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Mr. Truter was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Canada from 2015 to 2019. During his tenure he led the successful completion and ramp-up to full production of the $1bn Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada, as well as the value-adding acquisition of the former Peregrine Diamonds assets. He was also a member of the De Beers Group executive team, driving global business performance across operations, sales, and marketing.
Previously, Mr. Truter served as Chief Operating Officer of Rio Tinto Diamonds, managing their global portfolio in Australia, Canada and Zimbabwe. He also served as Managing Director of Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited in Australia and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Diavik Diamond Mines Inc in Canada.
Mr. Truter brings over 30 years of mining experience in both surface and underground operations and large-scale project development across multiple geographies. He has substantial diamond experience, providing executive global leadership in Canada, Australia and Africa; often in complex, remote and challenging operating environments. He has worked extensively with communities and governments to ensure that local benefits are sustainably established. His proven leadership capabilities include a very strong dedication to safety, productivity and financial performance improvement.
Mr. Baylis has broad experience in corporate and operational finance, including more than 20 years of leadership and resource development, having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Air Tindi, a regional airline based in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Prior to this, Mr. Baylis held the role of Chief Financial Officer at De Beers Canada as well as Riversdale Resources, which followed almost 20 years at Shell Canada where he held numerous senior financial roles. Mr. Baylis has a proven track record in building world class finance teams within complex business environments with a focus on maximising shareholder value.
Mr. Reinson joined Burgundy Diamond Mines in January 2024, as Vice President of Operations. He oversees the 24/7 operations of Ekati, including the teams responsible for surface and underground mining operations, process plant, mobile maintenance and health and safety.
Mr. Reinson holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and a career-long pursuit of learning and leading. Mr. Reinson has led numerous large mining and civil infrastructure projects from conceptual studies through execution at mine sites from the Canadian Arctic to the Andes in South America. He brings more than 25 years of in-depth experience in mining, project management and operations, having held a variety of leadership positions in executive, senior project, and engineering management roles for First Mining Gold, Bluestone Resources, Goldcorp, AngloGold Ashanti, Newmont Mining and Rio Tinto.
In developing constructible, operable mines, Mr. Reinson leads with community and environmental considerations in mind and in practice, to thoughtfully develop and efficiently implement project and operational plans.
Mr. Ingle has over 30 years of progressive experience primarily in energy and mining oriented organizations. A results-oriented people leader with a unique track record in human resources, strategy, sales, operations, commercial, scale capital projects, and business transformation.
Previous executive and consultative engagements include De Beers Canada, Suncor Energy, Anglo American, Peregrine Diamonds, Cenovus Energy, Husky Energy, Petro-Canada, and LNG Canada.
Mr. Ingle is an adept leader in navigating workplace organizational change having supported numerous mergers, acquisitions, strategic reorganizations, and multi-billion dollar construction projects through to commissioning.
Vice-President Corporate Development
Mr. Ingle has over 30 years of progressive experience primarily in energy and mining oriented organizations. A results-oriented people leader with a unique track record in human resources, strategy, sales, operations, commercial, scale capital projects, and business transformation.
Previous executive and consultative engagements include De Beers Canada, Suncor Energy, Anglo American, Peregrine Diamonds, Cenovus Energy, Husky Energy, Petro-Canada, and LNG Canada.
Mr. Ingle is an adept leader in navigating workplace organizational change having supported numerous mergers, acquisitions, strategic reorganizations, and multi-billion dollar construction projects through to commissioning.
Mr. Taylor is a mining engineer with 40 years international mining experience, of which 25 years have been in the diamond industry. He has worked for several diamond mining companies including Gem Diamonds, Rio Tinto Diamonds, De Beers Consolidated Mines and Debswana Diamond Mining Company. Prior to joining Burgundy, he was the Chief Operating Officer at Letseng Diamonds.
Mr. Taylor is experienced in the underground, open-pit and corporate mining environments, having worked in operations and projects in Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa, Australia, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Canada and Indonesia. Mr. Taylor graduated for the Royal School of Mines, University of London and is a Fellow of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Mr. O’Keeffe is well known within the resources industry world-wide. He is currently the Executive Chairman of Champion Iron Limited (ASX: CIA), an iron ore mining company with operations located in Canada and previously was the Executive Chairman of Riversdale Mining Limited, a coal exploration and development company with projects in the United States and Canada prior to that Company being acquired by Rio Tinto plc in April 2011.
