Richard Graff

Biography

 Mr. Graff is a retired partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he served as the audit leader in the United States for the mining industry. Since his retirement, Mr. Graff has been a consultant to the mining industry, including as a member of a Financial Accounting Standards Board task force that established accounting and financial reporting guidance for the sector. Mr. Graff represents a consortium of international mining companies and has provided recommendations to the International Accounting Standards board on mining industry issues and to regulators on industry disclosure requirements of securities legislation. He currently sits on the board of directors of Alacer Gold Corporation (chairman of the audit committee and member of the compensation and corporate governance and nominating committees) and Dynamic Materials Corporation (chairman of the audit committee and member of corporate governance and nominating committee). Mr. Graff received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Boston College and his post-graduate degree in Accounting from Northeastern University.

Research Interest

 Mining