
The HudBay Board of Directors consists of eight people with the primary mandate of overseeing the business of the company and providing guidance to management to assist in attaining corporate objectives and maximizing shareholder value.
Please select from below for Directors' Bios:
G. Wesley Voorheis
Chairman
W. Warren Holmes
Executive Vice Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
J. Bruce Barraclough
Brian D. Gordon
Alan Roy Hibben
Peter R. Jones
John L. Knowles
Alan Lenczner
G. Wesley Voorheis
Chairman
Mr. Voorheis is the Managing Director of VC & Co. Incorporated and a Partner of Voorheis & Co. LLP, which acts as a strategic advisor to institutional and other shareholders with respect to their investments in Canadian public and private companies. He has also acted as an advisor to a number of private equity and hedge funds in Canada. Mr. Voorheis was previously the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Hollinger Inc. He previously acted as an advisor to the institutional shareholders of YBM Magnex International, Inc. and subsequently as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Mr. Voorheis was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. and Atlas Cold Storage Holdings Inc. Prior to the establishment of Voorheis & Co. LLP in 1995, Mr. Voorheis was a partner in a major Toronto law firm.
W. Warren Holmes
Executive Vice Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Holmes is Executive Vice Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of HudBay. He is also Vice Chairman and Director of Atlanta Gold Inc. and Chairman of Nuinsco Resources Limited and Victory Nickel Inc. Mr. Holmes has 40 years of mining industry experience notably with Noranda Inc. (1964-1986) where he was Vice President and General Manager of Pamour Porcupine Mines Limited and with Falconbridge Limited (1986-2002) where he became Senior Vice-President of Canadian Mining Operations. He was a Director of Inmet Mining Corporation from 2004 to 2007. He is also a director of several public resource companies; he has been President of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, is a Professional Engineer and holds an engineering degree from Queens University and a MBA from the University of Western Ontario.
J. Bruce Barraclough
Mr. Barraclough worked for Ernst & Young LLP for 37 years, 27 of which were as a Partner. His clients consisted of public companies, large and small, with both domestic and international operations, trading on the TSX or Venture Exchange and Foreign Private Issuers registered in the United States. He has been involved with IPOs, due diligence and spin-offs. He has been a director of Coalcorp Mining Inc. since January 2009 where he is also the chair of the audit committee. Mr. Barraclough holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Toronto. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (FCA) and holds the designation of Chartered Director (C.Dir.) from The Directors College (a joint venture of McMaster University and The Conference Board of Canada).
Brian D. Gordon
Mr. Gordon attended Dartmouth College, University ofWestern Ontario and University of Manitoba where, in 1983, he obtained his LL.B. and was subsequently called to the Manitoba Bar in 1984. He became a partner with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP in 1992, practicing predominantly corporate and commercial law. He joined Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited in 1994 as a Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and was also a Director and/or Officer of many related companies. In 2004, he became Vice President and General Counsel of HudBay, along with retaining his positions in related companies to HudBay.
Alan Roy Hibben
Mr. Hibben is currently a partner with Blair Franklin Capital Partners and was formerly a principal with Shakerhill Partners Ltd. He was previously Chief Executive Officer, RBC Capital Partners and Head, Strategy & Development at RBC Financial Group. In this role, he was responsible for corporate strategy as well as merger, acquisition and development activities for the Bank. He has held several positions with RBC Capital Markets in the past, including responsibility for senior client M&A coverage in the financial services and telecommunications sectors. He was previously a member of the Executive Committee of RBC Capital Markets. He has been a director of six public companies and six substantial private companies. In addition to private companies and charitable boards, he is currently a director of Pinetree Capital Inc., a TSX listed merchant bank focused on the mining industry and of Discovery Air Inc., a TSX listed provider of air services, principally to the exploration industry. Alan is currently Chairman of the Board of Governors of Havergal College. Alan received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Toronto. He is qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant and also holds the CFA designation. He is an Institute certified director of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D).
Peter R. Jones
Mr. Jones is a Professional Engineer and has 39 years of experience primarily with Cominco Ltd., Anglo American and HudBay and its predecessor companies. Many of his years of experience have been in operations and projects and most recently he was Chief Executive Officer of HudBay until his retirement at the end of 2009. In 2004 he raised debt and led an equity offering to purchase Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting in 2006 and subsequently led HudBay to the second highest percentage gain on the TSX in 2006. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited and was Chairman and CEO of Adanac Molybdenum Corporation. He is also a former Chairman of the Mining Association of Canada and in 2006 was named Prairie Region Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst&Young LLP. He is a graduate of the Camborne School of Mines and Banff School of Advanced Management.
John L. Knowles
Mr. Knowles has 25 years of experience in senior roles in Canada and overseas with Canadian and international resource companies. He is President and CEO of Wildcat Exploration Ltd, prior to which he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aur Resources Inc. For nine years he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited and, following its acquisition by HudBay, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HudBay. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University.
Alan Lenczner
Mr. Lenczner is one of Canada’s leading litigators. His skills as an advocate have produced precedent setting decisions in almost every field of civil litigation and he also has played a leading role in high profile mining litigations. With his extraordinary experience in large and complex litigation matters, he appears regularly before courts and tribunals across the country. He is a Director of Leon’s Furniture Ltd. and was previously a Director of Eskay Creek Ltd. Mr. Lenczner is a frequent lecturer on subjects ranging from fiduciary duties to constitutional law. Mr. Lenczner has a B.A. (Hon.) and an M.A. He graduated from the University of Toronto with an LL.B. (Hons. Standing) in 1967 and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1969. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1982.