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This list showcases the top Canada based CFO’ operating in the Natural Resources space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Theo van der Linde
Chief Financial Officer of Molori Energy
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About Molori Energy: Molori Energy is a diversified oil and gas producer currently with operations in the Texas Panhandle.
D. James Slattery
Senior Vice President and CFO of Capstone Mining Corp
Jim Slattery is a Canadian Chartered Accountant with over 34 years of financial and executive management experience. Prior to Capstone, Jim spent eight years as the CFO of Inmet Mining Corporation, a Canadian-based global copper and zinc producer. Before joining Inmet, Jim held various senior management roles, including Vice President and CFO for Wescast Industries, a publicly traded automotive parts supplier, and CFO for Canadian General Tower Ltd., a privately owned manufacturing business. He has broad management and corporate finance experience, including jointly developing and executing Inmet’s integrated growth strategy and leading financing activities for mine development projects totalling over $5 billion. Jim started his career with Ernst & Young, progressing through a number of roles in Canada and Europe from 1981 to 1997.
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About Capstone Mining Corp: Capstone is a Canadian base metals mining company, with three producing copper mines: Pinto Valley in the US.
Sheri Rempel
CFO of Northwest Copper
Rempel has more than 25 years of accounting and financial management experience. She joined Serengeti in the role of Controller in 2007. Rempel started her career with public companies in 2001 and currently provides senior financial and advisory services to Canadian private and public corporations, acting in officer or Controller capacities.
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About Northwest Copper: Serengeti acquires & explores Cu-Au deposits in the Quesnel Trough and Stikine Arch, BC.
Sabino Paola
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Everton Resource
Sabino Di Paola, CA, is the President and owner of Accounting Made Easy Plus. Sabino Paola is a Chartered Accountant. He has close to a decade of experience in audit, finance and accounting while working as an auditor for international accounting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and BDO Canada. This has allowed him to gain a wide variety of experience in accounting and auditing for private and public companies as well as non-profit organizations. Sabino is involved with numerous financing and spin out transactions and is responsible for all aspects of financial services, financial reporting, and corporate governance. He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc., which is a publicly listed junior exploration company. He is also the Chief Financial Officer of Red Ore Gold Inc. which is a junior exploration company which is in the process of a listing application with the TSX-V.
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About Everton Resource, Red Ore Gold Inc., Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc.: Everton Resources is a Canadian mining exploration company based in Ottawa, Ontario.
Mark Corra
Senior VP Finance & CFO of B2Gold
Mark Corra has over 25 years of finance and accounting experience in the mining industry. He spent 17 years as the Vice President of Finance helping build Bema Gold Corporation and is now the Senior VP Finance and CFO of B2 Gold Corp. He is a Certified Management Accountant.
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About B2Gold: B2Gold Corp. is a Vancouver based gold producer with four operating mines nd a strong portfoilio of development and exploration assets.
Chris Webster
Chief Financial Officer of Pengrowth Corporation
Chris joined us in 2000 and was appointed Treasurer in 2001. In March 2005, Chris was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us, he held a variety of progressively senior accounting and finance positions within the petroleum industry. Chris graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Concordia University, and holds both the Certified General Accountant (CGA) and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designations.
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About Pengrowth Corporation: Pengrowth Energy Corporation is an intermediate Canadian oil and natural gas producer with over 27 years of operating history
Stephanie Malec
CFO of Aquila Resources
Ms. Malec has extensive financial management and reporting experience in the mining sector. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, managing audits of public companies. Prior to joining Aquila, she has held increasingly senior financial positions. Ms. Malec previously held the role of Chief Financial Officer at Malbex Resources Inc. and Controller at both Starfield Resources Inc. and Dundee Precious Metals Inc. Ms. Malec is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. She is a graduate of Victoria College at the University of Toronto and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Finance.
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About Aquila Resources: Aquila Resources Inc. is a development-stage company with strategic assets in the Great Lakes Region.
Denis Arsenault
Chief Financial Officer of Troilus Gold
Mr. Denis Arsenault is a Chartered Professional Accountant with more than 35 years of experience. He has held a variety of senior financial positions in a range of sectors, including mining and resources, communications, truck trailer manufacturing and life sciences. Mr. Arsenault was the former CFO of Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. and Central Sun Mining Inc.. Mr. Arsenault currently serves as a director of Murchison Minerals Ltd. and Belo Sun Mining Corp.. He formerly served on the board of directors of Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., Rockcliff Resources Inc., Stonegate Agricom Ltd., MBAC Fertilizer Corp. and Alliance Grain Traders Inc.. Mr. Arsenault began his career with KPMG in 1981, before co-founding Wasserman Arsenault, Chartered Accountants. Mr. Arsenault holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.
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About Sulliden Mining Capital, Troilus Gold: Troilus Gold is a Canada based development-stage mining company.
