Chris Nind is a professional geophysicist based in Oakville, Ontario. He is currently the VP Business Development for Abitibi Geophysics. Prior to joining Abitibi Geophysics, he was the General Chair of DMEC’s Exploration ’17 conference that was held in Toronto in October 2017. Since graduating in 1977 from Queen’s University with a BSc in mathematics, he has worked as a geophysicist with Geoterrex, Dighem and Fugro Airborne Surveys in various management positions. From 2004 to 2013, he was the President & CEO of Scintrex Ltd. He has authored and co-authored numerous technical papers on exploration geophysics and presented papers at many international conferences. He is a past-President of KEGS and he currently serves as director and treasurer on the boards of the KEGS Foundation and DMEC.