Aime Bertrand
Chairman, CEO and Director
Mr Bertrand is a financial advisor and insurance agent and is the principal of A N Bertrand Inc. He has been a Director of Diadem since 2002.
Dr. André Dupuy
Director
Dr. André Dupuy is a Quebec licensed physician, who specializes in cosmetic surgery namely liposuction. He is currently Vice-President of the Canadian Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. He is also President and Founder of Clinique Médico-Esthétique du Vieux-Longueuil since 1996. He is one of the most active physician in the domain of liposuction across Canada.
A. Lee Barker
P.Eng., P.Geol.
Mr. Barker joined the Board in October, 2005. He is an independent mining executive and consultant with over 40 years of broad experience in the mineral industry. Mr. Barker was part of the gold exploration team at Lacana Mining Corporation and Corona Corporation and was involved in several diamond exploration, discovery and development projects for Aber Resources Inc. (now Harry Winston Diamond Corporation) and SouthernEra Resources Limited. Currently, as President of Sparton Resources Inc., he is active in precious metals exploration in China, Mexico and Canada. Mr. Barker’s diamond experience includes ongoing consulting assignments for a number of private and public exploration and development groups in various international venues. He also is a director of several other public companies involved in diamond exploration, mining and development worldwide.
The Honourable William McKnight
P.C.
Mr McKnight has been a Director of Diadem since 2002. Currently, as the principal of McKnight & Associates, he is an international trade and financial consultant. From 1979 to 1993 he was a Member of the Parliament of Canada and a member of the Federal Cabinet where he held the position of Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
Thomas Skimming
P. Eng.
Mr. Skimming, a geologist and professional engineer, has been an independent mineral exploration and mining consultant since 1972. In 1959, he was one of the pioneers of diamond exploration in the James Bay Lowlands of Canada on behalf of Selco Exploration Company Limited and one of its affiliates, Consolidated African Selection Trust (CAST), at the time the largest producer of gem-quality diamonds in the world. From 1959 to 1967 he was Chief Geologist of Selco Exploration Company Limited, the Canadian subsidiary of Selection Trust of London, England and from 1968 to 1972 he was Chief Exploration Geologist of McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. (which at that time controlled Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.) and he was responsible for its exploration activities in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Southeast Asia. He was founder and a director and officer of Royex Gold Mining Corporation (gold) as well as a director of Corona Corporation (gold) and United Coin Mines Ltd. (which discovered and developed the Golden Reward gold mine in South Dakota). Mr. Skimming is a Director of a number of other public mining companies, including Romios Gold Resources Inc.
