MaryAnn Crichton

A chemical engineer with an MBA, MaryAnn is currently Managing Director, Investment and Business Planning, and Senior Partner at Hatch Ltd. She has over 30 years’ experience with a broad range of mining, metals and exploration companies, as well as financial institutions, private equity, pension funds, investors, industry associations and governments in support of strategy development, marketing, investment and business decisions. MaryAnn has been a PDAC member for 23 years and joined the Board of Directors in 2017, putting her expertise to work on the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and the Public Affairs Committee. Elsewhere in the industry, MaryAnn held a position on the Ontario Mining Association Board of Directors and was a Founding Chair of Education Outreach for the Mining Association of Canada Environment Committee. As a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO), she was a founding member of the Women in Engineering Advisory Committee and of the Environmental Committee, and she received the PEO Order of Honour at officer level in 1995. She is also a member of CIM, Toronto Chapter, and of the Mineral Economics Society.