Premier Announces Senior Appointment
The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced the appointment of Diana Dalton as Deputy Minister of the Department of Natural Resources. The appointment is effective September 6.
“Ms. Dalton brings considerable experience to the position of deputy minister, most recently as Chair and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, and as an independent consultant on international energy and mining projects,” said Premier Dunderdale. “I welcome her to the public service of Newfoundland and Labrador and wish her well.”
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Media contacts:
Glenda Power Director of Communications Office of the Premier 709-729-3960 glendapower@gov.nl.ca |
Milly Brown Press Secretary Office of the Premier 709-729-4304, 631-8477 millybrown@gov.nl.ca |
Biographical Information
Diana Dalton received a LLB from Dalhousie Law School in 1979. Throughout the course of her career, Ms. Dalton has worked with the Governments of Nova Scotia and Papua New Guinea, as well as with the Department of Economic and Social Development, United Nations, New York. As an independent consultant she has worked in over 30 developed and developing countries in the areas of natural resources, energy and environment, including clients such as the World Bank, United Nations, national governments and private companies. Ms. Dalton has served for the past six years as Chair of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, and for two of these years she was also acting CEO.
2011 07 29 3:40 p.m.