Robert Dickinson
Chairman
Robert Dickinson, an economic geologist with more than 40 years of mineral exploration experience who is an inductee of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, leads Northern Dynasty’s project development activities. In addition to his role as Chairman, Mr. Dickinson is a director of the Pebble Limited Partnership. He is also Chairman of Hunter Dickinson Inc.
Ron Thiessen
CEO and Director
Ronald Thiessen, a Chartered Professional Accountant (FPCA, FCA) with more than 25 years of corporate development experience, leads Northern Dynasty’s corporate development and financing activities. In addition to his role as President and CEO, Mr. Thiessen is a Director of the Pebble Limited Partnership. He is also President and CEO of Hunter Dickinson Inc.
Desmond Balakrishnan
Director
Desmond Balakrishnan is a lawyer practicing in the areas of Corporate Finance and Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Lending, Private Equity and Gaming and Entertainment for McMillan LLP, where he has been a partner since 2004. Mr. Balakrishnan has been lead counsel on over $500 million in financing transactions and in mergers and acquisitions aggregating in excess of $1 billion. He also serves as a director and/or officer of several resource, finance and gaming firms. He holds CLA and BA from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Laws (With Distinction) from the University of Alberta.
Siri C. Genik
Director
Siri Genik is a senior executive in the Natural Resources and Infrastructure industries. She is a subject-matter expert in Sustainability and ESG, Stakeholder Engagement and Governance, as well as Strategic Communications and Supply Chain. Siri is the Principle and Founder of BRIDGE©, a firm providing sustainability strategies to Boards and Leadership. She has over 25 years of experience working on major capital projects through the world. Her background with the mining industry includes serving as Head of Project Services for BHP Canada as well as Glencore (Xstrata) working on projects in Australia, Malaysia and New Caledonia. Siri is a lawyer and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Wayne Kirk
Director
Wayne Kirk has over 35 years of experience as a corporate attorney, including nine years' experience as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Homestake Mining Company, and over 16 years of experience as a director of publicly held companies. Mr Kirk holds a B.A. in Economics (Distinction) from the University of California (Berkeley) and an LL.B (magna cum laude) degree from Harvard University, and has been a member of the California Bar since 1969. He was also a director of the company from July 2004 to February 2016.
Christian Milau
Director
Christian Milau is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) and mining executive, currently serving as CEO of Blue Dot Carbon Corp, with experience in acquisition, financing, development, and operation of mines. Mr. Milau was CEO of Equinox Gold until August 2022 and also has background in finance and capital markets, and government and stakeholder relations, including successfully negotiating with governments on various community, security, fiscal and tax matters.
Ken Pickering
Director
Ken Pickering is a Professional Engineer, mining executive and international consultant with 40 years of experience in a variety of capacities in the natural resources industry. He has led the development, construction and operation of mining projects throughout the world. These include: the Escondida Mine in Chile and several billion dollar expansion phases, the Tintaya copper operations in Peru, BHP Iron ore operations in Western Australia, the Spence copper leaching project in Northern Chile and Pinto Valley operations/Resolution project in the Western United States. Mr. Pickering is also a Director of Teck Resources and Endeavour Silver.
Isabel Satra
Director
Isabel Satra is an equity analyst and portfolio manager with over 20 years of investment management experience. She is a Principal of Kopernik Global Investors and serves as the firm's CFO. Ms Satra holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and a BS in Engineering from Rutgers University.
