Offering consulting services in the Sustainability/ESG and government affairs sectors.

J.M. Huber Corporation is among the largest privately-held private companies in the United States, with over 4000 employees in over 20 countries.Its products are used in a broad range of applications for personal care products, food and beverages and building materials. My role reports directly to the CEO as well as having leadership responsibilities with the EHS&S Committee of the Board of Directors. More specifically, I am responsible for the development and execution of the comprehensive sustainability strategy that is consistent with Huber's guiding principles. Through active collaboration, we are leveraging world class economic, environmental and people performance across the portfolio businesses. We are also focused on deep customer engagement through, among other things, partnering with customers to achieve shared sustainability objectives.Key measurable objectives in the sustainability strategy include: sustaining world-class occupational and PSM safety performance; diversity and inclusion expectations; investment in a global community/philanthropy program; double digit energy, water and carbon intensity reduction; Zero Waste to Landfill expectations for manufacturing sites; sustainability performance expectations in our supply chain; incorporation of sustainability characteristics in our NPD process; expectations for incorporating sustainability considerations into the design of CapEx projects; revision of the capital deployment decision-making process to embed sustainability expectations.

The National Energy Board (NEB) is an independent federal regulator whose purpose is to promote safety and security, environmental protection and efficient infrastructure and markets in the Canadian public interest within the mandate set by Parliament for regulation of pipelines, energy development and trade. Appointed by Canada's Prime Minister through Governor in Council, I served as full-time Board member of the NEB adjudicating on the approval or rejection of Canadian and international oil and natural gas pipelines, associated infrastructure including maritime terminals, off-shore exploration and powerlines. Projects were evaluated based on economic, environmental, safety and social considerations. The work also involved working on quasi-judicial panels including for the TransMountain pipeline expansion project and establishing polices and procedures for pipeline industry abandonment and decommissioning. Worked with a staff of 450 professionals including engineers, ecologists, social scientists and communications teams. Additional responsibilities included testifying before Parliament, extensive stakeholder engagement including with Aboriginal peoples and through print and electronic media.

Global leadership for corporate sustainability strategy for an 11,000 person, industry-leading medical technology company. Responsibilities included developing company's first sustainability strategy, its execution, leadership for environmental, health and safety, and social initiatives (including developing global philanthropy strategy). Worked globally with all business streams including manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing, communciations and government relations teams. Extensive consultation with internal and external stakeholders including customers, supply chain partners, government, industry, NGO's and community leaders. Provided leadership in year-on-year performance improvements with third party sustainability performance evaluations including Dow Jones Sustainability Index, FTSE4Good and Carbon Disclosure Project.

As the most senior staff member, led a private, non-profit business related to conservation and environmental problem solving involving 500+ staff, 70,000+ volunteers, 750,000+ members and many corporate and public sector partners across North and Latin America. Executed an annual operating budget of $340+ million. • Led cross-functional teams to develop international strategic plans and business plans to guide innovative and effective planning and business execution. • Led development of partnerships with corporations on initiatives that included corporate sustainable business strategies involving carbon management, mitigation, air and water quality improvements and overall conservation strategies. • Worked with fellow executives to develop comprehensive staff mentoring and succession plans. • Attained millions of dollars in cost savings annually through business wide efficiency evaluations. • Led the adoption of customer-centric, segmented marketing strategies and tools to meet diverse customer needs. • Provided leadership in deliberations with the federal government executive branch (including directly with the President, Vice-President and cabinet members) and elected branch (both Senate and House) including provision of congressional testimony on national issues related to conservation/environment. • Led the development and execution of the world’s largest non-profit fund-raising campaign ($1.7 billion) for conservation and the environment ranging from grassroots community events to major philanthropy. • Led negotiations of co-branding partnerships with retail partners to enhance their sales and generate revenue for both parties – examples included Bank of America, BassPro, Yamaha, Anheuser Busch. • During his leadership, the organization conserved almost 4.5 million acres of habitat. • Extensive leadership responsibilities with Ducks Unlimited’s Board of Directors and with the board of its Foundation entity, Wetlands America Trust.

Oversaw an annual operating budget of $50+ million for this private, non-profit business related to conservation and environmental problem solving for Ducks Unlimited’s Canadian operations. • Led the creation of a new “business-oriented” culture for staff and volunteers focused on a sense of urgency, results and competitive differentiation. • Led the development of the organization’s first strategic plan. • Developed marketing and branding strategies that led to the recognition of the organization as “Canada’s most trusted and respected conservation organization.”• Grew operating budget by almost 40% in four years. • Led the development of the organization’s first comprehensive fund-raising campaign.• Grew organization’s conservation accomplishments to 18 million acres.

Led the merger of a private environmental consultancy (Environmental Management Associates) with Golder Associates Inc. a now 9000 employee engineering and environmental consulting business. Provided leadership in developing the firm’s environmental impact assessment practice, provision of international consulting services and participation in developing the company’s overall business strategies.• Provided environmental impact assessment and engineering leadership to the petro-chemical, petroleum, hydro-electric, mining, forest products, transportation and real estate industries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. • Provided consultancy services for the permitting of residential and commercial real estate developments as well as recreational properties including ski hills, golf course and parks. • Developed wetland conservation frameworks and policies for provincial and federal agencies. • Developed mitigation strategies for developers including the use of wetlands for waste water treatment. • Developed strategic plans for the consultancy’s global operations. • Provided senior level company leadership as one of small number of company principals.