Karina Briño, President and CEO, Mining Association of British Columbia

A historic boom in mining investment and development, due to an increased global demand for Canada’s natural resources, is set to benefit all regions in Canada. Here in B.C., the mining industry generates thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in provincial revenue.The mining industry’s crucial role in B.C.’s economic future must be balanced against the social license to operate. Finding common ground between all stakeholders is part of Mining Association of British Columbia President and CEO Karina Briño’s vision for strengthening B.C.’s economic future.In her first keynote address to The Vancouver Board of Trade Briño will highlight the need for corporations alongside governments, indigenous peoples and local communities to ensure responsible, sustainable business practices that benefit all British Columbians. In addition, Briño will share her perspective on issues such as the complexity in project review and approval process, as well as infrastructure issues around access to people, power, ports and rail. Employers attending this event: Event sponsored by PWC

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Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc. – Mary Anne Davidson

ACGI Shipping Inc. – Erich Billung-Meyer

Advantage BC – Jimmy Mitchell

Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) – Gavin Dirom

Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. – Joel Cawker

BC Chamber of Commerce – John Winter

BNSF Railway Company – Jules Vanpopta

Business Career Centre, Sauder School of Business, UBC – Catherine Williams

Canada Place Corporation – Matti Polychronis

Canada Wide Media Limited – Lee Caldwell

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation BC/Yukon Region – Christine Basque

Canem Systems Ltd. – Clint Undseth

CH2M HILL Canada Limited – Lawrence Benjamin

Chevron Canada Limited – Mark Rizzo

Coast Capital Savings – Head Office – Scott French

David Aplin Recruiting – Brent Lyon

DMCL Chartered Accountants – David Goertz

Finning Canada – Gordon Finlay

Finning Canada – Mark Vander Griend

Franklin Covey Canada, Ltd. – William Haysom

Golder Associates – Michael Mysak

Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver – Gayle Webster

Hatch Ltd. – R. Scott Hanna

Hay Group – Mark Jackson

Hays Specialist Recruitment (Canada) Inc. – Terry Whitehead

Hemmera Envirochem – Scott Weston

HSBC Bank Canada – Wayne Zawisza

Hunter Dickinson Inc. – R. W. Thiessen

Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Wayne Tebb

Ledcor – Todd Sams

Lucent Strategies Inc. – Susan Bruckner

McMillan LLP – Sandra Knowler

Miller Thomson LLP – Catherine A. Sas

Richmond Steel Recycling Ltd. – Ute Lehner

Robert Half International Inc. – Trudy Legg-Johnson

Sauder School of Business – Gordon Rein

Sauder School of Business – Amanda Warren

SFU – Beedie School of Business – Kirk Hill

SMS Equipment Inc. – David Sharples

TD Bank Financial Group – Frances Strike

Teekay Shipping (Canada) Ltd – Marcus Burgmann

The Fifth Option Consulting Inc. – Katherine Read

Turner & Townsend Cm2r Inc. – John Gravel

UBC Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineeering – Malcolm MacLachlan

Vancouver Economic Development Commission – Joan Elangovan

VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation – Jim O’Hara

Xstrata Coal Canada – Doug Smith