Bank of Montreal

In May 2001, Gilles Ouellette was named to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of BMO Financial Group's Private Client Group, which comprises the Bank's North American wealth management businesses. He is also Deputy Chair, BMO Nesbitt Burns. Mr. Ouellette entered the investment industry in 1979 after three years of teaching investment management at the University of Western Ontario and six years as the owner/manager of a small business. From 1979 to 1983, Mr. Ouellette built a successful career as an Investment Executive at Burns Fry Limited. In 1983, he was promoted to Branch Manager and in 1988 assumed the position of National Director of Sales. In 1990, Mr. Ouellette was promoted to the position of Managing Director of Investor Services and in 1993 became Executive Vice-President of Burns Fry Limited. The 1994 merger of Nesbitt Thomson and Burns Fry resulted in Mr. Ouellette's appointment as EVP, Private Client Division and in 1997, he was appointed Director of the Private Client Division and Vice Chairman of Nesbitt Burns. Mr. Ouellette holds an undergraduate degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Ouellette is Co-Chair of Leadership Giving for the United Way 2006 Campaign. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). He serves on the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business. He is a Director of the Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation Board of Trustees.

William Downe is President and Chief Executive Officer of BMO Financial Group. He was appointed CEO on March 1, 2007. Mr. Downe joined Bank of Montreal in 1983 and held a variety of senior management positions in Denver, Houston, Chicago and Toronto. In 1999, he was appointed Vice-Chair, Bank of Montreal and, in 2001, he was named Deputy Chair of BMO Financial Group and Chief Executive Officer, BMO Nesbitt Burns. In 2006, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of BMO Financial Group. In 2008, he was appointed President of the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Advisory Council (FAC), which is composed of twelve banking industry leaders in the United States named to represent their Federal Reserve Districts. Mr. Downe has served as a member of the FAC since 2006. He serves as a member of the International Monetary Conference and its 2008 Program Committee, a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and a member of the International Business Leaders Advisory Council of the Mayor of Beijing. In the community, Mr. Downe is Chairman of the Board of Directors of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, where he has served as a board member since 2001. He currently serves as Chairman of the Campaign Cabinet for United Way of Greater Toronto. He is a director of Catalyst, a leading organization that promotes women's leadership in business, and a member of Catalyst’s Canadian Board of Advisors. He is also a past board member of Goodwill Industries of Chicago and is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. He received the Rotman Distinguished Business Alumni Award from the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in 2003, and an Arbor Award from the University of Toronto in recognition of outstanding personal service to the University in 2005.

Karen E. Maidment is Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of BMO Financial Group reporting to BMO’s President and Chief Executive Officer. She also serves on the Bank's Management Committee. Ms. Maidment is responsible for BMO Financial Group’s financial strategy, financial reporting and planning, taxation, treasury, investor relations, legal and compliance, corporate communications, economics, and enterprise risk and portfolio management. Ms. Maidment began her career in 1981 with Clarkson Gordon and in 1988 joined Clarica Life Insurance Company, formerly Mutual Life of Canada. Prior to joining BMO Financial Group, Ms. Maidment was Chief Financial Officer at Clarica, playing a leadership role in the demutualization of the company and in the first initial public offering in Canada for demutualized insurers. Ms. Maidment joined BMO in October, 2000 as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Senior Executive Vice-President in 2003. Ms. Maidment graduated from Galt Collegiate Institute in 1977 and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University. She became a chartered accountant in 1983 and was made a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in early 2000. She is married with two sons and lives in Cambridge, Ontario. Active in community affairs, Ms. Maidment has served as President, Canadian Federation of University Women and Waterloo-Wellington Chartered Accountants Association and served on the Board of Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. In 2001 Ms. Maidment received YWCA Women of Distinction Award and for the last three consecutive years Ms. Maidment has been included in the Financial Post's “Power 50” list of top Canadian businesswomen. She is currently honorary chair of the Easter Seals’ Ball. In February, 2004, she was honored by McGill University with their Management Achievement Award in recognition of outstanding Canadian business leadership and personal community involvement. In April, 2004, Ms. Maidment received the Wayne C. Fox Distinguished Alumni Award from McMaster University's Michael G. Degroote School of Business. In May 2006, Ms. Maidment was named Canada’s CFO of the Year, an award developed in 2001 by Financial Executives International Canada (FEI Canada) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, in association with Caldwell Partners International Inc.

