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 Directors
Ronald A. Hirsch
Chairman Of The Board
Mr. Hirsch has been a
Director of our Company since September 7,
2000 and Chairman since October 20, 2003. He
was also Chief Executive Officer from
October 20, 2003 until February 15, 2006.
Mr. Hirsch has over 30 years experience in
the investment and corporate finance
community. From January 2000 to October
2003, he was the President of Hirsch
Enterprises, a private investment firm based
in Laguna Beach, California. Until 1997, Mr.
Hirsch was Senior Vice President –
Investments with Lehman Brothers in New York
where he was employed for 20 years, and
previous to that was with Dean Witter for
five years. He holds a bachelors degree in
Economics from Michigan State University and
pursued advanced studies in Finance at New
York University.
John F. Cook
Director
Mr. Cook was appointed a
Director of the Corporation on February 15,
2006. For several years Mr. Cook has been
the President of Tormin Resources Limited, a
private company providing consulting
services to the mining industry. He holds a
Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), C. Eng UK,
and P. Eng Ontario, and brings to Nord more
than 40 years of experience in the
operations and management of mining
companies. Mr. Cook’s positions included:
Senior Mining and Managing Consultant, RTZ
Consultants Ltd. (1974-78); Associate and
Principal, Golder Associates, Ltd.
(1978-83); Senior Project Manager, General
Manager and Vice President Engineering, Lac
Minerals Ltd., (1983-90); Vice President
Operations, Goldcorp Inc. (1990-94); and
Operations Director, Navan Resources Plc
(1994-96). Currently, Mr. Cook serves as a
director of Anaconda Mining Corp., GLR
Resources Inc., Uranium City Resources Inc.
and MBMI Resources Inc.
T. Sean Harvey
Director
Mr. Harvey was appointed
as a Director of the Corporation on June 11,
2007. He is a co-founder and, since January
2004, has served as the Non-Executive
Chairman of Andina Minerals, Inc., a
Toronto-based exploration-stage mining
company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Mr. Harvey has also served as the President,
Chief Executive Officer and a director of
Orvana Minerals Corp. (April 2005 – May
2006), a mining company listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange, and as the
President, Chief Executive Officer and a
director of Atlantico Gold Inc. (May 2003 –
January 2004), a private company that
acquired the Amapari gold project in Brazil
in 2003, and that was subsequently acquired
by Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. Prior to
that, Mr. Harvey served as: the President,
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating
Officer and a director of TVX Gold Inc.
(April 2001 – January 2003), a mining
company listed on the Toronto and New York
Stock Exchanges; a financial consultant to
the EBX Group of Companies based in Rio de
Janeiro (April 2000 – March 2001); a
Director at Nesbitt Burns Inc. (Burns Fry
Ltd.) (February 1990 – July 1998) in
Toronto, where he was a member of the
Investment Banking Group; a Financial
Analyst at IBM Canada Limited (February 1989
– February 1990); and an Assistant Manager,
CIBC (March 1988 – February 1989). Mr.
Harvey holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts
degree (Economics and Geography) and a
Master of Arts degree (Economics) from
Carleton University, a Bachelor of Laws
degree from the University of Western
Ontario and a Master of Business
Administration degree from the University of
Toronto. He is also a member of the Law
Society of Upper Canada.
John T. Perry
Director
Mr. Perry was appointed
as a director of the Corporation on June 11,
2007, and as Chief Executive Officer and
President of the Corporation effective April
23, 2007. Mr. Perry has served as the
Corporation’s Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer since April 1, 2005,
and as the Corporation’s Secretary and
Treasurer since September 2005. Mr. Perry
has over 17 years (1989 to present) of
mining and metals industry experience.
Before joining the Corporation, Mr. Perry
was Vice President, Director with CB Richard
Ellis, International Mining and Metals Group
from December 2003 to August 2005. Prior to
that, he held various positions with BHP
Billiton Base Metals and BHP Copper Inc.,
including: Vice President Finance with BHP
Billiton Base Metals from August 2002 to
November 2003; President, BHP Copper, Inc.
from August 1999 to August 2002; and Vice
President Finance and Administration for BHP
Copper, Inc. He is a Certified Public
Accountant and holds an undergraduate degree
in Accounting and Finance as well as a
Master of Business Administration degree
from the University of Arizona.
Stephen D. Seymour
Director
Mr. Seymour was appointed
a director of the Corporation on October 15,
2003. He has over 30 years experience in
sales, marketing and finance. Mr. Seymour
has owned and been employed by Rockland
Investments since 1986. He spent 15 years
with Westinghouse Broadcasting where he was
head of all television sales and marketing
and a member of the board of the
Broadcasting Division. Since 1980, he has
specialized in leveraged buy-outs,
turn-around situations and under-managed and
under-capitalized ventures. Mr. Seymour
holds an undergraduate degree from Rutgers
University and a Master of Business
Administration degree from Columbia
University.
Douglas P. Hamilton
Director
Mr. Hamilton was
appointed a director of the Corporation on
February 15, 2006. He has over 30 years of
experience in operations and finance in the
power generation, automotive and aerospace
industries. Mr. Hamilton has been retired
since 1997. Prior to his retirement, he was
Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief
Financial Officer of Barnes Group Inc.
(1996-1997) and Vice President - Finance and
Control of U.S. Power Generation Businesses
for Asea Brown Boveri, Inc. (1993-1996).
Prior to that, he held various executive and
management positions at United Technologies
Corporation and Ingersoll-Rand Company. Mr.
Hamilton holds an undergraduate degree in
Engineering Science from Dartmouth College
and a Master of Business Administration
degree in accounting from Columbia
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