Jamie C. Sokalsky, CPA, CA, has served as a director since 2015 and is the Lead Director, sitting on the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Barrick from June 2012 to September 2014 and as Barrick's Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to June 2012. He has over 30 years of experience as a senior executive and director in the mining industry across finance, corporate strategy, project development and M&A, and earlier spent ten years at George Weston Limited. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a graduate of Lakehead University (B.Comm.).