Russel C. Robertson was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer, BMO Financial Group on March 5, 2008. Russel joins BMO from Deloitte and Touche LLP in Toronto where he served as Vice-Chairman since 2002. Russel began his career in 1969 with Arthur Andersen LLP in Toronto and held a number of increasingly senior roles in that company including Canadian Managing Partner. He is an experienced audit partner with extensive financial services experience. Most recently at Deloitte and Touche he was lead client service partner for BMO Financial Group . Russel is a graduate of the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Accountant (FCA). Over the years, Russel has been involved with a variety of educational, community and arts organizations from Shulich School of Business to Junior Achievement and the National Ballet of Canada. Most recently, he has been involved in raising money for the mechanical heart program at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital.

Cameron Fowler is Executive Vice-President, Office of Strategic Management and Corporate Marketing. In this role he is accountable for building our strategic capability across all businesses and strengthening the linkages between our strategic plans, financial targets, business plan and marketing strategies. Cam joins BMO from Barclays Wealth, London, UK, where he spent more than five years and was most recently Managing Director, Head of Barclays Wealth International. From 2005 to 2006 he was Head of Europe and General Manager, London, Private Bank. He was Chief Operating Officer, Executive Board Director, Private Bank from 2004 to 2005 and in 2003 he was Director of Strategy, Private Bank. Prior to working at Barclays Wealth, he was with Delano Technology Corporation from 1999 to 2003, ultimately serving as General Manager, Europe, Middle-East and Africa. He was Consultant, Braxton Associates, Deloitte Consulting from 1997 to 1999. From 1995 to 1997 he was Policy Advisor, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of Ontario. Cam received his MBA from the London Business School at the University of London (UK) and his BA from Queen’s University.

Graham Parsons leads the delivery and development of private banking services for high-net-worth clients – one of the fastest-growing market segments – in Canada and the U.S. Mr. Parsons is responsible for strategic direction of BMO’s trust and estate, customized banking, investment management, family office and philanthropic advisory services delivered through professionals in nearly 50 North American offices. Mr. Parsons has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined BMO Financial Group in August 1992, and served as Community Banking Manager in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1995, Mr. Parsons was Vice-President, Kitchener Flagship and promoted to Senior Vice-President, South Western Ontario, Personal and Commercial Client Group in early 1999. In 1999, Graham assumed the responsibility of importing the U.S. Harris business model into Canada with the launch of BMO Harris Private Banking. In 2002, he assumed the additional responsibility for oversight of Harris Private Bank. Mr. Parsons serves on the Boards of the Trust Company of Bank of Montreal and BMO Harris Investment Management Inc. and serves on the Management Committee of Bank of Montreal. Graham is also National Chair for Canada for the Kid’s Help Phone Futures Campaign. Mr. Parsons holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics Major, from the University of Western Ontario.

Maurice A. Hudon was appointed to the position of Senior Executive Vice-President, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada effective August 1st, 2006. In this role, he is accountable for Operational Risk, long-term development initiatives and the separate businesses including Cardholder Services, Insurance and Broker Services. Mr. Hudon began his career at BMO in 1978 after obtaining an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Concordia University. He progressed through a series of positions in the branch network in Quebec and in 1981 was transferred to Toronto where he held positions in Human Resources serving both the Domestic and Corporate banking groups. M. Hudon (high resolution picture, jpg, 78k) In 1983, Mr. Hudon was granted an educational leave of absence, during which he completed his MBA degree at the University of Western Ontario. Shortly after completing his MBA, Mr. Hudon was appointed Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, a position he held for four years. In 1992, he received his first executive appointment as Vice-President, Community Banking for the West Island of Montreal and four years later was appointed Senior Vice-President, Personal and Commercial Lending Services. In 1998, Mr. Hudon reported to the Vice-Chair as Executive Vice-President of Ontario Division where he was responsible for the operation of the branch network throughout Ontario. Two years later he was appointed President of Personal Banking and Head of Products, Personal and Commercial Client Group. During his three years in this role, he was responsible for the product development and marketing functions for all Personal and Commercial Client Group businesses, including Cardholder Services and Insurance. Mr. Hudon’s most recent role was Senior Executive Vice-President and Head of National Office for the Personal and Commercial Client Group during which time he was accountable for the effective operation of the National Office in support of the Sales and Service organization across Canada. Mr. Hudon is Chair of the Moneris Solutions Board and a member of the Global Debit Advisory Board for MasterCard International. His community involvement includes serving as past Chair of St. Joseph’s Health Center Foundation and as past Chair for the ShareLife Corporate Campaign, as well as Ambassador for BMO Financial Group’s employee foundation, Fountain of Hope, which provides charitable donations to various Canadian non-profit organizations.

