Goodman School of Mines Advisory Board

Ned Goodman has made transformative and enduring contributions to Canada’s minerals industry and capital markets as a company-builder, merchant banker and investment advisor during a dynamic career spanning almost half a century. He applied his geological training and business acumen to help build several successful mining companies — notably International Corona and Kinross Gold — and nurtured many other mineral-producing companies through astute and timely investments. In addition to being an outstanding member of the philanthropic community, Montreal-born Goodman is considered one of the leading architects of Canada’s investment management industry.

Along with his partners, he founded the first exploration flow-through partnership, CMP Group, which has raised almost $5 billion since the 1980s to help companies explore and develop mining and petroleum companies, leading to the generation of jobs and benefits for rural and northern economies in Canada. He was also the driving force of the Dundee group of financial companies, which grew under his leadership from a $300-millionbase to a $50-billion mutual fund entity.

Jonathan Goodman is Chairman and CEO of Dundee Corporation, a diversified holding company with investments in companies in the wealth management, resources, agriculture and real estate verticals and President and CEO of Dundee Goodman Merchant Partners, a mining focused merchant bank.

Mr. Goodman has over 30 years of experience in the resource and investment industry, working as a geologist, senior analyst, portfolio manager and senior executive. Mr. Goodman joined Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd. in 1990, where he was responsible for the selection of Canadian equities and played a major role in developing asset allocation strategies, before becoming the company’s President. He is also the founder of Goepel Shields and Partners, an investment firm.

Mr. Goodman graduated from the Colorado School of Mines as a Professional Engineer, holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Goodman also serves as the executive in residence for the Faculty of Management at Laurentian University.

Dominic is currently Vice-President Community Relations at Kinross Gold Corporation, with responsibility for relationships with local stakeholders across Kinross mines and projects. Prior to this role, held since January 2016, Dominic had spent all of his professional career in South America. He has been with Kinross since 2008, based in Ecuador until late 2015, where he was at different times Vice-President Ecuador, Vice-President External Affairs, and Vice-President External Affairs for the Americas Region. He arrived in Ecuador in late 2006 to take up the role of President Aurelian Ecuador S.A., a subsidiary of Aurelian Resources which had discovered a large gold deposit, subsequently acquired by Kinross. From 1994 until 2006 Dominic lived in Venezuela and worked with Guaniamo Mining Company, a private diamond exploration group. Following receipt of his Ph.D. in Geology at the University of Toronto in 1994, Dominic started work as an exploration geologist in the south of Venezuela. Over following years he became the Vice-President Exploration, responsible for the activities of this small exploration company.

Fred is a professional engineer with more than 30 years of global mining experience. Since 2015, Fred has been Director of Strategy Focused Innovation (SFI) Pty Ltd., a consulting firm providing technical expertise, leadership, and strategy development assistance to the global mining and hydro electric industries. Before SFI, Fred was responsible for Global Underground Innovation at Rio Tinto as a General Manager where he led the establishment of a large step change program while also providing operation technical support. He is a strong leader with broad international mining experience who has successfully managed large multidisciplinary global teams developing and implementing safe innovative solutions.

He is recognized as a leader in operation improvement, application of automation, and development and deployment of new technologies from other industries to the natural resources industry worldwide. He has worked with over 50 mining operations and mine construction studies globally with companies such as: Rio Tinto, Inco, Vale, Oz Minerals, Debswana Diamonds, Snowy Hydro, Glencore, ERG, Newcrest, Agnico Eagle, Goldcorp, Barrick, Falconbridge, Placer Dome, and Iron Ore of Canada. His experience also includes technical advisory roles as part of Merger and Acquisitions with companies such as Rio Tinto, Advent, and JP Morgan.

He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Queensland (Australia) focused on alternative rock excavation technologies, and a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University (Canada). He actively supports the mining industry through previously as an Adjunct Professor at Laurentian University along with various technical advisory and Board roles with mining research organizations that include: CEMI, WRBA, DMRC, MIRARCO, and CAMIRO. He is the author or co-author of over 20 technical publications and a co-inventor of 9 patents.

David Harquail led the successful initial public offering and listing of Franco-Nevada onto the Toronto Stock Exchange in late 2007. He previously held senior executive roles at Newmont Mining Corporation and prior to that was a senior executive of the original Franco-Nevada group of companies from 1987. Mr. Harquail has served on many senior mining boards, industry associations and not-for-profit committees. He holds a degree in geological engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from McGill University.