Our Board provides strategic direction, defining broad issues of policy and overseeing the management of the Company. Together, the Board works with our Executive Leadership Team to guide OceanaGold through changing market cycles and operating environments, maintaining a steadfast focus on performance, sustainability and shareholder returns.
Board Committee Composition
The Board has established five committees to assist the Board in its responsibilities. Each committee is governed by a formal charter, documenting the committee’s composition and responsibilities.
Paul Benson
Chairman
Ian Reid
Non-Executive Director
Craig Nelsen
Non-Executive Director
Sandra Dodds
Non-Executive Director
Alan Pangbourne
Non-Executive Director
Linda Broughton
Non-Executive Director
Stefanie Loader
Non-Executive Director
Gerard Bond
President and CEO
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Paul Benson
Chairman
Mr Paul Benson was appointed as Chair of the OceanaGold Board of Directors on 1 October 2021 after joining the company as Non-Executive Director in May 2021.
Mr Benson is a senior mining executive and company director with demonstrated performance in operations and project management, leadership, capital raising, strategy and business development, focused on value creation. His commodity experience includes gold, copper, tin, lead, zinc, silver, mineral sands, iron ore, uranium and coal with qualifications and experience in most aspects of the mining value chain from exploration, geology, mining and management through corporate finance.
Previously, Mr Benson was SSR Mining’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. He brings more than 30 years of experience in various technical and business capacities. Mr Benson was CEO and Managing Director of Troy Resources Limited and for 20 years prior he held a number of executive and operating roles in Australia and overseas with BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Renison Goldfields.
Mr Benson holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Exploration Geophysics and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining, both from the University of Sydney. He also earned a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and a Masters of Science (Distinction) in Management from the London Business School.
Ian Reid
Non-Executive Director
Mr Ian M Reid joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in 2018 and was the Chair of the OceanaGold Board of Directors from June 2019, until September 2021.
An experienced leader, he brings to the role more than thirty years' experience in managing the successful growth and operations of major multinational companies. As a senior executive of Finning International Inc., Caterpillar Inc.’s largest equipment dealer globally, Mr Reid has extensive experience in servicing and supporting mines and other heavy civil operations in Canada, the United Kingdom and South America. He participated in Caterpillar Inc.’s Global Mining Strategy Council along with the other top ten mining dealers worldwide until his retirement in 2008.
In addition to his role at OceanaGold, Mr Reid also serves as an independent Director for several public and private sector corporations including Canadian Western Bank, Fountain Tire Ltd and Associated Engineering.
Mr Reid received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard. He supports many charities and has been awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal ‘for outstanding service’ to the people and province of Alberta.
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Craig Nelsen
Non-Executive Director
Mr Craig J. Nelsen is Chair of the Remuneration, People & Culture Committee and a geologist with over 40 years of experience in the mining business. Mr Nelsen was Founder, CEO, Chair and Director of Avanti Mining. Formerly, he was Executive Vice President, Exploration of Gold Fields Limited; Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the former Metallica Resources (now New Gold) and has also held a variety of strategic positions at Lac Minerals Ltd, culminating in Executive Vice President Exploration. Mr Nelsen currently serves non-executive Chair and Director of ATEX Resources Inc (TSXV).
Mr Nelsen holds a M.S. degree in geology from the University of New Mexico and a B.A. in geology from the University of Montana.
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Catherine Gignac
Non-Executive Director
Ms Catherine A. Gignac was appointed a Non-Executive Director of OceanaGold in August 2019 and is Chair of the Governance & Nomination Committee.
Ms Gignac brings to the role more than 30 years of capital markets experience, including an extensive career as a mining equity research analyst with leading global brokerage firms. She spent her early career as a geologist and currently serves as an independent non-executive director and chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Cameco Corporation.
Ms Gignac is an active member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). She was a member of the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Mining Technical Monitoring and Advisory Committee for thirteen years until October 2020. Ms Gignac served as Chair of the board of Women in Mining Canada until March 2021. Previously, Ms Gignac served as Chair of Corvus Gold Inc., from 2014 to 2019 and held various other director roles with public companies since 2011. From 2011 to 2015, she was the principal of Catherine Gignac & Associates.
Ms Gignac earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours in Geology) from McMaster University and an ICD.D designation from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
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Sandra Dodds
Non-Executive Director
Sandra Dodds was appointed a Non-Executive Director of OceanaGold in November 2020.
