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Shareholders’ interests and the Company’s strategic direction are overseen by a board of directors with extensive senior international experience in banking and finance, luxury brand management, mining and minerals, as well as significant depth in the requirements of contemporary corporate governance. |
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Matthew W. Barrett – Corporate Director. Director since January 2008
 Matthew Barrett brings over 40 years of extensive experience in international banking and finance to the Board. Appointed a director in January 2008, Mr. Barrett is the former Chairman and CEO of Barclays PLC. He began his career at the Bank of Montreal in 1962 where he held a variety of management positions in international banking and treasury during his 37 year tenure. In 1989, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer and was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1990. He currently serves on the board of directors of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd., and Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. He also serves on the Advisory Board of National Bank of Kuwait. Mr. Barrett is an officer of the Order of Canada.
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Micheline Bouchard – Corporate Director. Director since January 2008
 Appointed to the Board in January 2008, Ms Bouchard has considerable expertise in executive leadership and business development. Ms. Bouchard is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of ART Advanced Research Technologies. She is also former Global Corporate Vice-President, Enterprise Services at the head office of Motorola Inc. in Chicago after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola Canada in Toronto. Earlier in her career, Ms Bouchard served as Vice-President Business Development at Hewlett-Packard Canada Ltd. She currently serves on the board of directors of Telus Corporation. Ms Bouchard is a member of the Order of Canada.
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Graham Clow - Chairman of the Board of Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. Director since February 2013.
 Graham Clow brings more than 40 years’ experience in all aspects of mine exploration, feasibility, finance, development, construction, operations, and closure to the Board. Appointed a director in February 2013, Mr. Clow is the Chairman of the Board of Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. Prior to joining Roscoe Postle Associates Inc., Mr. Clow held senior executive positions, including Chief Executive Officer and operating responsibility for several publicly listed mining companies. He has lived and worked extensively in mining operations in northern Canada.
He is a Designated Consulting Engineer under the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. For a number of years he was an Adjunct Professor at the Lassonde Mineral Institute, University of Toronto, where he lectured in resource and reserve estimation.
Mr. Clow has degrees in Geological Engineering and Mining Engineering from Queen's University.
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Robert A. Gannicott – Chairman of the Board & Chief
Executive Officer, Director since June 1992
 Robert Gannicott brings over 35 years' experience in the mining industry to the Board. Mr. Gannicott has been a director of Harry Winston Diamond Corporation since the Company's inception in 1992. He was appointed President and CEO in September 1999, and Chairman and CEO in July 2004. A geologist, Mr Gannicott has worked extensively in the Northwest Territories and Greenland.
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Noel Harwerth – Corporate Director. Director since June 2008
 Appointed a director in June 2008, Ms Harwerth brings considerable experience in the financial services industry particularly in the areas of governance, risk management and taxation to the Board. In 2003, Ms Harwerth retired from her position as Chief Operating Officer of Citibank International PLC. Prior to that, she served as Chief Tax Officer of Citigroup, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and Kennecott Copper Corporation where she worked on large complex international mining transactions. Ms Harwerth currently serves on the board of directors of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance, Logica Group, Impellam Group PLC, and is Deputy Chairman of Sumitomo Mitsubishi Banking Europe. Ms Harwerth was appointed by the UK Government to the Horserace Totalisator Board.
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Daniel Jarvis – Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer of Concert Properties Ltd.,
Director since June 2008
Daniel Jarvis contributes significant financial and executive expertise to the Board. Appointed a director in June 2008, Mr. Jarvis is currently Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer of Concert Properties Ltd., a real estate development and investment firm.
From 1989 to 2007 Mr. Jarvis held a number of senior executive positions with Intrawest Corporation; including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jarvis was instrumental in taking Intrawest public in 1990 and guided the financial strategy of the company as it grew from a regional multi-family real estate developer to become North America's largest resort developer and a leading operator of year-round resorts. Previously, Mr. Jarvis had been Chief Financial Officer of BCE Development Corporation and Treasurer of BCE, Canada's largest telecommunications company.
Mr. Jarvis has served on the boards of Intrawest Corporation, BCE Development Corporation, New Brunswick Telephone Limited, Canada Tourism Commission, and BC Pavilion Corporation.
Mr. Jarvis holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Queens University and an MBA from Harvard University.
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Jean-Marc Loubier – Chief Executive Officer of HKL Holdings. Director since December 2010
Appointed to the Board in December 2010, Mr Loubier has extensive international experience in the luxury, fashion and retail industries. Mr. Loubier is the Chief Executive Officer of HKL Holdings, a company conducting reorganizations and facilitating repositioning processes of international companies in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining HKL, he was the Chief Executive Officer of ESCADA AG from June 2007 to June 2008 and was a member of its supervisory board and chairman of its strategy committee since November 2006. Mr Loubier had held key managing positions for 16 years in the LVMH Group. He joined Louis Vuitton Malletier in 1990 as Director of Communications, and was later the Executive Vice President until 2000. From 2000 to 2006, Mr Loubier was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Celine and was a board member of Comite Colbert, French Association of Luxury Companies.
He currently serves on the board of Trinity Ltd. as a non-executive independent director.
Mr. Loubier graduated from Institut d' Etudes Politiques de Paris, France, and obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales), France, in 1983.
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Laurent E. Mommeja – Corporate Director. Director since June 2004
A director since June 2004, Laurent Mommeja has extensive marketing experience in the luxury goods industry. He currently sits on the managment board of Emile Hermès SARL, the Active Partner of Hermès International SCA. Mr. Mommeja was the Managing Director of Hermès Maison and President of La Compagnie des Arts de la Table, a subsidiary of Hermès International. Previously, he was the Europe and Middle East Director of Hermès International. Prior to that, Mr. Mommeja lived in the United States for 14 years where his last assignment for eight years was President and CEO of Hermès Paris Inc., the US subsidiary of Hermès International. Mr. Mommeja has had assignments in various different countries during his 29 years with Hermès. He also sits on the boards of Emile Hermès SARL, Hermès Sellier SA and Alain Ducasse Group.
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The Honourable Chuck Strahl – Corporate Director. Director since November 2012.
Appointed a director in November 2012, the Honourable Chuck Strahl brings extensive experience and understanding of government, regulations, and northern affairs to the Board. Mr. Strahl left his successful logging and road building company to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1993, eventually serving in six consecutive Parliaments before retiring from politics on the eve of the 2011 election. While in office, Mr. Strahl served at different times as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.
Mr. Strahl is a director of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy, and the Chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee of Parliament. He has completed the Directors Education Program at the University of Calgary. Mr. Strahl is also the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Westminster Regiment, and a member of the Privy Council.
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Lyle R. Hepburn – Corporate Secretary
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