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Updated November 16, 2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS | Harold Alexander is a businessman and Chartered Accountant. After leaving public accounting he was chief management executive for The Muttart group of companies, a conglomerate in manufacturing, distribution, construction and finance. Since 1965 he has pursued entrepreneurial interests in distribution, construction, marketing and finance as a principal in Konvey Construction Company Ltd., Robintide Investments Ltd., Arquin Systems Ltd., and various real estate projects. He was a director of Pachena Industries Ltd. when CVCC/ARISE was the controlling shareholder (1993-1995). |
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 | Peter Currie’s 35-year career in finance and accounting has included more than 15 years as a Chief Financial Officer, including at North American Life Assurance Company (1992-1994), Nortel Networks Corporation (1994-1997), Royal Bank of Canada, where he was Vice-Chairman and CFO (1997-2004), and Nortel Networks (2005-2007), where he was brought back to take a lead role in resolving the accounting and reporting issues confronting the corporation. Mr. Currie holds a B.A. and an MBA from York University. He is a Director of Affinion Group Inc., Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Canadian Tire Corporation, and Intelius Inc., and is a Member, Board of Governors, Executive Committee, and Chair, Finance & Audit Committee, at York University, for which he also is a Director of York University Development Corporation. |
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 | V. Peter Harder, Board Chair, is a Senior Policy Advisor with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP and has over 30 years of experience at the centre of government decision making. Prior to joining FMC, Peter was the longest serving Deputy Minister in the Government of Canada and has provided leadership in a number of key federal departments. Peter has served on the Board of the Business Development Bank of Canada, the National Research Council and the Canadian Tourism Commission. Peter is an honourary Governor of the Public Policy Forum, and was presented with the Prime Minister’s Outstanding Achievement Award for public service leadership in 2000. Peter sits on the Board of Governors for the University of Ottawa and is a founding member of the North American Security Forum. Peter holds an M.A. from Queen’s University, a B.A. and an honourary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Waterloo. |
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 | Vern Heinrichs, CEO and President, is a businessman and a professional Engineer. Upon graduating from the University of Toronto with a B.Sc. and MBA, he worked for Shell Oil’s economics department for five years. He then joined a leading mortgage consulting and brokerage firm in Toronto, Ontario, and after five years left to join one of his clients, the Toronto based developer Orlando Realty Corporation as Executive Vice President. Since 1973 he has worked internationally. In Denver, Colorado he, together with partners, undertook the development of several residential and business parks including the Denver Tech Center. Mr. Heinrichs moved to London, England in 1991 and has been on corporate boards of eight technology based companies in Canada, USA, England, Holland and Switzerland. These companies include Specialty Technical Publishers, Intelex, Ingenuity Works, and Intertrans Logistics Solutions. |
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 | David Johnston is an academic professional who began his career as Assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University (1966), moving on to a series of progressive positions at other Canadian universities prior to becoming the fifth President of the University of Waterloo in June 1999. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including Cyberlaw (1997), Securities Regulations (1999), and Communications Law in Canada (2000), among many other publications. David has served on many provincial and federal task forces and committees and is on the boards of a number of companies and foundations. Among other accomplishments, he was the founding chair of the National Round Table on Environment and the Economy (1988-1991). |
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 | Ian MacLellan, Vice-Chairman, President of the PV Cell Division and company founder has 30 years of sales, engineering, venture capital, acquisitions, and management experience and is a leading Canadian solar energy expert. He graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical University as an Electrical Engineering Technologist. He then spent ten years with Motorola, Hewlett Packard and Oracle in various technical, sales and management positions. In 1989 he founded Creation Venture Capital Corporation that made several successful investments, mostly in electronic manufacturers and then sold his interest in late 1995. In 1996, he consulted for Solar Design Associates, a world leader in solar energy and for a related company, Advanced Energy Systems where he became the Chairman of the Board. |
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 | Hal Merwald was the Chairman of the Board of Pachena Industries Ltd. (1994-1995) when CVCC/ARISE was the controlling shareholder (1993-1995). He was the national Executive Director of Young Life Canada and has been involved with various executive leadership positions with that organization since 1963. Hal has served as the CEO of Young Life in Brazil, United States and Canada. His experience internationally, leadership development skills and mentorship skills have made an important contribution to the leadership of the ARISE Board. Hal has a B.A. from Wheaton College and M.Div. from Wheaton Graduate School. |
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 | Garry West was Managing Partner at Ernst & Young LLP, responsible for the accounting firm’s practice in regional and urban Ontario locations. In addition, Mr. West has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (October 2007-February 2008), is a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for BSM Technologies Inc. Mr. West has been active with a number of not-for-profit organizations, including Cambridge Memorial Hospital (2003-2007), the Royal Canadian Golf Association (2007), and the Bayview Golf and Country Club. He received his B.A. from the University of Toronto, became a Chartered Accountant in 1974 and a FCA in 2006. |
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