People: Mountain Province Diamonds Inc (MDM)

MDM on American Stock Exchange

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17 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Jonathan Comerford

 2006 Independent Chairman of the Board

Patrick Evans

 2005 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Bruce Ramsden

 2013 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance, Corporate Secretary

Jennifer Dawson

 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary

Bruce Dresner

 2013 Director

Elizabeth Kirkwood

 2006 Independent Director

Peeyush Varshney

 2007 Independent Director

Carl Verley

 1986 Independent Director

David Whittle

 1997 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Jonathan Comerford

 Mr. Jonathan Christopher James Comerford, B.A. (Econ.), M.B.S. (Finance), is Independent Chairman of the Board of Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc. He has been a director of MPD since September 2001 and the Company’s Chairman since April 2006. Mr. Comerford is resident in Dublin, Ireland. He obtained his Masters in Business from the Michael Smurfit Business School in 1993 and his Bachelor of Economics from University College, Dublin in 1992. Mr. Comerford has been Investment Manager at IIU Limited since August 1995. He serves as a director of Optional Payment Plc.

Patrick Evans

 Mr. Patrick C. Evans, B.A., B.Sc., is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc. He is a resident of Arizona, USA. Since 1999, he has had experience in the mining industry. Mr. Evans was a non-executive director of First Uranium Corp. (a uranium and gold mining company) from December 2006 to September 2010. Mr. Evans was appointed the CEO and a director of Norsemont Mining Inc. (a copper exploration and development company) in June 2007 which was taken over by Hudbay in the spring of 2011. He also served as a non-executive of Anvil Mining Limited (a copper mining company) from March 2009 to February 2012 when Anvil Mining was taken over.

Bruce Ramsden

 Mr. Bruce Ramsden, B. Com., ACIS, will serve as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance, Corporate Secretary of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., effective May 1, 2013. e has been a resident of Ontario, Canada since February 1996 and prior to that resided in South Africa where he graduated by correspondence with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of South Africa and gained through correspondence a C.I.S through the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Mr. Ramsden worked for a number of companies in South Africa, including Mobil Oil, Philips South Africa and Castrol Oil South Africa prior to immigrating to Canada in 1996. Since 1996, Mr. Ramsden has provided financial consulting services to Vaaldiam Resources Ltd. (May 1996 to December 2001) and in addition to his CFO and Corporate Secretary roles was also a Director. Mr. Ramsden was also a Director and Chief Financial Officer of Sierra Minerals Inc. (January 1998 to September 2006). Mr. Ramsden also consulted to St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (January 2002 to June 2005) and was VP Finance, CFO and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Ramsden was also CFO and a Director for Heritage Exploration Ltd. (January 2005 to June 2005). Mr. Ramsden joined Vaaldiam Mining Inc., formerly Tiomin Resources Inc. (June 2005 to June 2010) as VP Finance, CFO and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Ramsden was also a Director of Freegold Ventures Limited (October 2009 to April 2011). Mr. Ramsden consulted to Andean American Gold Corp. (July 2010 to October 2012), which was acquired by Lupaka Gold Corp. (October 2012) and Southern Legacy Minerals Inc., formerly Sinchao Metals Corp. (July 2010 to June 2012) where in addition to his VP Finance, CFO and Corporate Secretary roles, he also provided financial and administrative services to both companies.

Jennifer Dawson

 Ms. Jennifer M. Dawson, B.B.A., is no longer Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary of Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc., effective April 30, 2013. She is a resident of Ontario, Canada. Ms. Dawson is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration in 1984. Her work experience includes public accounting experience with Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte) from 1984 to 1989, and financial management experience with CCH Canadian Limited (1989 to 2000) and Genesis Media Inc. (from 2000 to 2004). She provided financial consulting services to SouthernEra Resources Ltd. in its corporate reorganization in 2004, and ongoing financial consulting services to both SouthernEra Diamonds Inc. and to Southern Platinum Corp. after the reorganization in 2004 through 2005. Since 2004, she has been a self-employed financial consultant, and in addition to her CFO and Corporate Secretary roles with the Company, she provided financial and administrative services to Arizona Star Resource Corp. as a consultant from 2005 to 2008 (now owned 100% by Barrick Gold Corporation), and to Blacksands Petroleum, Inc. (2007 to 2010), and Kennady Diamonds Inc. (2012 to current).