Ms Dodds brings to the role over 25 years of operational and financial experience as an executive responsible for the strategy, operations and performance for multiple business units across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Prior to her role as CEO Infrastructure at Broadspectrum Ms. Dodds spent ten years at Downer EDI Limited in several executive roles, including as CFO for Downer Works Global, Executive General Manager Operations and CEO of Downer Asia.
Ms Dodds is currently a non- executive director of public companies, Contact Energy Limited and Fletcher Building Limited, and also serves on the Board of Government-owned Snowy Hydro Limited and employee-owned professional services consultancy firm Beca Group Limited. Ms Dodds has served on several boards since 2014 as Chair of TW Power Services Limited, a Director of MACA Limited, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia and Sydney Harbour Ferries Limited.
Ms Dodds received her Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago in New Zealand. She is a Fellow for the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Alan Pangbourne
Non-Executive Director
Mr Alan Pangbourne has over 35 years of experience in global mining operations and most recently was the President and CEO of Guyana Goldfields Inc. through to its sale to Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. in August 2020. Previously, Mr Pangbourne was Chief Operating Officer of SSR Mining Inc.; Vice President Projects South America for Kinross Gold Corporation; and held increasingly senior roles at BHP Billiton Ltd., including President and Chief Operating Officer of Nickel Americas, Projects Director for BHP’s Uranium Division, which includes the Olympic Dam Expansion, and Project Manager for BHP’s Spence copper project in Chile. He was also General Manager at an engineering company that specialized in gold heap leach & carbon-in-pulp plants.
Mr Pangbourne holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Extractive Metallurgy) and a Graduate Diploma in Mineral Processing from the Western Australian School of Mines.
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Linda Broughton
Non-Executive Director
Ms. Broughton is an experienced mining executive with over 35 years of experience in both corporate and operations roles throughout North and South America. She specializes in environmental geochemistry, water and tailings management, mine reclamation and closure, as well as risk management. Ms. Broughton was the Vice President Technical Services for Alexco Resource Corp., where she was responsible for the reclamation of an historical mining district in northern Canada. She also managed mine development and closure projects through design, permitting and implementation. Before that, she held various senior environmental and engineering roles with BHP Closed Sites, BHP Base Metals, SRK (UK and Canada), Compania Mineral Antamina Peru, as well as independent consulting roles. Ms. Broughton participates in industry technical and research organizations and is on independent technical review boards.
Ms. Broughton holds a Bachelor of Science (Mining Engineering) from Queen’s University and a Master of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia. She is also a graduate of the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program in Canada.
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Gerard Bond
President and CEO
Mr Gerard M Bond is an experienced and accomplished executive in the global resources and finance industry. He was appointed as Executive Director and President & Chief Executive Officer of OceanaGold in April 2022.
Mr Bond’s commodities experience includes gold, copper, nickel and aluminium. He has an extensive background in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, treasury, and human resources, and has held numerous senior executive roles across North America, Europe and Australia. He has a proven track record of driving performance and delivering on business potential.
Prior to his appointment at OceanaGold, Mr Bond was the Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer at Newcrest Mining Limited for 10 years, from January 2012 to January 2022. Before joining Newcrest he was at BHP where, over his 14 years there he held various senior executive roles in Mergers and Acquisitions, Treasury, as Deputy CFO of the Aluminium business, CFO and then Acting President of the Nickel business, and finally as BHP’s Head of Group Human Resources. Prior to joining BHP he worked in Corporate Finance for Coopers & Lybrand.
Mr Bond holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.
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Stefanie Loader
Non-Executive Director
Ms. Stefanie Loader joined the Board as Non-Executive Director in 2025.
She is a highly accomplished geologist and mining executive with a track-record in successful mining operations, mineral exploration, project and studies management, and multinational corporate strategy. She also has Board experience as the Chair of a Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee and of a Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
Ms. Loader’s experience covers a wide range of commodities and regions including copper and gold in Australia, Laos, Chile and Peru, and diamonds in Canada and India. She held the role of Managing Director of Northparkes copper and gold mine for CMOC International and Rio Tinto from 2012 to 2017. She was the Chair of the New South Wales Minerals Council from 2015 to 2017. She has also served in the office of the CEO for Rio Tinto, supporting the Executive Committee, and as an Exploration Executive.
In 2013, she was recognized as one of the Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence, and in 2017, she was the recipient of the Henry Parkes Medal Recipient for leadership and contribution to regional New South Wales.
She holds Bachelor of Science in Geology with Honours from University of Western Australia and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics from Murdoch University, Australia.
