James Crossland joined Kinross in May 2007 as Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Corporate Affairs. In September 2009, he was appointed to the newly-created position of Executive Vice President, External Relations & Corporate Responsibility.

James joined Kinross with over 20 years of experience in the areas of government and public relations, public affairs and marketing communications. He has served as a senior executive at several international communications groups, with roles in client servicing, mergers, acquisitions and business operations in Canada, the United States and United Kingdom. Prior to joining Kinross, Mr. Crossland was Executive Vice-President of the Cossette Communication Group Inc.