People In The Mining Industry ~January 2016~
Caterpillar’s board of directors elected Denise Johnson , currently vice president with responsibility for the Material Handling & Underground Division, as group president of Resource Industries. The appointment follows the recently announced retirement of group president Ed Rapp. Johnson joined Caterpillar in 2011 as general manager of its Specialty Products business unit where she was responsible for nearly 20 facilities around the world. She came to Caterpillar after a 22year career with General Motors, where she worked in product management and operations in the United States, Canada and Brazil. Dominion Diamond Corporation appointed Jim Gowans to the Board of Directors of the company on January 13, 2015. The Board intends to appoint Mr. Gowans as the nonexecutive Chairman of the Board no later than April 30, 2016. Dominion also appointed Josef Vejvoda to the Board, who was identified and proposed to the company by a group of shareholders. In connection with these appointments, the Group has entered into an agreement with Dominion which includes a customary standstill on the part of the Group. True Gold Mining Inc. appointed Mark Tomek as a Director of the Company. Mr. Tomek is a senior member of Bostonbased Liberty Metals & Mining Holdings, LLC, one of True Gold's largest shareholders. He will be replacing Mr. Stephan Theron as LMM's appointee to the True Gold board. Prior to joining Liberty Metals & Mining, Mr. Tomek worked as an investment banker in Canada and England, focusing on mergers & acquisitions and mining.