People: Northgate Minerals Corporation (NXG)

Jon Douglas has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northgate Minerals Corp. since 2001. During his career at Northgate, he has overseen the financial transformation of the company from a $30 million market capitalization, TSX-listed, junior gold mining company with over $200 million in debt to a duel-listed (TSX; AMEX), SOX-404 compliant intermediate gold producer with no debt and substantial cash balances. Before joining Northgate, Jon spent four years in the corporate development group at Noranda Inc., examining various investment and divestment opportunities. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Noranda Sales Corporation, purchasing primary and secondary copper and precious metal feeds for Noranda’s copper metallurgical operations. Jon holds a BASc and a MASc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a MBA from York University.