Ms. Van Den Akker is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) with 20 years of experience in the resource sector and venture capital markets. She is a financial consultant and serves as Director and Audit Committee Chair of listed companies. She has served as CFO for a number of public companies, as well as an auditor, leading companies through financings, mergers and acquisitions, and implementing pragmatic best processes for operations and financial reporting as companies evolve and grow. Ms. Van Den Akker is a Simon Fraser University graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration.