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Our People |
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Methanex is a truly global enterprise with an international management team that has guided its growth since Methanex was incorporated in 1992. |
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BRUCE
AITKEN
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Bruce Aitken of Vancouver, Canada
was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
of Methanex in May 2004. During his long career with
Methanex he has held numerous other positions including
President and Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice
President, Asia Pacific (based in New Zealand). He has
a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Auckland University
and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered
Accountants, ACA (Associate Chartered Accountant).
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IAN
CAMERON
Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO
As Senior Vice President, Finance
and CFO, Ian Cameron is focused on developing and implementing
financial practices and strategies that not only manage
Methanex's financial risks, but provide the financial
capacity and flexibility necessary to support the Company's
business and strategic goals. Mr. Cameron, with Methanex
since its early beginnings in 1993, has played a key
role in implementing the Company's core strategy of
global leadership, operational excellence and value
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JOHN
FLOREN
Senior Vice President, Global Marketing & Logistics
Methanex's Senior Vice President,
Global Marketing and Logistics, is an accomplished senior
executive with more than 25 years of diverse international
management experience. Mr. Floren oversees four regional
marketing offices as well as Methanex's wholly owned
shipping subsidiary, Waterfront Shipping. He joined
Methanex in 2000 as Director, Information Technology
and E-commerce and transitioned to Director, Marketing
and Logistics for North America in May 2002. |
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JOHN
K. GORDON
Senior Vice President, Corporate Resources
John Gordon, Senior Vice President, Corporate Resources,
has been with Methanex for more than 10 years. During
that time, leading human resource management consultants
have benchmarked the company's Human Resource practices
in the top quartile of high quality organizations. In
striving to be the best, Methanex is now viewed as an
employer-of-choice in all of the markets in which it
competes for talent. Mr. Gordon ensures that the HR
strategic planning model is directly linked with Methanex's
business strategies of global leadership, operational
excellence and value creation. |
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MICHAEL
MACDONALD
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Drawing upon more than 20 years
of chemical industry experience with Methanex (and its
predecessor companies), Michael Macdonald, Senior Vice
President, Corporate Development provides leadership
and direction for all of the Corporation's strategies.
This includes corporate analysis and valuation, transactions
and project development, and executing a variety of
initiatives including technology-related matters. |
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RANDY
MILNER
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
As Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Randy Milner is responsible
for leading and directing the legal affairs of Methanex.
He also ensures that the company's world-wide commercial
activities are lawfully carried out and that the various
risks which the company faces are fully understood and
managed. Mr. Milner is also responsible for managing
the governance needs of the company and its subsidiaries.
Mr. Milner has been with the legal department for the
past 12 years. |
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PAUL
SCHIODTZ
Senior Vice President, Latin America
Paul Schiodtz was appointed Senior Vice President, Latin
America in January 2006. This position provides leadership
to Methanex’s Latin America region. With Methanex
since 1999, Mr. Schiodtz’s prior position was
Director, Finance, Latin America. A mechanical engineer,
Mr. Schiodtz holds Masters of Science degrees in Management
and Operations Research from MIT. He has worked in Canada,
Chile and the United States. |
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HARVEY
WEAKE
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific
As Senior Vice President, Asia
Pacific, Harvey Weake is focused on developing business
opportunities for Methanex in the Asia Pacific region.
He also manages the Company’s flexible manufacturing
assets in New Zealand and North America. Mr. Weake's
more than 25 years experience in the manufacturing sector
of the petrochemical and oil industry covers substantial
organizational restructuring, operational management
and leadership, global networking within manufacturing
and project leadership. |
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JORGE
YANEZ
Senior Vice President, Caribbean and Global Manufacturing
As Senior Vice President, Caribbean
and Global Manufacturing, Jorge Yanez manages a manufacturing
team of approximately 350 employees located in Chile
and Trinidad & Tobago. He has 30 years of diverse
international management experience. Since he joined
Methanex in 1988, Mr. Yanez has held a variety of positions
in Chile including Plant Manager in Punta Arenas and
Manufacturing Director for Methanex Latin America. Most
recently he was Vice President, Project Management based
out of Houston, Texas. |
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