CIM is governed by a Council that meets quarterly. Members of Council are responsible for representing the well-being and sustainability of both their respective constituents as well as the CIM organization as a whole.
2026-2027 CIM Council Members
CIM
John Rhind is a corporate director with more than 35 years of business and executive leadership experience in the oil and gas industry, primarily focused on oil sands operations. He is the President and CEO of Rhind Management Limited, a management consulting firm serving the Canadian oil and gas industry. From 2019 to 2022 he served as chair of the board of directors of Energy Safety Canada, a not-for-profit safety organization, after having served as its CEO from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, he held several executive officer roles at Shell Canada Ltd., including leading the Oilsands business as vice president, heavy oil. Before joining Shell, he spent 25 years at Syncrude Canada Ltd., where he held management and operational roles across various business divisions, including mining, extraction and utilities.
John Rhind holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Alberta. He is an independent director of Finning International and is a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of CIM.
Audit and Risk Committee Chair
Ron Gill
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Director at large
Jason Belanger
Cameco
Director at large
Pierre Julien
DRA Global
District Vice-Presidents
Eastern District, First Year
Colin Hardie
BBA
Eastern District, Second Year
Christian West
Toromont
Central District, First Year
Central District, Second Year
Trang Tran-Valade
Stantec
Western District, First Year
Neda Farmer
Western District, Second Year
Larry Long
Society Representatives
The Canadian Mineral Processors Society of CIM
Adam Hesse
Terra Nova Technologies
The Environmental and Social Responsibility Society of CIM
Julianna Piccolo
Quadra
The Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Society of CIM
Rodrigo Marinho
Independent Consultant
The Health and Safety Society of CIM
Bryan Wilson
WSP
The Innovation and Technology Society of CIM
Laura Mottola
SMI - Chile
The Maintenance, Engineering and Reliability Society of CIM
Paul Labbe
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
The Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM
Lukas Bichler
University of British Columbia
The Management & Economics Society of CIM
Simona Cara
The Mining Society of Nova Scotia
Glen Merkley
GHD
The Rock Engineering Society of CIM
Zara Anderson
Silixa
The Surface Mining Society of CIM
James Henderson
Taseko
The Underground Mining Society of CIM
Shervin Teymouri
Mine It



