This week’s guest for the MFRE Speaker Series is Mark Podlasly, Director of Governance of First Nations Financial Management Board.

Topic: Land Access in The Era of Indigenous Rights

Date & Time: Friday, January 24, 3:30 pm

Venue: MCML 160

Mark has been at the forefront of governance and infrastructure issues, with extensive experience in the planning, permitting and construction of capital projects connected to energy, resource extraction and community infrastructure around the world. As owner of consulting practice Brookmere Management Group (BMG), he is engaged as the Chair of the First Nations Limited Partnership (Pipelines), a 16-First Nations $2 billion commercial partnership, and as an Economic Advisor to a 50+ Indigenous nation collective seeking ownership of major projects such as pipelines and electric infrastructure.