In 2007, Jim became the President, CEO & Director of Great Western Mineral Group as well as Director for Great Western Diamonds, both publicly traded companies on the TSX. He is involved in advanced development of a Rare Earth deposit as well as exploration of a diamond bearing kimberlite deposit in Saskatchewan. In 2005, he became Regional Managing partner for Windy Point Capital based in Calgary and in 2002, he became the Regional Advisory Partner for the Tamarack Group Ltd., the corporate finance division of Meyers Norris Penny LLP (MNP).

He is a Present Director of Formation Capital Corp., a TSE listed company involved in the development of a large cobalt/copper mine in Idaho. Mr. Engdahl is the Chair of the Audit Committee and also sits on the executive compensation committee and has recently been re-elected to stand as Director for another three years. He is a former Managing Partner of Cascadia Ventures Inc. and a former President and CEO of Gemprint Technologies. He was appointed under a two-year contract where he was responsible for the development and implementation of a North American business plan to market the company’s technology to jewelry, insurance, and the investment community.

In 1991, Jim joined Devco Financial as President and General Manager to convert the existing consulting company into a corporate finance company and was V.P. Finance & Director of Claude Resources Inc., a publicly listed company on the TSE involved in gold exploration and production. He is a former President, CEO & Director of Pacific & Western Trust, a publicly listed company on the ASE involved in the ownership of a Trust company with $35 million in assets and Shore Gold (involved in a gold mine with Cameco Resources) (1986 to 1991). He was recruited by a personnel search company to join Barclays Banks as a Commercial Loans Manager, where he was responsible for marketing banking facilities to corporate and government agencies. He was appointed V.P. of Barclays Bank in 1984 where during his tenure, James brought the branch from the red to a profit of $850,000 per year.