Ms. Thomas is a Canadian geologist with over twenty-five years of experience in the Canadian mining industry, including her previous roles as Vice President, Aber Resources, now Dominion Diamond Corp., CEO of Stornoway Diamond Corp., and CEO of Kaminak Gold Corporation. In 2007, Ms. Thomas founded Lucara Diamond Corporation, with partners Lukas Lundin and Catherine McLeod Seltzer; since February 2018, Ms. Thomas is President and CEO of the company. In 2008, Ms. Thomas was one of only four Canadians that year to be named to the “Young Global Leaders”, by the World Economic Forum. In 2007, she was selected as one of ‘Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women’. Ms. Thomas is currently a
director of Suncor Energy Inc. and is Suncor’s Chair of the Governance Committee.