Erick J Underwood
Chief Financial Officer of AQM Copper Inc
Mr. Underwood has 20 years of experience in corporate development, business planning and analysis, treasury and accounting for the mining industry including 14 years while being based in Chile and Peru. Prior to joining AQM, Mr. Underwood was an independent Business Planning consultant to mining companies and held various management positions while working for Cia. Minera Antamina and BHP Billiton Base Metals. Mr. Underwood played key roles in securing approval for investment projects such as Highland Valley Copper $475M mine extension and mill modernization, Antamina $1.3 billion 130ktpd expansion and Spence $950M greenfield project. Mr. Underwood holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management of University of Toronto, a Graduate Diploma in Management from McGill University and a B. Comm. (Finance & International Business) from McGill University. He has successfully completed all the requirements for the CPA-CMA designation and will become a Certified Management Accountant in Ontario, Canada in 2014.
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About AQM Copper Inc: AQM Copper is listed on the TSX-Venture and BVL exchanges, trading under the symbol.
Helen Gao
CFO of Golden Share Mining Corporation
Helen Gao has over 9 years of experience working in the areas of administration and corporate finance both in the Mining and Manufacturing sectors. She has worked for China Mining of Canada Corporation and Sino Minerals Corporation (formerly known as China Nonferrous Metals Exploration Corp.) in the capacity of financial controller and Vice-President. Gao has been actively involved with several mining projects, joint ventures and mergers.
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About Golden Share Mining Corporation: Canadian-based junior mining company exploring a promising and well-balanced property portfolio in the mineral belts of Ontario and Quebec.
Helen Gao
CFO of Golden Share Mining Corporation
Helen Gao has over 9 years of experience working in the areas of administration and corporate finance both in the Mining and Manufacturing sectors. She has worked for China Mining of Canada Corporation and Sino Minerals Corporation (formerly known as China Nonferrous Metals Exploration Corp.) in the capacity of financial controller and Vice-President. Gao has been actively involved with several mining projects, joint ventures and mergers.
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About Golden Share Mining Corporation: Canadian-based junior mining company exploring a promising and well-balanced property portfolio in the mineral belts of Ontario and Quebec.
Daniel Crandall
CFO of Rockcliff Metals Corporation
Mr. Crandall is a Senior Manager at Marrelli Support Services Inc., providing CFO, accounting, regulatory compliance and management advisory services to numerous issuers on the TSX, TSX-venture and other Canadian and US exchanges. Previously he was a Manager at Collins Barrow Toronto LLP, a public accounting firm where he worked for over five years. Mr. Crandall holds a CPA and CA certification.
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About BWR Exploration, Giyani Metals Corp., Malbex, Rockcliff Metals Corporation, Rockcliff Metals Corporation: A Canadian resource exploration company .
Ed Guimaraes
Chief Financial Officer of Sierra Metals
Mr. Guimaraes held progressive senior management positions with Aur Resources Inc. (Aur) between 1995 and 2007, ultimately serving as Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. In this position, Mr. Guimaraes was a member of the senior management team that executed the acquisition and integration of Aur by Teck Resources Ltd. in a takeover valued at $4.1 billion. Prior to working at Aur, Mr. Guimaraes worked in the Toronto mining group of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Since 2007, Mr. Guimaraes has worked as a consultant in the resource industry and is currently a director of several publicly listed mining companies. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Administrative and Commercial Studies from the University of Western Ontario.
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About Sierra Metals: Sierra Metals Inc. is a premier Latin American precious and base metals producer. Th
Christina Cepeliauskas
Chief Financial Officer of Eurasian Minerals
Christina Cepeliauskas is a CPA, CGA professional accountant with more than 20 years of financial accounting and treasury experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Eurasian Minerals Inc., Atico Mining Corporation and Reservoir Capital and is a Director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Iron Creek Capital Corp. Christina Cepeliauskas also hold the volunteer position of Treasurer and Board member of Fraserside Community Services Society, an organization committed to helping people overcome challenges.
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About Atico Mining Corporation, Eurasian Minerals, Reservoir Capital Group: Eurasian Minerals has a track record of success in exploration discovery, royalty generation, and strategic investments,
Shane K. Abel
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Lone Pine Resources
Mr. Abel was promoted to the position of Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer in June 2013. Mr. Abel had held the position of Vice President, Finance & Treasurer since July 2011. From July 2003 to June 2011, Mr. Abel worked at BMO Capital Markets, a Canadian bank-owned full service investment dealer, where he most recently held the position of Vice President, Investment & Corporate Banking. Mr. Abel graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Honours Finance and Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan in 2003 and is a CFA Charterholder.
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About : Lone Pine is a private company engaged in the exploration and development of natural gas and light oil in Canada.
Murtaza Dean
Chief Financial Officer of Homeland Energy Corp
Murtaza Dean is a CPA, CA, CPA (Colorado), ACA. Dean is a senior highly experienced professional with strong audit and finance background and a track record of over 15 years with Big-4 accounting firms. He has extensive knowledge and hands on expertise of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Murtaza is a Chartered Accountant qualified from the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and India, as well as a Certified Public Accountant, licensed by the State of Colorado in the United States. He is a current member of the Consultative Group of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on the Methodology for Fieldwork and Effects Analyses (The Working Group) of IFRS, and also performs public accounting firms’ practice inspections on behalf of CPA Ontario, and is actively involved in assurance professional standards initiatives, including peer reviews and monitoring of public accounting firms.
