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Committed, Best-in-class Leadership

Our leadership team is comprised of experts from across industry with proven track records in management, field operations and regulatory and business development.



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Mark Fox


Chief Executive Officer (Interim) & Chief Operating Officer

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Mark has an extensive career in the industrial sector, both in projects and maintenance.

Mark brings a wealth of experience in operations, project management and business development, having served as Senior Vice President Canadian Operations at a large multi-national industrial construction and fabrication organization based in Western Canada, as well as Vice President Operations, Business Development and Strategic Account Management with other Western Canadian industrial contractors. Prior to this, he served for 26 years with the R.C.M.P. as a Senior Financial Investigator.

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Ross Morrison


Senior Vice President of Business Development, Strategy and Partnerships

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Ross brings over 30 years senior sales leadership, with expertise in mining/forestry and industrial development.

Ross brings deep expertise in industrial construction and First Nations company management. He also has over a decade of experience in the mining/forestry industry as well as railway engineering and industrial distribution.

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Andrew Gibson


VP Operations, Civil, Mechanical, Environmental & Forestry

Bio coming soon.

Bio coming soon.

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Mitch Boyd


Director of Operations, Site Service Solutions

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Mitch brings over 13 years of managerial and customer service based experience to Backwoods.

Mitch Boyd grew up in Calgary, AB and has lived in Edmonton for the past 13 years. Mitch has been with Backwoods since 2020, and is helping lead the successful growth and development of the Security division. Mitch brings over 13 years of managerial and customer service based experience to the Backwoods Security division.

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Mike McEwan CPA, CA


Director, Accounting & Compliance

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Mike brings over 12 years of accounting, assurance, and financial reporting experience to Backwoods.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Alberta and is a Chartered Professional Account (legacy Chartered Accountant).  For over nine years with a big four professional services firm, he provided accounting and assurance services to clients across Canada, including many in the oil & gas services industry and indigenous organizations.  Subsequently, Mike held a senior finance role at a publicly traded global design and engineering firm where he optimized existing business processes and developed key policies and controls to enable efficient and accurate financial reporting.

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Haymour Haymour


Manager, HSE

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Haymour brings 10 years’ experience as a HSE professional in Technical services and Civil construction supporting the Field and Build operations.

A graduate from the University of Alberta OHS Diploma program, Haymour has worked as a HSE professional for 10 years in Technical services as well as Civil construction supporting the Field and Build operations. His experience in Health and Safety over the years has primarily been on integrating and meshing Health and Safety with Operations and focusing on human behaviors that influence our Safety culture in the organization.

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