Leadership

Roger Belair, President C.E.T, C.R.R.P., F.R.M., C.R.M.

Roger is an internationally recognized Health and Safety expert with 30 years experience working across a wide-range of industry sectors and geographies.

He has led Health, Safety and Risk Management programs in the Mining, Oil & Gas, Construction, Power Generation and Nuclear sectors.

Global experience includes manging safety and risk at some of the world’s largest facilities in Canada, India, Australia, Mexico, South America and Iceland.

Roger holds a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), Certified Engineering Technologies (CET) and Canadian Risk Manager (CRM) designation and has a fellowship in risk management.

Rogers is a COR Certified Auditor as well as ICAM (Incident Cause and Analysis) Auditor and Trainer.

Our Team - Experience Matters

  • Dr. Carl Marx

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE

    Expertise: Risk Management and Mining Safety.

    Dr Carl Marx brings over 45 years of experience at the intersection of human and organisational change. From mine sites to boardrooms across Africa and the globe, he helps organisations reframe risk—not as a problem to fear, but as a catalyst for building resilient, high-performing cultures.

    His career includes senior operational leadership on large-scale mines, including at Anglo American, Granston Mining. Konkola Copper Mines & Saudi Arabian Mining Company,

    Dr Marx holds a DBA in Risk Management from the University of Pretoria and an MBA in Financial Management. He has designed customised risk-based safety systems, conducted audits aligned with ICMM critical control management standards, and coached senior leaders to embed safety into the fabric of their leadership.

  • Gary Robertson

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE

    Expertise: People, Talent, Culture.

    Gary Robertson is a future-focused business executive with over 30 years of international, innovation-driven experience positioning organizations for success.

    He is a Certified Human Resources Professional with extensive expertise in business management, operations, human resources, corporate development, labour relations, environmental health & safety, project management, strategy, and government relations.

    Gary held executive positions at major EPC companies engaged in the industrial, power generation, operations, service, and maintenance sectors. He is recognized as a leader in the areas of Human Resources and Occupational Health & Safety Management and has served in an expert advisory role to governments and industry.

  • D. Dawson Lane

    SENIOR ASSOCIATE & VP CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

    Expertise: Finance, Technology, Enterprise Risk

    Dawson has over 30 years’ experience working at the nexus of finance, technology & strategy.

    He began his career in his home province of Alberta in the Canadian energy and resource sector with exposure to Oil & Gas and joint-venture Mining operations.

    After migrating east to Ontario his career included founding a successful enterprise systems consulting firm and holding C-Level roles including CEO, CFO and CIO.

    Dawson has extensive enterprise-level finance, technology and risk management expertise.

    Dawson holds a MBA in Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management and is holds a CPA designation in Ontario.

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