Board of Directors

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.

Craig Nelsen is Chair of the Remuneration, People & Culture Committee and a geologist with over 40 years of experience in the mining business. Prior to joining OceanaGold, Mr Nelsen was Founder, CEO 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 as a director of Golden Star Resources Ltd (NYSE and TSX) and 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.

Catherine Gignac was appointed a Non-Executive Director of OceanaGold in August 2019 and is Chair of the Governance & Nomination Committee.   She 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. Ms Gignac spent her early career as a geologist and currently serves as an independent non-executive director and chair of the Reserves Oversight 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 served as 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.

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.

Mick McMullen was appointed a Non-Executive Director of OceanaGold in May 2021.   Mr McMullen is a geologist with over 28 years’ experience in the exploration, development, financing and operation of mining projects across Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. His expertise covers both upstream and downstream areas as well as metal trading and equity and debt capital markets in Australia, London, South Africa, Canada and the USA. His specific mining experience covers small and large open pit and underground mines across many different cultures. Mr McMullen is well known to both sell side analysts and institutional investors in the global equity and debt capital markets. He has a strong track record in mergers and acquisitions and asset restructuring.   Mr McMullen is currently the CEO of Metals Acquisition Corp, and previously served as CEO and President of Detour Gold, a 600,000ozpa gold producer in Canada. Prior to that, Mr McMullen was the CEO and President of Stillwater Mining Company from December 2013 until June 2017 following the all-cash deal sale of Stillwater valued at US$2.7B.   He is a former executive board member of the National Mining Association of the United States and former Board Member of the World Council, a current member of AusIMM, a Non-Executive Director of Venturex Resources Ltd and a Senior Advisor to Black Mountain Metals. Mr McMullen holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Newcastle University.