Tony Andrews Resume

TO N Y
AN D R E W S ,
P h D ,
H o n s
B S c

2488
Parkglen
Avenue

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Oakville,
Ontario

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L6M
5B3

Phone:
905.825.1010

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Email:
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SENIOR
BUSINESS
LEADER

Multidisciplinary
mining
industry
leader
and
advocate,
consensus
builder
and
facilitator,
initiates
action

focused
on
maximizing
collaboration
and
community,
seasoned
mineral
deposits
geologist

Responsible
Mineral
Development

¡

Corporate
Social
Responsibility

¡

Government
Relations

Resourceful,
builds
collaboration
across
a
wide
spectrum
of
international
stakeholders,
minimizing
cultural

diversity
and
scepticism,
building
bridges
and
open
dialogue.
Intellectual
and
inclusive
leader,
shrewd
business

strategist
and
tactician
set
on
initiating
processes
and
practices
to
increase
productivity,
decrease
costs
and
utilize

talent
to
the
optimum.
Avid
listener,
tactful
and
diplomatic
communicator,
acts
with
integrity
and
confidence,

maintains
a
calming
influence
during
periods
of
high
work
load
and
stress.
Forward
thinker
builds
synergy
and

secures
mutual
agreements
in
a
diverse
multicultural
population.

Core
expertise
includes:

§ Executive
Leadership
§ Advocacy
§ Government
Relations

§ Corporate
Social
Responsibility
§ Stakeholder
Management
§ Issues
Management

§ Strategic
Planning
§ Government
Policy
&
Regulations
§ Relationship
Management

§ Business
Development
§ Program
Management
§ Risk
Assessment

§ Corporate
Administration
§ Resource
Management
§ Budget
/
P&L

PR O F E S S I O N A L
EX P E R I E N C E

The
Centre
for
Responsible
Mineral
Development
(RMD)
Inc.,
Toronto,
Ontario
2012
–
present

§ Provides
expert
opinion
on
sustainable
development
and
corporate
social
responsibility
for
the
mining,
oil

and
gas
industries,
and
advice
on
responsible
governance,
management
and
development
of
natural
resources

for
national
and
regional
governments.

PRINCIPAL
&
CO-‐FOUNDER

§ Conceived
and
co-‐founded
the
business
in
a
competitive
market
while
the
global
mining
industry
experienced

a
dramatic
downturn.

§ Built
the
USP,
mission
and
vision
creating
marketing
messaging
conducting
business
development
and

defining
the
competitive
edge
of
RMD,
generating
notable
engagement
from
clients
across
the
world.

§ Combatted
the
economic
downtown
capturing
business
from
the
competition,
gaining
a
notable
foothold

as
a
respected
consulting
firm
generating
quarter
of
a
million
per
annum
in
first
year
of
operations.

§ Selected
to
play
key
roles
in
Canadian
Embassy
led
mining
events
and
initiatives
in
Argentina,
Peru,

Bolivia,
Dominican
Republic,
Trinidad-‐Tobago,
and
Greece,
strengthening
the
global
footprint.

Key
contracts
include:

HEENAN
BLAIKIE

§ Retained
with
a
mandate
to
assess
the
potential
to
expand
their
global
mining
industry
practice
into

responsible
mineral
development
and
corporate
social
responsibility
in
both
the
private
and
public
sectors.

§ Collaborated
with
30
lawyers
at
various
offices
across
Canada
to
gather
information
for
the
business
plan,

generating
enthusiasm
and
engagement.

§ Presented
the
plan
to
the
Managing
Director
resulting
in
an
employment
offer
to
implement
the
project.

SNC
LAVALIN

§ Selected
to
provide
expert
advice
on
an
integrated
approach
to
sustainable
mine
development
as
the

engineering
firm
considered
adding
a
new
value-‐add
service
to
their
offering.

§ Worked
closely
with
the
VP
sustainable
mine
development
and
a
15-‐person
senior
management
team
to

take
the
concept
through
to
full
engagement.

§ Imparted
knowledge
and
expertise
to
the
development
process,
helped
build
coherence
and
team
focus,

introduced
and
drove
a
strategic
planning
approach,
supported
selling
the
project
to
company
executives

and
the
other
business
units,
and
provided
advice
on
marketing
the
practice
to
mining
clients.

T O N Y
A N D R E W S ,
P h D ,
H o n s
B S c

P A G E
I I

The
Centre
for
Responsible
Mineral
Development…….continued

§ Navigated
through
complexity
despite
broader
sector
challenges
to
successfully
launch
the
business
unit,

now
generating
financial
and
reputational
benefits.

