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Officers
Gordon A. McCreary, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. McCreary was appointed Chairman of Baffinland in January 2004 and subsequently in May 2004 was also appointed Chief Executive Officer. In order to adhere to the guidelines of the Toronto Stock Exchange, in June 2005 Mr. McCreary relinquished his role of Chairman to a new non-executive Chairman and Mr. McCreary became President and Chief Executive Officer. From June 1993 to May 2004, Mr. McCreary was Vice President of Kinross Gold Company with responsibility for investor relations and corporate development. Before joining Kinross upon its formation in mid-1993, he was Vice President of Dundee Bancorp Inc. and Investment Analyst with affiliate International Corona Corporation from 1989. Prior to this, he worked as a mining analyst in the brokerage industry and at various staff and line functions in the mining industry as a mining engineer. Until his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of Baffinland, Mr. McCreary had worked almost exclusively in the gold business for over 20 years with prior experience in base metals, coal and industrial minerals. In 1978, he completed his MBA thesis entitled “A Preliminary Discussion of Factors Relating to the Transportation of Iron Ore from the Arctic Archipelago”. The focus of this thesis was the iron ore properties of Baffinland at Mary River on Baffin Island. Mr. McCreary has a B.Sc. degree in Mining Engineering (1974) and an MBA (1978), both from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Mr. McCreary has been a member of the board of directors of several publicly traded junior mining companies and is currently on the Board of Baffinland, McChip Resources Inc. and Asia Now Resources Inc.
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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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