada in 2003. | ||