John Thompson

Dr. John Thompson has over 35 years in the mining industry and related research. He is the Chair of Genome BC, and past Chair and co-founder of both Geoscience BC and the Canada Mining Innovation Council. He was a member of the Global Agenda Councils: the Future of Mining and Metals and Advanced Materials, both with the World Economic Forum, and President of the Society of Economic Geologists.

Over the last six years, he has divided his time between Cornell University, where he was the first Wold Professor of Environmental Balance for Human Sustainability, and Vancouver, BC where he consults on exploration, mining and sustainability. He has held diverse leadership roles in many organizations including Director of the Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) at the University of British Columbia and Chief Geoscientist/Vice President of Technology and Development for Teck Resources.

He holds a BA from Oxford University and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto.