A Few Words About Rowland
Rowland Howe is a qualified mining engineer with more than 35 years of progressive leadership experience in mining operations. He is a Chartered Engineer and qualified mine manager.
He worked in the British coal industry and continued his mining career in the United Kingdom working for Imperial Chemical Industries at their salt mine. Rowland and his wife moved to Canada in 1995 to take on the role as Mine Manager for Compass Minerals at their salt mine in Goderich, Ontario. It is the largest salt mine in the world and owned by a key player in the North American salt industry.
Long associated with the Ontario mining industry he also served as a board member of the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) and on the OMA energy committee.
Rowland later worked in a strategic engineering role for Compass Minerals delivering key projects across the company’s divisions before retiring in November 2016. During this time Rowland also served on Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Road Salt Working Group.
He has continued in the role of President of the Goderich Port Management Corporation while acting as an independent consultant offering strategic and leadership services.
Rowland and his wife live in Exeter, Ontario.
Active with local organizations he is a former board member at the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich, a key rural health hub. In 2019, Rowland joined the Town of Goderich’s Environmental Action Committee.
He has been described as “ … a persuasive and energetic leader of people and an engineer with a style based on working collaboratively to drive the business through a confident, creative and motivating approach.”
Rowland says he is delighted to be joining a committee to help further important work that must be undertaken to keep our drinking water clean and safe. He said source water protection helps to educate people of the challenges to ensuring clean water reaches homes, businesses, and other locations. He also said the program helps to educate people about how to keep that water clean and helps to ensure people take the necessary actions to protect that water.
“We so often take it for granted in Canada that when we turn on the faucet clean, fresh, drinkable water will be there,” Rowland said. “History teaches us that there can be no room for complacency and that we must be vigilant to ensure this basic human need is met.”
