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Officers
Ms. Dimitrov has over 16 years of broad commercial and operational experience in senior executive roles with major international companies. Ms. Dimitrov has held principal roles in mergers, acquisitions, financings, corporate finance and joint ventures. She has also been responsible for major operating divisions including information technology and project management/development and the integration of multiple acquired businesses. Ms. Dimitrov has held various consulting roles in the mining industry since 2009 including with the Company. Ms. Dimitrov’s former positions include Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives of Raymond James Ltd., Chief Operating Officer of Dundee Securities and Dundee Private Investors, General Counsel for the Dundee group of companies and counsel at a national law firm. Ms. Dimitrov has served as a director or member of various financial services regulatory organizations and committees including the Industry Representative on the Board of the Investment Industry Association of Canada and director of Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments. Ms. Dimitrov has a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor.
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President of Baffinland from February 2004 to June 2005. In order to adhere to the guidelines of the Toronto Stock Exchange in June 2005, Mr. McCreary relinquished his role of Chairman of the company to a new non-executive Chairman. Mr. McCreary then became President of the Company and Mr. Zurowski relinquished his role as President and became the Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Baffinland, Mr. Zurowski was an independent industry consultant and an associate at Watts Griffis and McOuat where he was the project manager for the Comprehensive Mineral Development Strategy for the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Zurowski has more than 20 years experience in the management and evaluation of advanced projects including 15 years with the Rio Tinto Group, initially based in Canada, then in Africa and Europe with shorter stints in other parts of the world. With Rio Tinto, he led a comprehensive evaluation of iron ore deposits in North America, which included an evaluation of the Baffinland Mary River Iron Deposits. From January 1999 to January 2004, Mr. Zurowski was a Consulting Geologist and from April 1997 to December 1998 was a Principal Geologist for Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Ltd. in the U.K. Mr. Zurowski is Professional Engineer graduating from the University of Toronto in 1984 with a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering. In addition to being on the board of Baffinland, Mr. Zurowski is a director of Matachewan Consolidated Mines, Limited.
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Gwen Gareau, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Gareau has spent her career working in the mining industry. Before joining Baffinland as Controller in April, 2008, she worked as an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the mining practice. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University and is a Chartered Accountant registered with the province of Ontario.
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Mr. Matthews joined Baffinland in July 2008. Before joining Baffinland, he worked as the Divisional Manager – Mining at Snowden Mining Industry Consultants, an international consulting firm. Earlier employment included operations, technical and management roles at Rossing Uranium (Namibia), Bougainville Copper and Lihir Gold Mine (Papua New Guinea), Argyle Diamonds and Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Australia), Minera Alumbrera (Argentina) and Minera Yanacocha (Peru). His experience covers many commodities; single and multiple pits and processes; surface and underground mines; selective and bulk mining methods; high and low altitudes; many climatic conditions; and start-up of several mines in remote locations. Mr. Matthews holds a Bachelor of Science (Mining Engineering) from Queen’s University.
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