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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top British Columbia based President operating in the Management Consulting space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
R.Michael Jones
President and CEO, Director of Platinum Group Metals
R. Michael Jones brings over 25 years of experience as a professional geological engineer and has been involved with the raising of over $1 billion for exploration, mining development and production. In addition to co-founding Platinum Group Metals Ltd., Mr. Jones was a founder of Glimmer Resources Inc. and was responsible for the discovery of the Glimmer Gold mine, now Blackfox, in Ontario. During a six-year tenure as President of Cathedral Gold Corp., Mr. Jones ran a producing gold mining company and was involved in the review of a feasibility study and financing for the $1 billion Diavik Mine project during two years as Vice President with Aber Resources. Mr. Jones was a co-founder and director of West Timmins Mining that was purchased by producing company Lake Shore Gold Corp. in 2009 and was a co-founder and former director until 2012 of MAG Silver Corp. Mr. Jones is a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of West Kirkland Mining Inc. and a director of Nextraction Energy Corp. Mr. Jones served on the Securities Policy Advisory Committee of the British Columbia Securities Commission for six years and holds a B.A.Sc. in geological engineering from the University of Toronto.
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About Nextraction, Platinum Group Metals: Platinum Group Metals is focused on the development of platinum mining operations with targeted production in the near term.
Nicole Adshead-Bell
President & Director of Cupel Advisory
Nicole Adshead-Bell is a geologist with over 20 years experience in the mining sector and capital markets. She has worked for exploration, development and mining companies in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Canada and previously served as a director on the boards of two publicly traded mining sector companies and on the board of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia. For the last 13 years Adshead-Bell has focused on evaluating and advising mining sector companies, most recently as Director of Mining Research at Sun Valley Gold LLC (an SEC-registered investment advisor), prior to that as Managing Director Investment Banking at Haywood Securities, and as a sell-side Mining Analyst at Dundee Securities. Nicole earned a Bachelor of Science Degree, majoring in Geology and Archaeology, in 1993, a First Class Honours Degree in Geology in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Geology in 2000, all from James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia.
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About Cupel Advisory: Cupel Advisory provides research and consultation services for companies from the mining industry.
Michal Peliwo
Vice President of Business Solutions of ZE PowerGroup
As VP of the Business Solutions team at ZE, Michal spearheads ZEMA implementations. Michal brings many years of software development and client management experience to the company. He also provides a unique understanding of the industry’s market solution requirements. Michal’s capabilities are matched only by the intensity of his desire to exceed client expectations.
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About ZE PowerGroup: ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software development and strategic consulting firm.
Thorsten Gutsche
Vice-President, Operations of ZE PowerGroup
Thorsten is an experienced executive who has built his international career through positions with European and Canadian based companies. He has a mix of large company, entrepreneurial and start-up company experience covering a variety of domains including ISP – telecommunications, IT (e.g. Cloud computing), systems hardware and enterprise software. Thorsten has benefited from the training and environment of Colt Telecom (Multi-Billion Dollar European Service Provider) and has taken the skills developed and implemented the best practices and choice processes in a number of ISP and start up’s. He has earned an international reputation as an operational focused executive that gets the job done and is able to build an excellent operation structure which is customer oriented and cost efficient.
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About Uniserve Communications, ZE PowerGroup: ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software development and strategic consulting firm.
Zak El-Ramly
President & CEO of ZE PowerGroup
Zak El-Ramly, a renowned industry expert and successful executive with over 40 years of experience, is the founder of the ZE family of companies with offices globally that provide software development, consulting services, and engineering design. Dr. Zak El-Ramly formed ZE in 1995 in response to progressive changes towards competition in electric power. This new Zak’s venture supported his continued involvement in market transformation and building tools to facilitate competitive market operation. ZE was initially formed to transfer competitive market principals and implement trade and risk policies and operations; the company soon transitioned to developing software products required to meet the growing needs of participants in energy and commodities markets. Dr. El-Ramly leads a diverse group of more than 250 professionals in his quest to continue delivering innovation and value to an impressive list of multinational clients. His vision and ambition drive the success the ZE family of companies enjoys today.
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About ZE PowerGroup: ZE PowerGroup is an experienced software development and strategic consulting firm.
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