Dominic Channer has worked in the mining business for more than 20 years. He started his career as an exploration geologist with Guaniamo Mining Company in Venezuela, and eventually became Vice President, responsible for exploration, permitting, community relations, and technical studies. In 2007, he joined Aurelian Resources as the Country Manager for Ecuador, and in 2008, he moved to Kinross Gold Corporation, where he was responsible for external affairs in Ecuador until he assumed responsibility for all Kinross operations in Ecuador in 2012. In 2013, Channer took on external affairs in South America, and in 2014, he took over external affairs for the combined Americas region. In January 2016, he moved to Toronto to become Vice President of Community Relations for Kinross Gold Corporation.
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We have witnessed enormous transformations in transparency over the past few years, with the exponential growth of the internet, an increasingly fragmented media, diffuse and contentious public debate, and a new era of whistleblowing driven by massive data leaks. These trends affect how companies engage with all kinds of stakeholders. It’s no longer possible to distribute information one piece at a time, nor is it possible to control what kind of content is shared. This has fundamentally shifted the terms of engagement and opened up new spaces of power and influence. Companies need to think more broadly about who their stakeholders are, understand that distinctions between local and global are increasingly blurred, and reconsider what this era means for their own brands, reputations, and practices.
