John D. King
Chief Financial Officer
John joined the Company in 1994 after completing his C.A. and C.M.A. accounting designations. He has held various management positions in the Finance department including Stores Controller and Director, Finance. John became Vice President, Finance and Secretary in 2006 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2010.

David M. Chatyrbok
Vice President,
Procurement and Marketing
David joined The North West Company in 2000. From 2000-2007, he held various management positions including Senior Category Manager and Director, within the procurement and marketing division. [+] In 2007 David was promoted to Vice President of Marketing for the Alaska Commercial Company. Prior to joining NWC, David spent 10 years with Zellers of the Hudson Bay Company in different capacities including operations as a store manager, and in the procurement department as a senior buyer. David currently holds the position of Vice President Procurement and Marketing for The North West Company Inc.

Gerry L. Mauthe
Vice President,
Information Services
Gerry joined the Company in 2005 after being employed as the Director of Information Technology and C.I.O. of TruServ Canada Cooperative Inc. Prior to joining TruServ; Gerry held various positions in industry and in consulting.

Dalbir S. Bains
Vice-President,
Corporate Development
Dalbir joined the company in 2008 after being employed as the Vice President of Strategic Planning and Implementation at Canwest Global Communications Corp.
[+]He held several senior roles during his 11 years at Canwest, including Vice President of their Internet business operations, as well as Strategic Planning, Investor Relations and Project Management.

Daniel G. McConnell
Vice President,
Real Estate and Store Development
Dan joined the company in 2002 in the role of Manager, Real Estate and Store Development. He quickly advanced to the position of Director in April 2004, and has since been promoted to Vice President of Real Estate & Store Development in September 2008. [+]Dan has been directly involved in the negotiations of store leases and acquisitions, including the expansions into new markets. Dan has a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales and many years experience in retail development.

Paulina Hiebert
Vice President,
Legal and Corporate Secretary
Paulina joined the company in 2009 after being employed as the Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary of The Brick Group Income Fund since 2002. Prior to joining The Brick, she was Corporate Counsel for Alberta Treasury Branches, and an Associate with the law firm of Milner Fenerty in Edmonton. [+]Paulina has also held various senior management positions with a venture capital fund and several chartered banks in Canada. She has been a director of several privately held companies. Paulina holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws (distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Masters of Business Administration (distinction) from the University of Western Ontario. She is a member of the Law Societies of Alberta and Manitoba.

Rex A. Wilhelm
President and C.O.O.
Mr. Wilhelm joined Alaska Commercial Company in 1984. In a 25 year career with the company, Rex has held a number of management roles including small store and large store manager, regional operations manager, food category manager, and Vice President of Operations. [+]He was promoted to President and COO of ACC in April of 2005. With the acquisition of Cost-U-Less in December of 2007, he was promoted to his current role of President and COO The North West Company (International) Inc. Rex holds a BS in Agricultural Economics and an MA in Agribusiness Management from Washington State University.

Walter E. Pickett
Vice President and General Manager,
Alaska Commercial Company
Walter Pickett is General Manager and Vice President of Operations for Alaska Commercial Company. Mr. Pickett has more than 12 years experience with the company serving in a number of roles including Director of Operations, Director of Food Marketing, Grocery Category Manager, and Grocery Manager at the AC store in Cordova, Alaska. [+] Mr. Pickett also worked in Winnipeg as a Food Category Manager for The North West Company. Prior to his career with Alaska Commercial Company, Walter worked for Albertsons, Inc. for 18 years. Mr. Pickett has a BS in Management from Metropolitan State College and an MBA from the University of Colorado.

Thomas M. Kallio
Vice President and General Manager,
Cost-U-Less

Thomas has over 30 years retail experience, the last 22 years with BJ's Wholesale Club with a career progressing as store manager, regional manager, and vice president. Previous to BJ's he was associated with Warehouse Club and Price Club. [+]Tom also is on the Board of Advisors with other leading retailers and industry executives for TechPoint, an event for innovative retail technology. He also balances out his life by competing in triathlons and has completed two Ironman Triathlons.

Christie Frazier-Coleman

Vice President,
Food Procurement and Marketing

Christie began her career with North West Company International division as the Vice President of Procurement and Marketing in January of 2010. Christie worked for over 20 years at Bashas’ Supermarkets, a $2 Billion privately held grocery chain in Arizona starting as a Category Manager and moving into various senior roles in Loyalty Marketing, Brand Marketing, then Sales and Merchandising. [+]She then worked at Revionics a lifecycle pricing software company as the VP of Business Consulting working with many different retailers implementing business and pricing strategies.

J. Robert Cain
Vice President,
Logistics and Supply Chain Services

Robert joined Cost-U-Less in April 1998 as logistics manager prior to becoming vice president of logistics on August 7, 2000. Previously, Mr. Cain had a 23-year career with Sea-Land Service (now Horizon Lines) involving a wide variety of management positions in regulatory affairs, carrier pricing & marketing, inter-modal and sales. [+]Mr. Cain earned a bachelor of science degree in transportation from the University of Tennessee in 1975. When The North West Company (International) concluded the purchase of Cost-U-Less, Robert became the VP Logistics with responsibilities for the logistics of the international group (Alaska Commercial, Cost-U-Less, Span Alaska and Frontier.)

Jim W. Walker
Vice President and General Manager,
Wholesale Operations

Kina Perez
Vice President,
Human Resources

Kina joined the company as Vice President, Human Resources in April 2011. Kina brings over 20 years of executive management experience in both Human Resources and Operations; in a variety of industries including: retail, oil & gas, medical manufacturing, construction, staffing and executive placement. [+]She relocated to the beautiful state of Alaska in 2007 to direct employment and logistics on the North Slope and within rural communities. Throughout her career, Kina has spent a great deal of her time as a small business consultant, writer, public speaker and trainer focused on helping people find and fuel their passion in business. Kina holds a BS in Human Resources with an emphasis in global business management studies from Kaplan University.

Scott A. McKay
Vice President,
General Merchandise Procurement and Marketing
Scott joined The North West Company in 2004 as Vice President and General Manager of Giant Tiger, West Store Division. In 2011 he became the Vice President, General Merchandise Procurement and Marketing for The North West Company International. He brings many years of retail experience from Eaton's, Toys R Us Canada, Plug-Ins Electronix, Dubai, UAE and Intrawest Retail Group Inc., Denver, Colorado.