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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

John Rhind

President

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


Randy Smallwood

President-Elect

 


Lucy Potter

Incoming President-Elect

 


Candace MacGibbon

Past President

Governance Committee Chair

 

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

CIM Committees