Experience

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited

• Canada
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board of Directors

  • Dec 2020 - Present



IAMGOLD Corporation

• Canada
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• SVP Business Development & General Counsel

  • Nov 2009 - Sep 2020

  Jeff joined IAMGOLD in November 2009 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In November 2014 Jeff was also made SVP of Business Development with overall responsibility for acquisitions and dispositions. Jeff’s academic credentials include a business degree from Queen’s University and a law degree from U.W.O. In his 34 years in the mining industry, Jeff has been Senior Vice-President & General Counsel for Noranda / Falconbridge, President and CEO of a mid-tier gold company, General Manager of a world class metallurgical facility, and Managing Director of a Mining Group at a national law firm. Jeff has led legal teams at a number of international mining companies and has worked on major acquisitions/dispositions, financings, class action litigation and international joint ventures in over 40 countries. Jeff currently teaches Mining Law courses at Osgoode and Lakehead University and is a Director of the World Initiative of Mining Lawyers.



McMillan LLP

• Canada
• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Mar 2007 - Nov 2009

  McMILLAN LLP – Toronto 2007 – 2009Managing Director of the Mining Group with overall responsibility for the firm’s mining practice. Act as counsel to small, medium and blue chip mining companies in acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and other mining transactions. Senior legal advisor to Boards of Directors and Independent Committees on related party transactions and corporate governance issues. McMILLAN LLP – Toronto 2007 – 2009Managing Director of the Mining Group with overall responsibility for the firm’s mining practice. Act as counsel to small, medium and blue chip mining companies in acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and other mining transactions. Senior legal advisor to Boards of Directors and Independent Committees on related party transactions and corporate governance issues.



Falconbridge

• SVP & General Counsel

  • 1998 - 2006

  Senior Vice-President and General Counsel 2002 – 2006• Responsible for managing the legal affairs of these two large public companies as well as their numerous domestic and foreign public and private subsidiaries. Department size of 21, with 8 direct reports. • Duties included managing the integrated Legal, Corporate Secretarial, Corporate Internal Audit Services and Property departments as well as serving as an officer and director on numerous foreign and domestic subsidiary companies. Served as Chairman of the Disclosure Committee, Ethics Officer, and Co-chaired the Corporate Crisis Management Committee. • Direct personal involvement in all major acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, litigation, and financings.• Key member of a four person executive team (CEO, President, CFO, GC) charged with negotiation of the proposed merger of Falconbridge and Inco and subsequent takeover of Falconbridge by Xstrata.



Noranda Inc.

• SVP & General Counsel

  • Apr 1981 - Sep 1998

  SVP & General Counsel SVP & General Counsel