Appointee Biographies

CATHERINE TAYLOR

Ms. Catherine Taylor recently retired from Toronto based international mining company, Centerra Gold Inc. where she served as VP Risk & Insurance. Prior to joining Centerra she held a number of senior technical and risk management positions in a variety of private and public-sector organizations including financial services, mining, energy, construction, specialty chemicals, international insurance, corporate real estate and public safety. A frequent speaker on risk management topics, Ms. Taylor is an instructor for the Rotman Directors Education Program and has been a guest lecturer on risk management for the Wilfred Laurier MBA program, the Schulich Global Mining Management MBA program and the Schulich Executive Education Masters Certificate in Risk Management & Business Performance. Key Media’s Insurance Business Canada featured Ms. Taylor as one of their “Leading Risk Managers” of 2016. In 2013, she was the Spencer Foundation "Risk Manager in Residence" at Seneca College's School of Accounting & Financial Services. Ms. Taylor is the Chair of the Resource Sector Audit Committee of the Province of Ontario and is currently a member of the Electrical Safety Authority's ECRA Advisory Council. Previously she was a Public Appointee to the Board of Directors of the Regulator of Funeral Services in the Province of Ontario where she served as Chair of the Board. Catherine is a graduate of the Engineering & Management program at McMaster University, a licensed Professional Engineer (Ontario) and holds the Associate in Risk Management designation.

ELEANOR BARKER

Eleanor Barker of Toronto is President of Barker Oil Strategies and is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of PetroTal Corp, an oil company operating in Peru. She is a past Non-Executive Director of Sterling Resources Ltd. and Serinus Energy plc. Ms. Barker is a past Director of the US National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts and a former President of the Canadian Association of Investment Analysts. From 1993 – 1995 Ms.Barker was a director of Gordon Capital. Prior to work in financial markets, she held various positions with Imperial Oil and Gulf Canada.

ALLAN CHESKES

Allan Cheskes, of Toronto, was an instructor at Seneca. Mr. Cheskes has governance and community volunteer involvement with Beth Sholom Synagogue, working on programs such as Out of the Cold.