RYERSON
UNIVERSITY
MINING
MANAGEMENT
CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM

§ Appointed
as
a
member
of
the
Mining
Management
Advisory
Committee
by
the
Dean
of
the
Ted
Rogers
School

of
Management,
Ryerson
University
to
provide
advice
as
the
institution
decided
to
establish
the
institution
as

a
centre
for
education
and
training
for
mining
and
mining
management.

§ Collaborated
with
committee
peers
to
develop
the
concept
and
approach
for
a
post-‐graduate
continuing

education
certificate
program,
a
Bachelor
of
Commerce
majoring
in
Mining
Management,
and
an
MBA

specializing
in
Mining
Management.

§ Assumed
the
Academic
Coordinator
role
for
the
continuing
education
certificate
directing
program

development
and
identifying
suitable
mining
industry
professionals
to
develop
and
instruct
the
courses.

§ Accumulated
101
registrants
in
2.5
years
with
30
enrolled
in
the
full
certificate
program
and
first
student

cohort
about
to
commence
the
final
Capstone
course.

Prospectors
and
Developers
Association
of
Canada
(PDAC),
Toronto,
Ontario
1987
–
2011

§ Provided
vision
and
leadership
in
all
facets
of
the
association,
steering
through
multiple
challenges
and

adversity
to
position
it
as
one
of
the
leading
mining
associations
in
the
world
with
a
reputation
for
effective

advocacy,
progressive
approach
and
leading
programs.

EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

§ Nominated
as
the
Executive
Director
when
the
association
was
small,
regional,
supported
by
2.5
staff,
2,000

members,
a
$500,000
annual
budget
with
limited
capacity
to
influence
the
Canadian
mining
industry
and

totally
dependent
on
volunteers
for
advocacy
work
and
to
organize
the
annual
convention.

§ Recognized
the
untapped
potential
of
the
association,
led
the
Board
through
a
series
of
sweeping,

transformational
change
plans
with
ambitious
and
challenging
goals.

§ Executed
the
plans
securing
buy-‐in
for
change
with
the
staff,
members
and
a
wider
mining
audience.

§ Departed
of
own
volition
in
2011
with
a
dedicated
28-‐person
staff
complement,
an
$8
million
annual

budget,
8,000
members
and
an
international
reputation
for
leadership
and
innovation.

§ Recognized,
during
initial
evaluation
that
the
association’s
government
relations
and
advocacy
efforts
were

significantly
below
potential
and
needing
redirection.

§ Charged
with
rebuilding
and
enticing
the
image
and
delivering
impact
to
support
advocacy
efforts.

§ Raised
the
standards
of
written
and
oral
communications
to
governments
and
stakeholders,
gradually

securing
their
attention
and
respect
along
with
foreign
governments
and
other
sector
associations,
civil

society
organizations,
and
international
institutions
and
elevating
the
reputation
of
the
PDAC.

§ Initiated
a
PDAC
project
to
ensure
members
understand
the
requirements
and
effective
practices
of
corporate

social
responsibility
(CSR),
developing
e3
Plus,
an
online
good
practice
guidance
system
with
comprehensive

guidance
compendiums
on
social
responsibility,
environmental
stewardship,
health
&
safety.

§ Amassed
seed
capital
from
industry
members
and
Canadian
governments
to
fund
the
development,

eventually
costing
$2.5
million
and
appointed
a
senior
staff
position
to
drive
the
initiative
globally.

§ Advanced
CSR
in
Canada
and
globally
with
e3
Plus
now
used
by
industry,
governments,
communities,

indigenous
peoples
and
civil
society
organizations
in
85
countries.

§ Piloted
the
non-‐profit
organization
through
complexity
with
a
48
member
Board
of
Directors,
50
dedicated

volunteers
serving
on
10
active
and
meaningful
committees.

§ Created
alignment,
collaboration
and
engagement
with
constructive
internal
and
external
relationships,

effectively
serving
the
membership
with
advocacy,
multiple
programs
and
a
collective
voice.

§ Transformed
the
association’s
annual
conference
from
a
small
Ontario-‐based
annual
event
at
the
Royal
York

Hotel
to
one
of
the
world’s
most
successful
international
mining
convention
and
trade
shows
occupying
both

the
north
and
south
facilitates
of
the
Metro
Toronto
Convention
Centre.

§ Recognized
the
event
as
a
notable
economic
driver
for
the
association,
uncovering
significant
potential
for

brand
enhancement,
membership
drives,
collaboration,
and
networking
across
the
mining
industry.

§ Convinced
the
PDAC
Board
to
transform
the
convention
into
an
international
event
securing
a
new
budget

allocation
to
start
a
global
convention
marketing
campaign.

