Robert Gannicott was reappointed to the Canadian Polar Commission's Board of Directors for a second three year term in November 2010. Mr. Gannicott is a leading geologist who has over 35 years of mining industry experience. He immigrated to Canada in 1967 from England and entered the mining industry in Yellowknife. He began his career focused on mining projects in the Northwest Territories and Scandinavia. Mr. Gannicott became involved with diamond exploration in Canada's North in 1991.
Mr. Gannicott joined the Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (now the Dominion Diamond Corporation) as a Director in 1992 and is now serving as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He was appointed President and CEO in September 1999, and then Chairman and CEO in July 2004.
In 2004, Mr. Gannicott chaired the Ontario Securities Commission committee to develop Guidelines for the Reporting of Diamond Exploration Results, which has since been adopted by the Commission and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy as best practices. The following year he was awarded the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Award in recognition of his pivotal role in the Diavik Project, now recognized as a world-class mining asset. In 2007, Mr. Gannicott was awarded the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Members Award to recognize his leadership in promoting diamond exploration and the mining industry in Canada and Greenland in addition to his volunteer contributions to the Institute.
