Strong and Proven Leadership

Trevor Haynes co-founded Black Diamond Group in 2003 and has been the President and CEO since inception. Trevor is responsible for the overall success of Black Diamond Group, including the company’s business strategy and vision, and fostering a high integrity, high performance leadership culture. He has over 30  years of experience in the workforce accommodation, energy services and modular building industries, in various business development and leadership roles, both in North America and internationally.
 
Before co-founding Black Diamond Group, Trevor was involved in launching and building a number of successful energy services and construction companies. Prior to this, he held progressive senior roles at a multinational modular building company.
 
Over the course of his career, Trevor has devoted his time and talents to strong organizations and the community, and is currently serving as Director of PTW Group Inc. and Chairman and Director of Claryn Equities Inc. Trevor is also a Governor of the Canada Sports Hall of Fame and Order of Sport for Canada, a member of the Business Council of Alberta, a past Chair of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC), and Past Chair and a Founding Funder of the Fig Tree Foundation. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto.

Toby Labrie joined Black Diamond Group as the Corporate Controller in 2009 and served as VP of Finance and Controller between 2010 and 2015. 

In his role as EVP & CFO, Toby has senior leadership accountability for the full finance, accounting and public disclosure functions of the Company. He is responsible for maintaining access to capital markets, evaluating our capital structure, and being a catalyst for cost control. His focus also includes reducing investment in non-productive working capital, and efficiently minimizing tax and interest expenses.

Prior to joining Black Diamond Group, Toby was Team Lead of Management Reporting and Budgeting at First Calgary Petroleums, a Calgary-based international oil and gas exploration company. Before that, he held positions in both the audit and financial advisory group at Deloitte.

Toby is a CA, CPA and has been a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta since 2005.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta.

Ted Redmond joined Black Diamond Group as the EVP & COO of Modular Space Solutions in 2019.
 
In his role as EVP & COO, Ted is responsible for the oversight and leadership of Black Diamond’s, North American wide, Modular Space Solutions platform. This includes Black Diamond’s BOXX Modular, Britco and MPA Systems brands.
 
Ted has over 20 years of corporate experience leading businesses with a focus on growth and operational excellence. He was most recently CEO at ZCL Composites, and prior to that he was the CEO at NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul for over eight years.
 
Ted has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Alberta, a Master’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from Stanford University.

Mike Ridley joined Black Diamond Group as EVP & COO of Workforce Solutions Group in 2017.

In his role as EVP & COO, Mike is responsible for executing the strategic plan for the Workforce Solutions Group including assets, branches, personnel and projects.

Mike’s experience spans twenty years in the modular and camp industries, including several senior leadership positions. He is the former President of the Modular Building Institute (MBI) and the Vice Chair for the Independent Contractors of British Columbia.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Commerce and Economics) from the University of Toronto.

Patrick Melanson has been with Black Diamond since 2014. He has considerable experience in multiple industries including energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, retail, financial and government; and he has a proven track record of providing strategic IT planning and execution, management, mergers and acquisitions planning and integration, systems implementation, staff development, analytics and sales and operations planning for large multi-national corporations.

In his current role as EVP & CIO, Patrick is responsible for Information Technology, Human Resources, payroll, office services, real estate administration and supply chain management.

Prior to joining Black Diamond Group, Patrick worked with two large multinational steel and tubulars manufacturers for whom he held North America roles as Senior VP of Product and Resource Management, and VP and CIO. Prior, he worked in senior roles at both Andersen Consulting and Deloitte Consulting.