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Board of Directors
NAP Board of Directors - André J. Douchane, Chairman André J. Douchane
Chairman
Toronto, Ontario

A mining engineer with over 35 years of mining experience managing precious metals operations, Mr. Douchane was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in April 2003. In addition to serving on the board of Osisko Mining Corporation, Mr. Douchane is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Starfield Resources Inc., an exploration and development company operating in Nunavut, Canada. Mr. Douchane previously served as North American Palladium’s President and Chief Executive Officer from April 2003 to January 2006, and has held senior management positions with several international publicly-traded precious metal mining companies including Vice President, Operations of Franco and Euro-Nevada (Newmont Mining Corporation).

NAP Board of Directors - Steven R. Berlin, Vice-President Steven R. Berlin
Retired Financial Executive
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Mr. Berlin was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in February 2001, and is also a director of Orchids Paper Products, an AMEX listed company. At the end of 2005, Mr. Berlin retired from his position as Vice-President of KFOC where he worked part-time for two years following four years of full-time work as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining KFOC, Mr. Berlin taught at the University of Tulsa for three years where he also served a year as acting associate Dean of the College of Business and acting Director of the School of Accounting. Before joining the University of Tulsa, Mr. Berlin spent 25 years with Citgo Petroleum Corporation, where he retired as Senior VP Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Berlin has a bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University, an MBA from the University of Wisconsin Madison and has completed the Executive Management program at Stanford University.

William J. Biggar
President and Chief Executive Officer
Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Biggar brings significant expertise in the mining sector to North American Palladium developed from his extensive experience in corporate finance, corporate development and mergers & acquisitions. He has served as Senior Vice President at Barrick Gold Corporation and The Horsham Corporation as well as obtaining 10 years of experience in investment banking. Mr. Biggar held the position of Executive Vice President of Magna International as well as President and CEO of MI Developments. A Chartered Accountant, he holds Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce (with distinction) degrees from the University of Toronto. He most recently held the position of Managing Director at Richardson Capital Limited.

NAP Board of Directors - David Comba C. David A. Comba
Retired Mining Executive
Burlington, Ontario

Mr. Comba, who has over four decades of experience as an exploration advocate and senior mining executive, was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in March 2006. As Chief Exploration Geologist of Falconbridge Limited in Sudbury, Ontario, he led the team that discovered the Thayer Lindsley mine. Prior to its takeover by Kinross Gold Corporation, Mr. Comba was Vice-President, Exploration of Falconbridge Gold Corporation. Following the takeover, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of a Kinross-controlled junior exploration company listed on the TSX. Mr. Comba was Director of Issues Management with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada from 1998 to 2005, during which time he led the successful lobby effort for the re-introduction of enhanced or “super” flow-through shares. Mr. Comba has Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees in geology from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

NAP Board of Directors - Robert J. Quinn, Partner, Quinn & Brooks LLP, Houston, Texas Robert J. Quinn
Partner, Quinn & Brooks LLP
Houston, Texas

A founding partner of the Houston mining transactional law firm Quinn & Brooks LLP, Mr. Quinn has over 25 years of legal and management experience, including as Vice President and General Counsel for Battle Mountain Gold Company. Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in June 2006, he has extensive experience in M&A transactions, corporate governance, public disclosure, governmental affairs, environmental law and land management. Mr. Quinn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Denver, a juris doctorate degree from the University of Denver College of Law and has completed two years of graduate work in mineral economics at the Colorado School of Mines.

NAP Board of Directors - Greg J. Van Staveren, CA, CPA, Strategic Financial Consultant Greg J. Van Staveren, CA, CPA
Strategic Financial Consultant
Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Van Staveren is the President of Strategic Financial Services, a private consulting company providing business advisory services. Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in February 2003, Mr. Van Staveren is an independent director on the board of two other public companies and part-time Chief Financial Officer for Starfield Resources Inc. (SRU:TSX) and AIM Health Group Inc. (AHG:TSX). He was the Chief Financial Officer of MartinRea International Inc. (MRE:TSX) from 1998 to September 2001, and provided accounting and advisory services until 1998 as a partner of KPMG, which he joined in 1980. Mr. Van Staveren is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Math (Honours) degree from the University of Waterloo.

NAP Board of Directors - William J. Weymark, P.Eng. President and CEO, Vancouver Wharves, Vancouver, B.C. William J. Weymark, P.Eng.
President, Weymark Engineering Ltd.
Vancouver, British Columbia

Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in January 2007, Mr. Weymark is President of Weymark Engineering Ltd., a Company providing consulting services to businesses in the private equity, construction and resource sector. He is also a director of the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation Board, and several private companies. Mr. Weymark is active with the BC Lions as a Founder of their business association and a Member of the Industry Advisory Committee for the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Until June 2007, Mr. Weymark was President and CEO of Vancouver Wharves/BCR Marine, a transportation firm located on the west coast of British Columbia. Prior to joining Vancouver Wharves in 1991, Mr. Weymark spent 14 years in the mining industry throughout western Canada working on the start-up and operation of several mines.

 

 

 

 
 

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