Mr O’Keeffe was also the Managing Director of Glencore Australia Limited from 1995 to 2004, a company involved in a range of commodities with projects located across Australia. Mr O’Keeffe brings a wealth of experience to Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited as it pursues a new direction within the resources sector.
Mr. Dorion is a partner in the Business Law Group of prominent Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault, based in Montreal, where he supervises the natural resources group in Québec.
He received his LLL from the Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada then did post graduate studies in corporate taxation at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. His practice focuses on development, financing, construction and operation of major projects in the natural resources, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. He received the titles of Advocate Emeritus from the Quebec Bar and also of Queen’s Counsel.
Mr. Truter was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Canada from 2015 to 2019. During his tenure he led the successful completion and ramp-up to full production of the $1bn Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada, as well as the value-adding acquisition of the former Peregrine Diamonds assets. He was also a member of the De Beers Group executive team, driving global business performance across operations, sales, and marketing.
Previously, Mr. Truter served as Chief Operating Officer of Rio Tinto Diamonds, managing their global portfolio in Australia, Canada and Zimbabwe. He also served as Managing Director of Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited in Australia and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Diavik Diamond Mines Inc in Canada.
Mr. Truter brings over 30 years of mining experience in both surface and underground operations and large-scale project development across multiple geographies. He has substantial diamond experience, providing executive global leadership in Canada, Australia and Africa; often in complex, remote and challenging operating environments. He has worked extensively with communities and governments to ensure that local benefits are sustainably established. His proven leadership capabilities include a very strong dedication to safety, productivity and financial performance improvement.
Mr. Jackson was appointed as a Non-executive Independent Director of Burgundy Diamond Mines in January 2024. Mr. Jackson has served on the boards of both private and public companies, including Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, Burgundy’s subsidiary.
Mr. Jackson has more than 25 years of experience in the metals & mining and energy sectors as a private equity investor and executive in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, including numerous board appointments to private and public companies.
Mr. Jackson was an executive with The Cline Group from 2011 to 2019 as part of the team that built Foresight Energy from a greenfield development into a public company. While at The Cline Group, Mr. Jackson was the Chief Commercial Officer during the period the company developed the Coalspur and Donkin mines in Canada. He also led the acquisition, expansion, and divestment of Cline’s subsidiary Convent Marine Terminals and served as company president during his tenure there.
Currently, Mr. Jackson serves as a co-founder of PBE Mining, a mining technology company with global patents and operations in Australia, and Tetra Resources, an Australian mining operator. With his experience serving on boards, including a prior director role for a NYSE listed company, he brings a depth of experience and knowledge.
Mr. King was appointed as Non-executive Independent Director of Burgundy Diamond Mines in April 2024. In addition to serving on the Burgundy Diamond Mines board, Mr. King serves on boards of four additional companies listed on the Australia Stock Exchange (ASX), and regularly advises ASX listed companies on a range of corporate matters.
Mr. King has over 25 years experience in domestic and international legal, finance and corporate matters, including cross-border private equity investments, leveraged buy-out acquisitions, and acting for banks, financial institutions and corporate issuers in respect of debt and equity capital raisings.
In recent years, Mr. King’s focus has been on the natural resources industry where he has gained significant experience both within Australia and internationally.
Mr. King is the founding director of a boutique advisory service in Perth, Australia that supports companies with corporate transactions and compliance issues associated with ASX-listed companies.
Mr. Dennis was appointed as a Non-executive Independent Director of Burgundy Diamond Mines in January 2024 and is the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. As a previous Burgundy board member and through his current contributions as a board member for various resource companies, Mr. Dennis brings a wealth of experience.
Mr. Dennis has experience in the resource industry spanning over 35 years during which he held various joint venture roles and senior management positions in Australia and internationally. He has been involved in all aspects of the mining and resources business throughout his career, including the financing and development of major mine projects with strong track record of achieving positive results. He has held senior operational and commercial positions in MIM Holdings Limited, where he spent four years based at Mount Isa Mines operations, CBH Resources Limited, Brambles Australia Limited and Minara Resources Limited.
Mr. Dennis currently serves a Non-executive Chair and Director of four ASX-listed companies.
