Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> December 20, 2004

REX MCLENNAN – PLACER DOME INC (PDG)

REX MCLENNAN is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Placer Dome Inc. He joined Placer Dome in September 1991 as Assistant Treasurer following a career with Imperial Oil (affiliate of Exxon Corporation), where he held positions in business planning and analysis, and corporate finance. Mr. McLennan was appointed Treasurer of Placer Dome Inc. in March 1994 and Vice President and Treasurer in February 1996. In mid-1996 Mr. McLennan was seconded to Placer Dome's US operations where he acted as the Mine General Manager of Golden Sunlight Mines in Montana. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 1998 and is a member of the corporations' Executive Council. He was educated at the University of British Columbia, where he obtained his Bachelor of Sciences degree (Mathematics and Economics), and at McGill University, obtaining his Master of Business Administration (Finance and Accounting, Dean's Honors). He is a member of the Financial Executives Institute, the Conference Board of Canada's National Council of Financial Executives, the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and is a Director of the World Gold Council. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a quick overview of Placer Dome?

Mr. McLennan: Placer Dome has a very long history of building mines

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