WATSON, Nolan, C.A., C.F.A.; executive, humanitarian, philanthropist; b. Surrey, B.C. 1 Aug. 1979; s. Stuart Randall Alan and Linda Naydeen (Boomer) Watson; m. Dana d. David and Diane Pepper 4 Aug. 2001; children: Eliana Grace, Averie Jane, Kathie Kargbo; e. Univ. of British Columbia B.Comm. (Hons.); Cdn. Inst. of C.A.s; C.F.A. Inst.; PRES. & C.E.O., SANDSTORM GOLD LTD. 2008–  ; C.F.O., Silver Wheaton Corp. (youngest-ever C.F.O. of a NYSE-listed company) 2006–08; Pres., Nations Cry (a humanitarian charity) 2004–  ; Chair, Audit Ctte. Bear Creek Mining Corp.; Dir., TrueGold Mining Inc.; honours: named Valedictorian, Inst. of Chartered Accountants of B.C. 2004; recognized in Top 40 Under Forty in Canada, Business In Vancouver (BIV) Magazine 2006, Globe & Mail 2011; rated "Most Motivated" CFA, CFA Mag. 2008; Early Achievement Award, Inst. of C.A.s of B.C. 2009; named to "Casey's NexTen" list one of the Top Ten Rising Stars in the Nat. Resource Sector, Casey Rsch. 2010; Named C.E.O. of the Year, BIV Mag. 2012; Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012; Named to World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2014; Christian; Conservative; recreation: snowboarding.