The collective wisdom and experience of our Board of Directors expertly guides OceanaGold through changing market cycles and operating environments, maintaining a steadfast focus on performance, sustainability, and shareholder returns.
Paul Benson
Chairman
Ian Reid
Non-Executive Director
Craig Nelsen
Non-Executive Director
Catherine Gignac
Non-Executive Director
Sandra Dodds
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 director at Snowy Hydro Limited, Beca Group Limited and Contact Energy 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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Gerard Bond
President and CEO
Mr Gerard Bond has extensive experience in global finance and the resources industry and has held numerous senior executive roles across Europe and Australia. Most recently, he was the Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer at Newcrest Mining Limited from January 2012 to January 2022, a period of considerable operational, financial and growth transformation.
Prior to joining Newcrest, Gerard was with BHP for over 14 years where 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.
Board Committee Composition
Audit & Financial Risk Management Committee
Sandra Dodds (Chair)Paul Benson
Catherine Gignac
Sustainability Committee
Ian Reid (Chair)Paul Benson
Craig Nelsen
Sandra Dodds
Governance & Nomination Committee
Catherine Gignac (Chair)
Paul Benson
Ian Reid
Remuneration, People & Culture Committee
Craig Nelsen (Chair)
Paul Benson
Sandra DoddsCatherine Gignac
Technical Committee
Paul Benson
Craig NelsenIan Reid
