Jim Cooney
The 2013 Professor of Practice in Global Governance
Jim Cooney, Professor of Practice in Global Governance, retired as Vice President, International Government Affairs for Placer Dome Inc. on May 1, 2006, following that Company’s acquisition by Barrick Gold. He held positions at Placer Dome from 1982 to 2006 in the areas of social and political risk management, government relations, sustainable development and strategic planning. He is a past Director of the North South Institute, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Pacific Basin Economic Council. Representing Placer Dome as a founding member of the United Nations Global Compact with Business, he worked with U.N. agencies and civil society organizations in a project on conflict-sensitive business practices. He was actively engaged in the World Bank’s Extractive Industries Review from 2002 to 2004, during which he served in his personal capacity on the World Bank’s External Advisory Panel for the internal evaluation of its oil, gas and mining projects. From 2004 to 2006, he was advisor on the development of IFC’s Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability.