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Board of Directors
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Current Board of Directors
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Robert J. S. Gibson
Robert J. S.
Gibson joined the Royal Canadian Navy as
an officer cadet and attended first year
at the University of Alberta. This was
followed by a period with Southland
Canada during which he became District
Manager for Alberta and was responsible
for the management of thirty-one
7-Eleven stores.
After leaving Southland Canada, Bob was
engaged in the real estate development
industry with Western Realty Projects
where he became Area Manager for
Southern Alberta. In 1976, he accepted a
position as President of United
Management Ltd. and ultimately, Managing
Director of Alsten Holdings Ltd., the
holding company of the Singer Family of
Calgary, a position that he still holds.
In 1986, Bob returned to the family
roots and acquired the Bobtail Ranch in
Penticton, B.C. where he and Brigitte
raise a commercial herd as well as a
reputable herd of pedigree Angus cattle.
Bob sits on a number of committees
related to the Army Reserve
restructuring. He is active in
charitable works through both the Order
of St. Lazarus and the Duke of
Edinburgh’s Award Program.
He is currently holding the position of
Honorary Colonel of the Calgary
Highlanders in 2002.
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Bob Booth
Bob Booth is a senior partner in the
Calgary office of the Bennett Jones LLP
law firm.
Bob is involved in business,
professional, academic and public policy
organizations. He is a director of ATCO
Ltd. and of Canadian Utilities Limited;
he has served as a director of the
Canadian Energy Law Foundation, the
Conference of Defence Associations
Institute and is a past president of The
Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada.
He received the Institute-certified
Director qualification (ICD.D) from the
Institute of Corporate Directors on
March 13, 2009.
Bob's legal practice covers many areas
of corporate, commercial, energy and
resources law both for Canadian and a
variety of foreign corporations.
To complement his legal practice, Bob
has taught Oil and Gas Law and has
spoken and authored articles on Canadian
Oil and Gas for the Canadian Energy Law
Foundation, the Alberta Law Review, and
various professional and business
seminars.
Bob is a member of the Law Society of
Alberta and the Canadian Bar
Association. He is recognized as one of
Canada's leading lawyers in Energy Law
(2011, Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to
the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. 2011,
Chambers Global: The World's Leading
Lawyers for Business in Energy: Oil and
Gas. 2011, Best Lawyers in Canada).
Bob has been with Bennett Jones
throughout his legal career, joining in
1977 and becoming a partner in 1984. A
Bachelor of Engineering graduate from
the Royal Military College of Canada in
1974, he entered Dalhousie Law School as
a Dunn Scholar and was awarded the Oil
and Gas Prize upon graduation in 1977.
Bob is Honourary Counsel to the Royal
Military Colleges Club of Canada
Foundation Inc., the Conference of
Defence Associations, and the CDA
Institute.
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Brian Flemming
Brian Flemming, CM, QC, DCL is Counsel
to the Atlantic Canada law firm of
McInnes Cooper. He is also a policy
advisor, writer and an Honorary Fellow
of Dalhousie University's Marine and
Environmental Law Institute. From 2002 to 2005,
he was Chairman of the Canadian Air
Transport Security Authority (CATSA), a
Crown corporation that was created by
Canada’s federal Parliament on April 1,
2002, to improve security at Canadian
airports and on Canadian aircraft. He
acted as CATSA’s first CEO and set up
the Crown corporation.
Following his departure from CATSA, Mr.
Flemming became a Special Advisor to
Sypher-Mueller International, an
Ottawa-based consulting firm working
primarily in the aviation sector. In
August, 2005, he was appointed for a
two-year term by the Government of
Canada to the new Advisory Council on
National Security.
Previously, in 2000-01, Mr. Flemming was
Chairman of the Canadian Transportation
Act Review (CTAR) Panel, a major
statutory decennial review of Canada’s
transport policies. His report to the
Government of Canada was widely hailed
for its vision and balance. In 2003, he
was awarded the National Transportation
Week “Award of Achievement”.
Mr. Flemming is a former senior partner
of the law firm of Stewart, McKelvey,
Stirling & Scales and a former lecturer
in public international law at Dalhousie
Law`School. He has been chairman as well
as a director of scores of public,
private and not-for-profit corporations.
His public company directorships have
included Noranda, Brunswick Mining &
Smelting, Enheat, VGM Capital, First
Choice Canadian Communications, Azure
Resources and Homburg Invest. He is
currently Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of PDM Royalties Income Fund.