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About Homeland Energy Corp: Homeland Energy Corp is company involved in energy exploration and development in Southern Africa.
Trevor Cunningham
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance & Corporate Secretary of Canadian Zinc Corporation
Mr. Cunningham is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 15 years of senior management experience in the mining, forestry, manufacturing and public utilities sectors. He has been responsible for strategic planning initiatives, operations and all aspects of corporate and financial management and administration, with extensive experience in public company regulatory filings and compliance in Canada and the United States. As a financial executive, Mr. Cunningham brings a wide variety of experience in the mining industry including extensive responsibility for budgeting, cost management, corporate governance, government and securities compliance, taxation, as well as enterprise resource planning and information systems implementation.
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About Canadian Zinc Corporation: Canadian Zinc Corporation is a development stage company.
Jeff Calvert
CFO of Offsetters
Jeff has over 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, business leadership and B2B sales & marketing, including over five years’ experience in international carbon markets and carbon project development. Before joining ERA as Chief Financial Officer in 2010, Jeff was Managing Director at Borealis Carbon Offsets, a firm he founded with a diverse group of companies in Northern British Columbia. While at Borealis, he led the first significant transactions of Canadian carbon offsets into the American voluntary market through a global partnership with EcoSecurities. Since joining ERA, Jeff led corporate finance and public company reporting functions, as well as acting as executive sponsor of the Offsetters and CCC acquisition. Jeff holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario as well as a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Royal Roads University and is a Professional Engineer licensed in Ontario. He is technically trained as a papermaker, initially managing clients in consumer goods, packaging and specialty paper manufacture. Jeff left papermaking for biotechnology, working for a leading Canadian cellulose ethanol firm in application technology and business development before an extended sabbatical on motorcycle through the Caribbean, South and Central America. He lives with his wife, two kids and a large yellow dog in North Vancouver.
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About Offsetters: As Canada’s leading provider of sustainability and carbon-management solutions, Offsetters helps organizations.
Ed Low
Chief Financial Officer of Black Sea Copper & Gold
Mr. Low has been providing accounting services to public companies for the past 17 years. Most recently, Mr. Low was controller with Alternative Earth from 1997 to 2012. Previously, he has been CFO for several companies traded on the TSX Venture exchange.
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About Black Sea Copper & Gold: Black Sea Copper & Gold is an experienced Canadian mineral exploration company.
Ed Low
Chief Financial Officer of Black Sea Copper & Gold
Mr. Low has been providing accounting services to public companies for the past 17 years. Most recently, Mr. Low was controller with Alternative Earth from 1997 to 2012. Previously, he has been CFO for several companies traded on the TSX Venture exchange.
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About Black Sea Copper & Gold: Black Sea Copper & Gold is an experienced Canadian mineral exploration company.
Louis Dufour
CFO and Vice President Finance of Clifton Star
Mr. Dufour has more than 20 years of corporate finance and operational experience, most recently as a Partner of CFO Optimum, where he had financial oversight from cost accounting and IT implementation, through risk management, M&A integration, and governmental negotiations. Before that, Mr. Dufour held the role of Vice President, Finance & CFO, for Clifton Star Resources Inc., a mining company in Abitibi.
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About Clifton Star, Xebec Adsorption: Clifton Star Resources, Inc. is a mineral exploration and development company.
Danny Lee
Chief Financial Officer of Southern Arc Minerals
Mr. Lee is a Chartered Accountant with nearly 20 years of experience, including nine years as the Chief Financial Officer of resource companies. Mr. Lee’s experience includes financial reporting for both Canadian and US listed companies with international subsidiaries, strategic planning, tax planning, corporate governance, equity financings and due diligence for acquisitions. As an employee of J Proust & Associates, an organization providing public company management and venture capital to start-up and junior companies, Mr. Lee holds the position of Chief Financial Officer for Southern Arc, Eagle Hill Exploration and Canada Energy Partners. Mr. Lee is also a director of Edgewater Exploration, a TSX-V listed company. Mr. Lee has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of British Columbia and articled as an accountant with Deloitte & Touche.
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About Southern Arc Minerals: Southern Arc Minerals is a well-financed Canadian mineral exploration company focused on gold and copper-gold exploration.
Danny Lee
Chief Financial Officer of Southern Arc Minerals
Mr. Lee is a Chartered Accountant with nearly 20 years of experience, including nine years as the Chief Financial Officer of resource companies. Mr. Lee’s experience includes financial reporting for both Canadian and US listed companies with international subsidiaries, strategic planning, tax planning, corporate governance, equity financings and due diligence for acquisitions. As an employee of J Proust & Associates, an organization providing public company management and venture capital to start-up and junior companies, Mr. Lee holds the position of Chief Financial Officer for Southern Arc, Eagle Hill Exploration and Canada Energy Partners. Mr. Lee is also a director of Edgewater Exploration, a TSX-V listed company. Mr. Lee has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of British Columbia and articled as an accountant with Deloitte & Touche.
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About Southern Arc Minerals: Southern Arc Minerals is a well-financed Canadian mineral exploration company focused on gold and copper-gold exploration.