Gary Burkett is a senior Human Resources executive with over thirty eight years experience with three blue chip corporations: Molson Breweries, Bell Canada and Federal Express Canada. Gary’s HR subject matter expertise is anchored in business acumen with having been President Molson Saskatchewan Breweries together with having served on six commercial Boards and four volunteer Boards. Gary is presently Managing Director Human Resources with Federal Express Canada and serves on the Oakville Hydro Board and the George Brown College School of Business Advisory Board. Gary has lived and worked in western, central and eastern Canada and moved to Oakville in 1986. He and his wife have four children.

David Brennan is the Senior Vice President of Law and General Counsel at Ontario Power Generation. He received his Law degree in 1982, and has since become a member of the Law Societies of Alberta and Upper Canada. Before joining Ontario Power Generation in 2006, Mr. Brennan had worked for General Electric, as a Vice President.

Mayor Rob Burton represents the shareholder, the Town of Oakville. Mayor Burton brings a wealth of business experience and a perspective as a long time Oakville resident to the Board. He has an M.S. degree from Columbia University.

Atul Chandra is currently Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of ICICI Bank Canada. He is a Chartered Accountant, with an MBA from Queen’s University, and he has completed the Directors Education Program of Institute of Corporate Directors. He lives in Oakville with his wife and son.

Ray Green is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Oakville. A 30-year veteran with the Town, Mr. Green has held a number of senior positions prior to his role as CAO, including Commissioner of Infrastructure and Transportation Services, Commissioner of Community Services, Director of Public Works and Assistant Director, Operations. Mr.Green is a Professional Engineer with a B.A.Sc., (Civil Engineering), from the University of Toronto.

Ingrid Hann joined De Beers Canada in August 2006 as Vice President, Human Resources. She brings with her extensive experience in many facets of HR including, talent acquisition, talent and performance management, succession planning, organizational development, compensation and benefits administration, health and safety, disability management, corporate governance, employee coaching and counselling, and labour relations.

Prior to joining De Beers, Ingrid spent five years with Sodexho Management Services where she was responsible for the HR function across Canada. An accomplished senior executive, Ingrid’s interests, expertise and management contribution focused on the areas of Human Resources and Administration and in delivering organization and community services excellence. Her proven track record spans various industries including mining, aviation, energy and manufacturing.

Ingrid served as a member of the Board of Governors of Sheridan College, Oakville, from 1992 to 1997.

With a BA in Human Relations and Counselling Studies from the University of Waterloo, Ingrid has also been awarded her CHRP designation from the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario.

Thomas G. Hierlihy retired from KPMG LLP after forty years, thirty-one of which were as a Partner. As a Chartered Accountant, he focused on taxation issues in both the business world and as a lecturer. Mr. Hierlihy’s community experience includes being the treasurer and a board member of both the United Way and the Community Foundation of Oakville.

Howard E. Johnson is presently a Partner with Campbell Valuation Partners Limited and President of Veracap Corporate Finance Limited. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1991, and has a graduate degree in Public Accountancy and a Masters of Business Administration. He is currently involved with many organizations, including Society of Management Accountants of Ontario.

Lawrence Scott has spent almost 30 years in the financial sector directing several international banking groups and holding a number of directorships. Graduating from Wilfred Laurier University with an Honours BA in Economics and as President of the WLU student union, Lawrence went on to complete his MBA from Queen’s University. After graduation Lawrence worked for the Bank of Nova Scotia, managing the banks London based European Regional Treasury. From there Lawrence’s career spans periods at the merchant bank Hill Samuel & Co., Daiwa Europe Bank, Chase Investment bank, CIBC Wood Gundy and Scotia Capital. While at Chase Investment Bank, Lawrence held the position of Managing Director and Head of Derivatives and Sales, a group which was rated in that year as the best derivatives marketing group by Euromoney Magazine. While at Scotia Capital Lawrence held the executive esponsibility for the purchase of the Mocatta Group by the bank and held the position of Managing Director/ Global Head of ScotiaMocatta and Head of Scotia Capital Markets Europe. For the past 6 years Lawrence has run Intuition Investments, a private investment company and is now currently working as the Chief of Staff for Terence Young M.P.

Lawrence’s previous directorships include the London Metal Exchange, the London Clearing House (Audit Committee) Board of Governors of Wilfrid Laurier University 1975-1978 and 2007 to present (Audit, Pension and Finance Committees) and President of the Oakville Federal Conservative EDA. Furthermore, Lawrence volunteers for the Oakville United Way Leadership Campaign as well as the Community Foundation of Oakville’s Finance and Investment Committee.

Lawrence has lived in Oakville since 2001 with his wife and three children.

Elected in 2006, Town Councillor Max Khan is a trial lawyer with a Bay Street law firm, a local businessman and a council-appointed representative on the Board of Directors of Oakville Hydro. Khan, who was born in Toronto, has lived in Oakville for 22 years. One of his first jobs was on the assembly line at the Oakville Ford plant. He received his law degree from Dalhousie University after studying economics at the University of Western Ontario, where he served on the Board of Governors. A two-time cancer survivor, he volunteers with cancer organizations as well as Legal Aid, the National Parole Board, the Red Cross and other non-profits that need free legal advice. He and his wife Rita have one son, Malik.

