Mr Grandey has been with Cameco since 1993. Previously, he was Cameco's executive vice-president, with responsibility for exploration, marketing, corporate development, US and Kazakhstan operations, and commercial implementation of agreements to dismantle Russian nuclear weapons.

Before joining Cameco, Mr Grandey was chief executive officer of the Concord Mining Business Unit and president of Energy Fuels. Previously, he practised law with a firm specializing in mineral financing, natural resources and environmental law.

Mr Grandey also serves on the boards of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the National Mining Association, the Saskatoon YMCA and the Royal University Hospital Foundation.

In 1968 he received a degree in geophysical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and, after serving two years in the US military, received his law degree in 1973 from Northwestern University.