Prior to joining Critical Elements and American Vanadium, MacDonald formed and is President and CEO of Cansource International; a natural resource focused international marketing and strategic management consultancy. MacDonald has been a member to the OECD Committee which developed international guidelines concerning the use of conflict minerals. He also participated on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition committee developing guidelines for their global tantalum smelter verification program and has also been a contributor to the EU Commission 'Framework 7' policy paper on ‘Scarcity of Strategic Minerals’. MacDonald is a presenter at conferences in North America, Europe and Asia on the criticality of resources deemed strategic for high tech, green energy and the rapidly evolving grid level mass storage and electric vehicle battery industries. He currently resides in Vancouver, B.C.