North American Energy Partners Inc. announced the appointment of John J. Pollesel to its Board of Directors. Mr. Pollesel is an accomplished business executive with more than 30 years of wide and varied experience, mainly in natural resource related industries. Mr. Pollesel has held several senior executive positions in the last 20 years, including: Vice President and CFO of Compania Minera Antamina; COO for Vale's North Atlantic Operations; CEO of the Morris Group and latterly, Senior Vice President, Mining, for Finning Canada.