Ross J. Beaty

The career achievements of Ross Beaty are as multi-dimensional as the man and the companies he founded and led over four decades. He is first and foremost a geologist with a passion for exploration and a discerning eye for projects with economic potential. He built his flagship, Pan American Silver, into one of the world’s largest silver producers. He has founded and divested a number of resource companies and remains the founder and Chairman of Pan American Silver Corp., one of the world’s leading silver producers, and Chairman of Equinox Gold Corp., a mid-tier gold producer. Beaty is also one of the most influential people in the global mining industry for his pragmatic support of environmental causes, ability to build bridges with civil society, and remarkable legacy of philanthropy.

An ardent environmentalist, Beaty started a geothermal power company in 2008 that merged to form Alterra Power in 2011 and then sold to Innergex Renewable Energy in 2018. He also established the Sitka Foundation, which has supported more than 169 environmental organizations.