Bruce Dresner

 Mr. Bruce M. Dresner is Director of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Mr. Dresner has had a distinguished career as an investment professional, including Director of Investments and Chief Investment Officer at Dartmouth College (1985-1990), Vice President for Investments and Chief Investment Officer at Columbia University (1990-2002), Principal of Quellos Group LLC (2002-2007) and Managing Director, BlackRock Inc. (2007-2008). Since his retirement from BlackRock, Mr. Dresner has held a number of board and advisory positions, including serving on the advisory board of Capstone Investment Advisors (2008-2010), as a member of the strategic advisory board of Wilshire Private Markets at Wilshire Associates Inc. (2010-present), and a trustee of the Gottex Multi-Asset Endowment and Alternative Asset Funds (2011-present). Bruce Dresner is a graduate of Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business (MBA, 1971) and the University of Miami (BA Economics, 1969).

Elizabeth Kirkwood

 Ms. Elizabeth J. Kirkwood is Independent Director of Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc. She has been an entrepreneur and independent business woman since February 1989 with a focus on the creation, financing and management of junior resource companies. She has been a director of the Company since September 2001 and was past Chairman of the Board of the Company from January 2003 until April 2006. She was also Chief Financial Officer of the Company from September 2003 until May 2006, and Corporate Secretary from November 2003 until May 2006. She is resident in Ontario, Canada, and a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Ms. Kirkwood was appointed the President and CEO of Match Capital Resources Corporation in July, 2010. Ms. Kirkwood was the President and CEO of First Nickel Inc. (November 2003 to June 2006). She has been a past director of Everbright Capital Corporation (June 2005 - July 20009), Canadian Shield Resources Inc. (June 2005-June 2007), Intrepid Minerals Corporation (April 1999 – July 2006), Investor Links.com (March 1993-May 2001), Canada's Choice Spring Water (July 1996-August 1999), Stroud Resources Ltd. (August, 2000 - March 2002), and a past director and officer of O.S.E Corp. (formerly Oil Springs Energy Corp. (July, 1993- June 2005), Hucamp Mines Limited (May 2001-May 2002), and First Strike Diamonds Inc. (October 1995 – March 2004). She is a director of Match Capital Resources Corporation.

Peeyush Varshney

 Mr. Peeyush Varshney, LL.B., is Independent Director of Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc. Mr. Peeyush Varshney has been actively involved in the capital markets since 1996 and has been a principal of Varshney Capital Corp., a private merchant banking, venture capital and corporate advisory firm since 1996. Since September 2005, he has also been the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Canada Zinc Metals Corp., a resource exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Varshney obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Finance) in 1989 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1993, both from the University of British Columbia. He then articled at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy, a law firm in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 1993 to 1994, and has been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since September 1994. Mr. Varshney is a director of Afrasia Mineral Fields Inc., Mexigold Corp., Trigen Resources Inc., Minaean International Corp., and Open Gold Corp.

Carl Verley

 Mr. Carl G. Verley, B.Sc., P. Geo., is Independent Director of Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc. He is a resident of British Columbia, Canada, and a graduate of the University of British Columbia where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in May 1974. He worked for Cordilleran Engineering Ltd. from 1975-1982. He has been a self-employed geologist since 1982. From August of 1990 to January 2002, he served on the Board of Directors of Gee-Ten Ventures Inc. and since July 2003 to December 2011, he has been a director of Alphamin Resources Corp. (formerly La Plata Gold Corporation). Currently and since 1986 he as been a director of MPD and since 2007 he has been a director of African Metals Corporation. He is the President of Amerlin Exploration Services Ltd., a private company providing exploration services to the mineral industry, that he formed 1983. He is vice president of exploration for Windstorm Resources Inc. He is a registered Professional Geoscientist with the British Columbia Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists.

David Whittle

 Mr. David E. Whittle, B.Comm., C.A., is Independent Director of Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc. He is a Chartered Accountant and is a resident of British Columbia, Canada. He has been a director of MPD since November 1997. From 2004 to August 2007, Mr. Whittle was Chief Financial Officer of Hillsborough Resources Limited, a public company in the mining business. Since October 2007, Mr. Whittle’s principal occupation has been Chief Financial Officer of Alexco Resource Corp., a public company both in the mining business and in the business of providing consulting services to third parties in respect of environmental remediation and permitting.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Jonathan Comerford

 --

Patrick Evans

 423,446

Bruce Ramsden

 --

Jennifer Dawson

 265,407

Bruce Dresner

 --

Elizabeth Kirkwood

 34,000

Peeyush Varshney

 --

Carl Verley

 --

David Whittle

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2010

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Jonathan Comerford

 0 0

Patrick Evans

 300,000 282,500

Bruce Ramsden

 0 0

Jennifer Dawson

 0 0

Bruce Dresner

 0 0

Elizabeth Kirkwood

 90,000 257,000

Peeyush Varshney

 0 0

Carl Verley

 0 0

David Whittle

 0 0

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