Trustee Nominees
H. Sanford Riley, 58 Chairman of the Board of NWC since 2008. President & CEO of Richardson Financial Group Limited since 2002; Chairman of Investors Group Inc. from 2001 to 2002; President & CEO of Investors Group Inc. from 1992 to 2001. Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg; Chairman, University of Winnipeg Foundation. Director, Molson Coors Brewing Company, James Richardson & Sons affiliated companies, and The Canada West Foundation. Mr. Riley was appointed to the Order of Canada in July, 2002. NWC Director from 2003 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
Edward S. Kennedy, 50 President & CEO, NWC; Chairman & CEO, Alaska Commercial Company; Chairman & CEO, Cost-U-Less, Inc. Edward joined NWC in 1989. Director, Transport Nanuk Inc. Board member of Destination Winnipeg Inc., Red River College, the Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council, the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario) and the Advisory Board of the University of Alberta School of Retailing, and a member of the Young Presidents' Organization, the Associates of the Asper School of Business (Faculty of Management, University of Manitoba), as well as a member and past officer of the Business Council of Manitoba. Edward is also co-chairing the Major Donor Cabinet during this year's Winnipeg United campaign. Edward is a past director of The Conference Board of Canada, Balmoral Hall School, Buhler Industries and the Alaska Growth Fund. In June 2006, Edward was presented with the Retail Council of Canada's "Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year" award. In October 2007, he was presented with the University of Alberta School of Retailing's "Henry Singer Award" for exceptional leadership in the retail sector. NWC Director from 1989 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
Ian Sutherland, 67 Chairman of the Board of NWC from 1997 to 2008; CEO of NWC from 1993 to 1997. For most of his career, he has been an officer of MCAN Mortgage Corporation and its predecessor, The Mutual Trust Company. Director and Chairman, MCAN Mortgage Corporation, Director, Renasant Financial Partners Ltd., Trustee, Strongco Income Fund. NWC Director since he participated in the founding of the Company and the purchase of Northern Stores from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1987. NWC Director from 1978 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 1997. |
David G. Broadhurst, 68 President of Poynton Investments Limited; President & COO of Reeve Court Insurance Limited (Bermuda) from 1998 to 2001; Investment Banker with First Marathon Securities Limited from 1996 to 1998; previously spent his entire career with Price Waterhouse Canada retiring in 1996 as the Senior Tax Partner. Director, MCAN Mortgage Corporation, Director, Canadian Opera Company and Trustee, Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation. NWC Director from 2005 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 1997. |
Frank J. Coleman, 56 President & CEO of the Coleman Group of Companies since 1991. Chair of Board of Directors, of Humber Capital Corporation; President & CEO of Humber Valley Paving Ltd. and Humber Valley Aggregates and Asphalt Ltd. Director, Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors and United Grocers Inc. NWC Director from 1999 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
Wendy F. Evans, 59 President, Evans and Company Consultants Inc. since 1987 providing international marketing, financial and management services. Adjunct Professor, Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Ryerson University, and author of Border Crossings, a book dealing with doing business in the United States. Director, Sun Life Financial Trust, Canadian Cancer Society; past Chair of the Granite Club; Corporate Cabinet Member, Conservation Foundation. Served on the Advisory Board of the Ontario Retail Sector Strategy. NWC Director from 2005 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
Robert J. Kennedy, 60 Chief Executive Officer, WiBand Communications Corp. since 1999; Worldwide Business Development Executive of the IBM Corporation from 1997 to 1999; CEO and founder of PBSC Computer Training Centres from 1985 to 1997; CEO and founder of ComputerLand Western Canada from 1978 to 1987. NWC Director from 2003 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
Gary J. Lukassen, 66 Executive Vice-President and CFO of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1989 until his retirement in 2001; Director of the HBC from 1987 to 2001; Senior Vice-President, Finance and Administration of the HBC from 1987 to 1989. Director, AbitibiBowater Inc. NWC Director from 1987 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
Keith G. Martell, 47 Executive Chairman of the First Nations Bank of Canada since 1996; Executive Director of Finance of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations from 1994 to 1997; Chartered Accountant with KPMG from 1985 to 1994. Director, Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. and Saskatoon Friendship Inn and a Trustee of the Primrose Lake Settlement Trust. NWC Director from 2000 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
James G. Oborne, 68 Chairman of Westgate Capital Group and Managing Partner of the Vision Capital Fund LP since 1990. Chairman of a large public sector pension plan in Manitoba from 1979 to 1993; thereafter the CEO of its investment management subsidiary to the sale of such in 1999. Investment Dealer working in various capacities in Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg with two national firms from 1965 to 1989. In addition to serving as a Director of roughly 25 corporations across Canada in the last 25 years, reflecting his pension and venture capital management responsibilities, he continues as a Director of Lumira Capital Corp. in Toronto. NWC Director from inception in 1987 to 2007. NWF Trustee since 2005. |
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