§ Connected
with
country-‐based
mining
associations
to
gain
support
and
share
marketing
collateral.

T O N Y
A N D R E W S ,
P h D ,
H o n s
B S c

P A G E
I I I

Prospectors
and
Developers
Association
of
Canada…….continued

§ Consistently
grew
convention
attendance
each
year
from
about
2,300
mostly
Canadian
attendees
in
1990

to
more
than
32,000
attendees
and
1,200
exhibitors
from
150
countries
in
2011.

§ Managed
the
challenge
of
phenomenal
growth
through
continuously
amending
strategies
and
processes

without
compromising
quality
or
brand.

§ Persuaded
the
Board
to
conduct
regular
strategic
planning
exercises
to
provide
guidance
and
coherence

through
rapid
growth,
organizational
and
governance
changes
and
the
expansion
of
the
association’s
mandate

from
solely
Canadian
to
Canadian
and
international.

§ Advocated
to
extend
the
PDAC
mandate
into
the
international
arena
to
allow
for
advocacy
on
behalf
of

Canadians
in
foreign
countries
and
international
members
in
their
own
countries.

§ Navigated
through
difficult
discussions
to
achieve
consensus
on
an
expanded
Canadian-‐international

mandate,
solidifying
the
association’s
position
as
a
knowledge
base
and
advocacy
partner
internationally.

§ Expanded
mandate
elevated
the
PDAC’s
reputation
and
increased
international
membership
by
25%.

§ Led
the
association
and
the
Canadian
natural
resources
industry
into
innovative,
new
ways
of
thinking
about

land
use
planning
and
land
management
based
on
an
integrated
approach,
including
integrated
governance

and
integration
with
land
users
to
reduce
the
environmental
footprint
and
costs.

§ Founding
member
and
Co-‐Chair
of
the
Canadian
Coalition
for
Integrated
Landscape
Management,
with

representatives
from
forestry,
energy
and
mining
sectors,
and
officials
from
federal,
provincial
and

territorial
governments,
environment
groups,
aboriginal
people,
and
academia.

§ Contributed
to
an
evolution
in
the
concepts
and
practices
of
land
use
and
management
in
Canada,
driving

diverse
natural
resource
industries,
conservationists
and
land-‐owners
closer
to
reducing
land
use
conflict.

Ontario
Geological
Survey,
Toronto,
Ontario

1980
–
1987

SENIOR
PROJECT
GEOLOGIST
–
Mineral
Deposits
Section

§ Created,
led
and
managed
multi-‐disciplinary
field
studies
and
applied
research
projects
on
mineral
deposits
in

Ontario
for
the
purpose
of
delivering
high
quality
data
and
guidance
to
mining
industry
clients,
improving

their
chances
of
making
new
discoveries.

POST-‐DOCTORAL
RESEARCH
FELLOW,
Scripps
Institution
of
Oceanography,
La
Jolla,
California
1978
–
1980

HO N O U R S ,
AW A R D S
&
PU B L I C A T I O N S

Recognition
of
Contribution
to
the
Global
Mining
Industry,
Fraser
Institute
2011

Merit
Award,
Natural
Resources
Canada

2007

Distinguished
Lecturer
Award,
Canadian
Institute
of
Mining
and
Metallurgy
2002

Twenty-‐five
technical
publications

Numerous
articles
and
reports
on
government
policy
and
mineral
industry
issues

SE L E C T
AF F I L I A T I O N S
&
FO R M A L
ED U C A T I O N

Board
of
Directors,
Canada
–
Southern
Africa
Chamber
of
Commerce

2011
–
present

Chair/Member
–
World
Economic
Forum:
Global
Agenda
Council
on
Mining
and
Metals

2009
–
2014

Member
–
Earth
Sciences
Sector
Advisory
Committee,
Natural
Resources
Canada

2010
–
2011

Member
–
Dean’s
Advisory
Council,
Ted
Roger’s
School
of
Business,
Ryerson
University

2010
–
2011

Member
–
Governing
Council,
World’s
Mines
Ministries
Forum

2004
–
2010

Scripps
Institution
of
Oceanography,
University
of
California
San
Diego

1978
-‐

1981

POST-‐DOCTORAL
RESEARCH
FELLOW
–
Marine
Geology,
Sub-‐Sea
Floor
Ore
Forming
Processes

University
of
Western
Ontario

PhD
–
Geosciences,
Deep
Ocean
Floor
Hydrothermal
Processes

1978

HONOURS
BACHELOR
OF
SCIENCE
–
Geosciences
(Gold
Medal
Winner)

1973

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