Between 1976 and 1979, he was Assistant
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Pierre E. Trudeau. In recent years, he
has spoken at international meetings or
universities in North America, Europe,
Asia and Africa on transport policy,
general security issues, air transport
security in Canada and internationally,
the war on terrorism and the public
international law of the sea.
He has been the vice chairman of the
Canada Council for the Arts, a board
member of the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, chairman of the
International Centre for Ocean
Development, founding chairman of
Symphony Nova Scotia and a board member
of: the Canadian Institute of
International Affairs, the Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research, the
Institute for Research on Public Policy,
the Van Horne Institute, Pearson College
of the Pacific and the International
Oceans Institute of Canada.
Mr. Flemming has degrees in science from
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, and in
law from Dalhousie University, Halifax.
He did post-graduate work in public
international law at University College
London, England, and at the Hague
Academy of International Law,
Netherlands.
He has an honorary doctorate from the
University of King’s College where he
was chairman of the Board of Governors
for nearly 10 years. He became a Member
of the Order of Canada in 1989. He lives
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, is
married and has two adult children.
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Robert B. Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton has been an Executive with
the Royal Bank Financial Group for the
past 18 years where he is involved in
financial planning and investments for
institutions and individuals, as well as
managerial responsibilities. Previously,
he was was the senior executive for
Royal Trust in western Canada 10 years
before his tenure at RBC. Bob's
community service is extensive. He is
most proud of his role as a board member
of organizations such as the Alberta
Children's Hospital Foundation, Calgary
Stampede Foundation, Wilfrid Laurier
University Board of Governors, Red Deer
College Foundation Board, and as the
co-founder of the Tim Hamilton Endowment
Scholarship Fund at the Red Deer College
and the Wish Foundation of Alberta. He
also sits on the board of Canada's
Sports Hall of Fame and is the
co-Chairman of the Hall's relocation to
Calgary. Mr. Hamilton's enthusiasm,
positive attitude, professionalism,
creative approach to problem solving and
his ability to successfully encourage
others to give back to their community
have served him well as a leader in his
professional and volunteering
activities.
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Steve Letwin
Steve Letwin was appointed President and
Chief Executive Officer of IAMGOLD on
November 1, 2010. He has been a member
of the Board of Directors since joining
the Company.
Specializing in corporate finance,
operational management, and merger and
acquisitions, Steve brings over 30 years
of experience from the
highly-competitive resource sector.
Steve actively leads his executive
management team with a clear and
pragmatic approach to driving business
results, creating shareholder value, and
achieving sustainable growth.
Prior to joining IAMGOLD, Steve was
based in Houston, Texas, where he was
the Executive Vice President, Gas
Transportation & International, with
Enbridge Inc. Steve was responsible for
Enbridge's natural gas operations,
including overall responsibility for
Enbridge Energy Partners, as the
partnership's Managing Director. In
1999, he joined Enbridge as President
and Chief Operating Officer, Energy
Services, based in Toronto, Canada.
Before joining Enbridge, Steve served as
President & Chief Operating Officer of
TransCanada Energy and was Chief
Financial Officer, TransCanada Pipelines
Limited, Numac (Westcoast Energy), and
Encor Energy. Mr. Letwin holds an MBA
from the University of Windsor, is a
Certified General Accountant, a graduate
of McMaster University (B.Sc., Honors),
and a graduate of the Harvard Advanced
Management Program.
Throughout his career, Steve has
actively demonstrated his commitment to
voluntary leadership. His most recent
community affiliations have included
Director, Corporate Campaign Committee
of Texas Children's Hospital; Patron,
UNICEF Alberta, Canada; and Director,
YMCA Calgary, Canada. For his commitment
to the community, Steve was awarded the
2006 Alberta Centennial Medal.
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Robert S. Millar
Robert S. Millar has academic,
corporate, government, military and
not-for-profit experience. Over a 20
year career, he held leadership
positions in several corporations
ranging from oil sands development,
downstream petroleum, biotechnology,
private medicine and high tech research
& development. In 2000 he retired with
the rank of Brigadier-General from the
Canadian Forces, having served 15 years
in the Regular Army and 20 years with
the Army Reserve. In 2001 he became the
founding President of Canadian Defence &
Foreign Affairs Institute.
