About Us

Board of Directors

Will F. Bawden, P.Eng. 2
Ontario, Canada
CEO, Mine Design Technologies Inc.

Dr. Bawden, the CEO of Mine Design Technologies Inc., previously served as the Director of the Lassonde Mineral Engineering Program at the University of Toronto and was formerly the Department Head for Geomechanical mine design at Noranda Technology, Montreal. Dr. Bawden holds a PhD from the University of Toronto an MSc from the University of Illinois and a B.Sc. from Queens University.

Eldon Bennett 2
Toronto, Ontario
Managing Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP.

Eldon Bennett holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and law degree from the University of Toronto. He has taught both political science and law at York University and practices law in the areas of civil litigation and labour relations.

Marc Blais, CGA 1
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
President, Inter A World

Marc is a certified public accountant and has been with Inter A World Mining, a mining consultancy firm since 2007. Previously he was President of Dynacor Mines from 1993 to 2007. From 1988 to 1993 he worked as senior CGA and as a financial planner and consultant. Earlier on in his career he worked as an accountant in various assignments.

Roger Jolicoeur
Dubuisson, Quebec
President, RWJ Mining Consulting

Roger’s career began in 1965 working in milling operations, leading to plant superintendent of the Kiena mill for Falconbridge. For the last 10 years Roger has been President of RWJ Mining Consulting, consulting on mineral processing as well as building and commissioning plants all over the world.

Brian Northgrave 2,3
Ottawa, Ontario
Consultant, Trade Facilitation Office of Canada

Brian has been a director Wesdome since 2007, having been a director of Western Quebec Mines since 2004.  Brian is a retired former Ambassador to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay for the Canadian government and has held various foreign assignments while employed by the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1966 to his retirement in 2002.  Brian holds an M.B.A. from the University of Toronto, a Diploma of Business Administration from the London School of Economics and a B.A. (Economics & Political Science) from the University of Toronto.

Donald D. Orr, CA
Toronto, Ontario
Secretary-Treasurer, Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.

Don Orr is a Chartered Accountant with a B.Comm from the University of Toronto. Don has been involved in the mining industry since 1977. He has been the Secretary-Treasurer and a Director of Wesdome Gold Mines since 1994.

Donovan Pollitt, P.Eng., CFA3
Toronto, Ontario
President and CEO, Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.

Donovan is a Professional Engineer in Ontario and holds a BASc. in Mining Engineering from the University of Toronto. Previously as VP Corporate Development, Donovan worked on mergers, financings and long-term planning at Wesdome. Donovan is also a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Hemdat Sawh, CA 1,3
Oakville, Ontario
CFO Crystallex International

Mr. Sawh is a chartered accountant, and holds an MBA degree in accounting from York University, a bachelor of science degree in geology from Concordia University and a graduate diploma in geology from McGill University. Mr. Sawh has over 16 years of accounting and auditing experience at Grant Thornton LLP, culminating in the position of principal, where he acted as lead supervisor for auditing teams of businesses with a concentration in publicly listed mining companies. Mr. Sawh also served as chief financial officer for Goldbelt Resources Ltd. for up to two years prior to joining Crystallex as their current chief financial officer.

A. William (Bill) Stein 1
San Francisco, California, USA
CFO & CIO, Digital Realty Trust

Since 2004, Bill has been the Chief Financial and Investment officer of Digital Realty Trust, an NYSE listed real estate investment trust that owns, develops and manages data centers and internet gateways throughout North America and Europe. Bill has more than 30 years of investment, financial and operating management experience in both large company environments and small, rapidly growing companies. Prior to joining Digital Realty, Bill provided turnaround management advice to both public and private companies. Bill received a B.A. degree from Princeton University, a J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.S. degree with distinction from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon University.

1 Audit committee member
2 Compensation committee member
3 Governance committee member