Mr. Samson is the Founding CEO of transition.inc (and ran its predecessor Rogue, since 2016). Sean is a mining executive with more than 25 years of management and financial experience. An expert on critical minerals and low-carbon project development- he founded EV Nickel (TSXV:EVNI) and led it from IPO through to a $70M+ valuation. Prior to this he was VP & Head of Corporate Development at FNI Mining for four years, including a period of six months as interim COO- responsible for safety, mine development and operations at a 250 person underground nickel mine near Sudbury, Ontario. In 2012, Sean won the Canadian Young Mining Leader award from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Prior to FNI, he was VP, Commercial Development at Kinross Gold Corporation for five years where he had diverse, multi-functional responsibilities including: supply chain, energy, merger integration, enterprise risk and capital approvals, leading a team of more than 300 people across eight countries. He also helped run an energy demand management software company and was Director of Strategy and M&A for the largest non-utility energy company in North America. Mr. Samson began his career as a management consultant at Bain & Company and traded for investment banks in New York and Europe. Mr. Samson received his A.B. from Harvard (USA), an MBA from Cambridge (UK) and is a qualified Surface Miner in Ontario. He is a past board member with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and Mental Health Research Canada, a Cleantech advisor at MaRS (a Toronto based Innovation Centre) and remains active in Scouts Canada.