Brunel Canada adds Donovan Coones to Mining and Energy Team as Business Development Manager

Brunel Americas has experienced tremendous growth throughout Q1 of 2022, bringing on a total of 16 new team members across the United States, Canada, and Brazil already this year. One of those new faces at Brunel is Donovan Coones. Donovan joined our Canadian team as Business Development Manager for the Mining and Energy Vertical in late February.

When telling the story of his career, Donovan acknowledges that he took the harder route to get where he is today. Instead of going to university straight away like many others, Donovan went to work in entry-level operations for an oil and gas company after graduating high school. He spent 12 years with that same company from high school graduation until the company shuttered its doors during the pandemic. Along the way he received multiple promotions through hard work and his own competitiveness. He moved from entry-level operations into leadership roles in Quality Control and eventually Inside Sales and Outside Sales where he discovered that Business Development is his passion.

Knowing what he wanted to focus on, about 5 years ago Donovan decided to pursue a bachelor’s degree while working full-time. Once again taking the hard route, Donovan had to get a special exception from the university to take the amount of credit hours he wanted while working full-time. Still, he managed to complete his degree during the pandemic and even made the Honors List.

Donovan recently got married in a small ceremony during the pandemic