Heather Laxton

Heather Laxton is a seasoned governance professional with over 25 years of corporate secretarial, governance, and securities regulation experience with a focus on the mining sector in Canada, Europe, Russia and West Africa. She began working as a professional law clerk in multi-national law firms including Torys LLP and Smith Lyons LLP and has served in several senior management and executive roles for companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, London - AIM and NYSE AMEX.

During her career, Heather has been involved in numerous transactions and financings, and has extensive experience working with management teams and boards of directors on both simple and complex governance matters. She has led the evaluation, design, implementation and monitoring of governance programs for several junior and emerging companies, and specializes in governance crisis recovery.

Heather holds a Masters Degree in Law (Business) from Osgoode Hall Law School and an honours diploma from the Law Clerk Program at Seneca College, and has completed the Canadian Securities Course (CSC). She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and the Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC), and is a member of the faculty of the GPC Education Program, the Caribbean Governance Training Institute and Crown Agents. She is also an active public speaker, course lecturer and passionate governance advocate.