Michael Kaptein has over 30 years of financial experience in a variety of industries. His corporate financial leadership includes progressively more responsible roles in manufacturing and insurance. His insurance-industry experience spanned 12 years with Wellington Insurance and London Guarantee Insurance as controller, CFO and in operations with full P&L responsibility for a $200 million region.

Recently, Michael was a partner in Canadian Business Counsellors a consultancy that helps owners of private companies sell their businesses and provides services including valuations, finding buyers and negotiating contracts of sale. He is now the controller of the Ontario College of Teachers, the self-regulating body of the teaching profession in Ontario with over 220,000 member teachers.

Michael has appeared on the CBC program Venture and has been a significant fund raiser for United Way and other charities.

He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University in 1976 and earned his CA status in 1979 while at Ernst and Whinney.

Diana C. Miles is the Director of Professional Development and Competence for the Law Society of Upper Canada where she is responsible for licensing, quality assurance and competence initiatives for Ontario lawyers and paralegals. She was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1990. Prior to joining the Law Society, Diana held various executive leadership positions including Chief Operating Officer of a large Toronto law firm. Her professional involvement includes membership on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Canadian Legal Information Institute and member of the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism.

John K. Mitchell received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Canada, England and Wales and South Africa.

His work experience includes many years as Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Accountant of Scotiabank and Board member of several of their various operating subsidiaries in Canada, Nassau and Barbados. He remains on the Board of the Scotiabank subsidiary company in Barbados where he was previously Managing Director of their world wide reinsurance operations for several years.

Prior to coming to Canada he was General Manager of the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa where he oversaw international capital projects throughout the world. In 2001 he was awarded a fellowship of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ontario.

Marie C. Oswald is presently National Head of Compliance for Edward Jones. Before joining Edwards Jones, she was Director of Investigations and Enforcement for the TSX, and a Vice President at Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. Ms. Oswald was called to the Ontario Bar in 1983.

David J. Pasieka's executive leadership experience spans many of Canada’s leading technology companies including Bell Canada, CNCP Telecommunications, UniTel, MetroNet Communications, AT&T Canada, 724 Solutions, Oasis Technology, eFunds International, Iseemedia, Bulrush Clean Energy and Luxell Technologies. David also consults early stage technology companies in turnaround or growth strategies under the banner of his consulting company Cedarvue Partners. David Pasieka is currently the President and COO of Zerofootprint Software – an organization focused on helping corporations measure and manage their carbon emissions in a climate change economy.

Mr Pasieka’s board experience consists of chairing the Audit Committee of Iseemedia (TSX-V) - a Canadian Wireless Software company and the HR committee of Luxell Technologies (TSX) – a Canadian Aerospace company from 2005 to July 2008. In addition he sits on the Advisory Board of NTG Clarity Networks and Luxell Technologies. He is also a member of the faculty of the McMaster Not-For-Profit Governance Institute where he lectures on director selection and board evaluation.

Mr Pasieka earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Waterloo and a Masters of Business Administration from York University. In addition, he has completed his Chartered Director designation at McMaster University.

Living in Oakville for the past 25 years, Mr Pasieka has developed a sense of community at home. In his free time he enjoys time on the golf course or ski slopes with his family and friends.

Mike Russill joined WWF-Canada as President and CEO in 2004. Under his leadership WWF Canada increased its revenues by nearly 90% and has broadened its conservation reach into Climate Change and Freshwater.

Mike spent thirty-years in the private energy sector, with Shell Canada Inc., Petro-Canada Inc. and Suncor Inc. At Suncor he held several Vice-President assignments; Strategic Integration, Business Services (finance, HR and administration), and Retail.

Mike served as Executive Chairman of Aadco Automotive, an environmentally focused automotive recycling company, and the first to receive Canada’s Eco logo.

He has served as a Director on a number of Boards including Nature Conservancy of Canada, CS Able Ltd. USA, Pioneer Petroleum Limited, UPI Petroleum. Mike is past Chairman of the Atlantic Petroleum Association, and the Ontario Region of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute.

He is a member of the Advisory Boards of the School Of Management at Dalhousie University, Green living Enterprises and Sustainable Prosperity. Mike is a frequent speaker on Business and Sustainability.

He graduated from Ryerson in Business Administration and completed the Western Executive Program and the University of Michigan Human Resources Executive Program.

Mike is married to Karen and they have three grown children. His interests include spending time at the family cottage, hiking, kayaking, canoeing and golfing.

Sheryl Watson is presently the General Counsel and Vice President Human Resources at ADESA Canada. She was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1986. Ms. Watson holds many professional memberships, including the Institute of Corporate Directors and she is currently Director of the Board of the Jean Tweed Centre.

Robert Wickham has been a Chartered Accountant since 1982 and became a Chartered Director in 2005. Throughout his career he worked as a senior finance executive in both Canadian and American capital markets. Most recently, Mr. Wickham was President and Director with Trizec Canada Inc. He is currently the Director of Alpine Ontario.