Domenico Iannidinardo
CAMPBELL RIVER – The largest Indigenous-owned natural resource consulting firm in British Columbia has a new Chief Executive Officer.
Strategic Natural Resource Consultants (SNRC) has hired Domenico Iannidinardo as its CEO. With over 25 years of industry experience, Iannidinardo most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Forester and Chief Development Officer of Mosaic Forest Management, one of the largest forest companies and landowners in the province.
He is also the only person in Canada to concurrently hold accreditations of Professional Forester, Biologist and Engineer. Among other leadership roles, he was the founding chair of the Canadian Forest Owners and President of Couverdon Realty Ltd.
SNRC has over 150 employees and has offices in Campbell River, Nanaimo, Port McNeill, Prince George and Fort St. John.
“Natural resource management and emergency response services for Indigenous and non-Indigenous
businesses and communities are getting even more important with each passing season.” Says Simon John, Ehattesaht Chinehkint First Nation Chief and Chair of SNRC. “Domenico’s breadth of operational and governance experience along with his well-respected professional reputation is the type of leadership our team and our clients need to meet the challenges that come with change.”
Iannidinardo notes: “SNRC has built a strong brand over the last two decades and I’m honoured to lead this innovative,
Indigenous-owned enterprise. We have a dedicated group of professionals that continue to exceed client expectations by delivering creative solutions on an increasingly complex land base.”
Niels Jorgensen is SNRC’s co-founder and outgoing CEO, who will remain with the organization to spearhead specific projects such as wildfire and incident management, as well as assisting with the transition to new leadership.
“As a founder, I am really excited about Domenico coming on board,” he says. “This is a time of huge change in our industry and I am eager to work with Domenico as part of this transition. The Ehattesaht have been incredibly positive for our company and our people, and we continue to build a stronger team.”
SNRC was founded in 2003 and has grown to be the largest Indigenous-owned natural resource consulting firm in B.C. The company is 100 percent Canadian, with Ehattesaht Chinehkint First Nation as the majority shareholder, and employees own the balance of the shares.
As a First Nations majority-owned company, Strategic adopts an inclusive and innovative model of problem solving that can be seen in their client relationships, technical expertise, project planning and management. They employ on-the-ground professionals across BC who are industry leaders in resource and land management, professional forestry, construction support services, environmental science, geomatics, remote site project development and most importantly relationships.
The company supplies resource management and emergency response field and advisory services to clients across Canada, including forestry, tourism, mining, advanced geomatics, real estate, renewable power and marine resources, specializing in all forms of tenure and incident management, wildfire fighting, Indigenous and government relations, traditional ecological knowledge integration, and cultural policy implementation.
Their projects include the Aat’uu Forestry Limited Partnership which does tenure management, multiphase development and operational support in Zeballos, the Galore Creek Mine Access Study for the Galore Creek Mining Corporation that is seeking to operate the Galore Mine 150 km northwest of Stewart, Louisiana Pacific and their multiphase timber development and cutting permit acquisition services in the Fort St. John Timber Supply Area, and assisting in the salvage of 58 containers damaged on the Zim Kingston container ship that experienced an onboard fire in the Juan de Fuca Strait in 2021.
Business Examiner Staff
