Christine Petch
Vice-President & Project Director, Great Bear, Kinross Gold
on
Navigating Complexity: Leading a Mega Project (and Career Parallels)
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Time: 12pm - 1:30pm Location: Odgers - Royal Bank Plaza - South Tower. 200 Bay Street, #3300 Cost: Members: $30, Non-Members: $40 (Lunch will be provided) Register here: https://www.women-in-mining.com/event-6833306
About the speaker
Christine is currently VP & Project Director for Kinross Gold’s Great Bear Project. Previously, she was Deputy Project Manager for the $1.5B, 3-year construction of Equinox Gold’s Greenstone Mine, leading a team of 120 project personnel and, at times, over 1,000 contractors with a strong focus on health & safety.
Earlier in her career, Christine spent 20 years with Falconbridge/Xstrata/Glencore where she worked on many exploration projects and is credited with the discovery of the Kikialik nickel deposit (Raglan Mine, Québec). She was Site Manager for a pre-feasibility project in Tanzania and held a variety of senior corporate roles within the business development, sustainability and strategic leadership teams.
Christine is currently on the board of the East York Learning Experience, an adult literacy not-for-profit. She is a member of PDAC’s Human Resources Development Committee and past Chair of WIM Toronto. She is a professional geoscientist in the Province of Ontario.
