Mark J. Daniel, Paul J. Dowd and Richard J. Hall have been newly elected to the board of directors of Northgate Minerals Corp. pursuant to the annual general meeting of shareholders on May 8, 2009. Mr. Dowd and Mr. Hall were previously appointed to the board in December, 2008. The election of Mr. Daniel follows the retirement of C. William (Bill) Daniel, who served on the board since 2003.
Serving on the board in addition to the three newly elected members are: Terrence A. Lyons, chairman of the board; Kenneth G. Stowe, president and chief executive officer of the corporation; Patrick D. Downey; Douglas P. Hayhurst; and Conrad A. Pinette.
Mr. Stowe, president and chief executive officer, stated: “We have assembled a board that has a wealth of expertise in our industry and is committed to the growth of our company. I am looking forward to working with our newly elected and returning members of our board team to build upon our many recent successes, and to deliver growth and a solid rate of return to Northgate’s shareholders. On behalf of our management team and the board of directors, I wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Bill Daniel for his professional contributions and dedicated service to our board over the past six years.”
Mr. Daniel has been appointed chairman of Northgate’s corporate governance and compensation committee and also as a member of the health, safety and environment committee. Over his career, Mr. Daniel worked for the Bank of Canada and a number of other Canadian government organizations prior to joining the Conference Board of Canada in 1979. During his 15-year career with the Conference Board, he benchmarked leadership and management practices in some of the most successful companies in North America, Europe and Japan. Mr. Daniel joined Vale Inco (formerly CVRD Inco) in 1996, retiring as vice-president, human resources in 2007. Since that time, he has consulted to organizations on performance improvement, executive development, succession planning and organization design. Mr. Daniel holds a PhD in economics from the University of Minnesota.
