CAROLINE REES Director, Governance and Accountability Programme, Harvard Kennedy School

Caroline Rees is director of the governance and accountability programme at the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of Harvard Kennedy School. Her research focuses on the analysis and development of mechanisms that address grievances between companies and the communities where they operate and workers in their supply chains. She is an adviser to Professor John Ruggie, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for business and human rights, a trustee of the Institute for Human Rights and Business and a member of the board of RESOLVE. Ms Rees previously spent 14 years with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. From 2003-06 she led the UK’s human rights negotiating team at the UN, and chaired the UN negotiations on business and human rights. Her prior foreign service career covers Iran, Slovakia, the UN Security Council and the European Union.

Other 2010 Speakers

• PETER LEON Chairman of IBA, Mining Law Committee & Co-head of Natural Energy & Resources & Regulatory Law Webber Wentzel (representing the International Bar Association)

  Peter Leon is a partner with Webber Wentzel, where he co-chairs the firm’s Mining, Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group.

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  DR IAN THOMPSON Principal, On Common Ground Consultants

  Ian Thomson has over 30 years of experience in the mining industry, working for the past decade to advance and refine the management of social issues in resource development projects.

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  BERNARDA ELIZALDE Programme Director of Sustainable Development, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)

  Bernarda Elizalde is programme director of sustainable development for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) to help the exploration sector continuously improve its CSR practices, and to develop strategies that contribute to sustainable development initiatives.

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  CARMEN TURNER Leader, Sustainability and Community Engagement, Teck Resources

  Carmen Turner is Teck Resource’s leader, sustainability and community engagement.

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  MARC LEROUX Senior Manager of Information and Marketing Services, Ontario Geological Survey

  Mr Leroux is senior manager of information and marketing services with the Ontario Geological Survey at the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and Forestry.