Bob has served on several Boards:
Shooting Star Technologies, Eric
Technologies Corporation, Alberta
Children’s Hospital Research Board,
Citizen’s Advisory Roundtable (CAR) on
the future use of the former Canadian
Forces Base Calgary, Alberta Children’s
Hospital, Canadian Petroleum Products
Institute, Transportation Association of
Canada, Kids Cancer Care Foundation of
Alberta and The Military Museums. He was
Chair of a private Research Ethics
Board, the Alberta Children’s Hospital
Foundation, Prairie Petroleum
Association – Marketing, Conference of
Defence Associations, Sharing Our
Military Heritage Foundation and
President of the Royal Canadian Armoured
Corps Association. Currently, he is
Chair of the Calgary Military Museums
Society, a Governor with SALTA Corps of
Commissionaires and a Director with the
Last Post Fund, AB Branch.
Bob has Master of Business
Administration and Bachelor of Commerce
degrees from Queen’s University as well
as the Queen’s University Public
Executive Program certificate. He holds
the designation “Officer” in the Order
of Military Merit.
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Hugh Segal
Hugh Segal (Conservative,
Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds), was appointed
to the Senate in August, 2005 on the
recommendation of Prime Minister Paul
Martin. Prior to that, he served in the
public policy and political realms as
President of the Institute for Research
on Public Policy, Chief of Staff to the
Prime Minister of Canada, Associate
Secretary of Cabinet for
Federal-Provincial Relations, Secretary
to the Policy and Priorities Board in
Ontario and Legislative Secretary to the
Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa.
Senator Segal was Chair of the Special
Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism, he
is a former Chair and present member of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
and has served on the Agriculture &
Forestry Committee and the Cities
subcommittee of the Social Affairs,
Science & Technology Committee of which
he was Vice-Chair. He currently serves
on the Senate Committee on Officials
Languages.
Matters he initiated in the Senate
dealing with job protection for
returning members of the Armed Forces
Reserves and quarterly financial
reporting to the public for all
government departments and Crown
Corporations have been adopted by the
government.
Outside the Senate, he is an adjunct
faculty member of the Queen’s University
School of Policy Studies and School of
Business, a Fellow of the Canadian
Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute in
Calgary and a Life Fellow of the
Institute for Research on Public Policy.
He is a Council member of the Institute
for Democratic and Electoral Assistance
(IDEA) in Stockholm, a member of the
Working Group on National Security at
Cranfield University’s Centre for
Security Sector Management, a former
Chair of the Canadian Institute for
Strategic Studies and former council
member of the International Institute
for Strategic Studies in the UK. He was
the founding Vice Chair (research) for
the Canadian International Council.
Other pro-bono work includes past
service as Chair of the Walter and
Duncan Gordon Foundation and director of
the Atlantic Council and Conference of
Defence Associations in Canada. On July
7, 2010, Senator Segal was appointed a
member of the Eminent Persons Group of
the Commonwealth Secretariat whose
mandate is to prepare a report with
recommendations for the way forward for
Commonwealth countries. On December 21,
2011, Senator Segal was appointed
Canada’s Special Envoy for Commonwealth
Renewal reporting directly to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade on the way forward
and the continued relevancy on the
future of the Commonwealth.
Senator Segal is a University of Ottawa
graduate in history; he was appointed to
the Order of Canada in 2003; and holds
honourary doctorates from his alma mater
and the Royal Military College of
Canada.
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Michael M. Shaw
Michael M. Shaw spent 30 years with the
ATCO Group of Companies in a wide
variety of roles with increasing
responsibility over his career. He
retired from ATCO in September of 2009
and is currently involved with corporate
boards, charitable endeavors and
fundraising activities.
Mr. Shaw graduated with Honours from
Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario
with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. He
is a member of the World Presidents’
Organization (WPO) and serves on the
Board of Directors of Chariot Carriers
Inc., Great Western Brewing Co., AVIVA
Insurance Canada, Cash Store Financial
Services Inc., and ITC Construction
Group.
He is a Director of the Canadian Defence
and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI)
and is 2nd Vice President of the Calgary
Petroleum Club. He is past Chair of the
Calgary Science Centre. He and his wife
Linda also co-chair a fund raising
effort for the Kid's Cancer Care
Foundation of Alberta - Camp Kindle.
Michael and his wife, Linda, have two
daughters and reside in Calgary.
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