Sandra Hanington was appointed to the role of Executive Vice-President, Customer Strategies and Marketing, P&C Banking Canada effective August 2006. Ms. Hanington is accountable for the development and implementation of customer strategies to achieve a differentiated position for BMO Bank of Montreal in the Canadian market. Ms. Hanington began her career in 1985 as a Consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), moving on to Suncor Inc./Sunoco Group in 1987 as Marketing Specialist and Senior Operations Research Analyst. She joined Royal Trust in 1988 and subsequently moved to North American Life/Manulife Financial as Assistant Vice-President for Affinity Markets. In 1999, Ms. Hanington joined BMO Financial Group as Vice-President, Insurance, Personal and Commercial Client Group. In 2001, she was appointed Vice-President for Product Development in Small Business Banking and in 2002 was named Vice-President, Corporate Communications, before joining Harris as Executive Vice-President, Marketing and Customer Strategies, Chicagoland Banking in 2003. Ms. Hanington is a licensed professional engineer with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Sherry Cooper is in constant demand as a speaker and writer because of her ability to simplify and de-mystify the complex subjects of economics and finance. Canada’s national newspaper calls Sherry “the megawatt celebrity economist”. She leads a highly respected economics team and has been repeatedly cited as one of the most influential women in Canada. Dr. Cooper is regularly quoted in the financial press and you have heard her often on radio and TV. Sherry has just published her third book, The New Retirement: How It Will Change Our Future, released in January 2008 . Dr. Cooper has an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and began her career at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. Following five years at the Fed, she joined the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) as director of financial economics and moved to Canada in 1983 to become Chief Economist at Burns Fry .

Rose M. Patten is Senior Executive Vice-President, Head of Human Resources and Senior Leadership Advisor, BMO Financial Group, reporting to the President and CEO and is a member of the bank’s Executive Management Committee. Her current responsibilities include, and her 35-year career in Financial Services is characterized by, senior leadership roles in business and organization strategy, human resource management, executive development and succession, transformational change, communications and public affairs. Her experience has spanned the four financial sectors – Banking, Trust, Insurance and Investment Banking – in Canada, the United States and Asia, and she has held senior leadership roles at companies engaged in mergers, restructuring, acquisitions or major transformational change. Prior to joining BMO in 1995, she was Executive Vice-President at Nesbitt Burns (1992-1995), Senior Vice-President at ManuLife Financial (1987-1991) and Vice-President/General Manager at Continental Bank of Canada/Lloyds Bank Canada (1975-1987). Paralleling her business career, Ms. Patten has given equal focus and leadership to the community, serving as Chair of the Task Force to review the Governance Model at University of Toronto (current); Trustee, Hospital for Sick Children and upcoming Chair, Governance Committee (current); Director, Transition Advisory Board, Metrolinx, Ontario Ministry of Transportation (current); Chair of Governing Council at University of Toronto where she led the search and selection of an interim President and current President (2004-2007 inclusive); and Director or Vice-Chair of several other Boards including Children’s Aid Foundation, National Ballet of Canada, Medical Research Council (in its transition to CHIR) and The Hincks-Dellcrest Foundation. She has been consistently recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, and was among the first women to be inducted into their inaugural Hall of Fame, in 2007. She is also recognized as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by U.S. Banker Magazine. In 2008, Ms. Patten was honoured as the YWCA Woman of Distinction for Corporate Leadership, and has numerous other recognitions for her community service contributions.

Ronald Monet studied political science in Montreal and Ottawa and has a Master's degree in public administration from the Florida State University. In the early 1980s, he worked among others for the Defense Department and Foreign Affairs as analyst of economic, political and military questions regarding the countries of Eastern Europe. He then became political attache and riding office director for two ministers in the Quebec government. He has been working in the bank sector since 1992, first as Manager of Public Affairs for the Laurentian Bank and now as Director, Corporate Communications, for the BMO Financial Group.

Heather MacNeil is a senior manager of human resources at the Bank of Montreal (BMO). Heather joined BMO in 1981 and during her 25 years in the bank, she has held progressively responsible positions in branch management, change and project management, strategic human resource planning, diversity and workplace equity, organizational design, talent management and workforce planning. Philanthropy is also important to Heather. She is a former board member of the BMO charity, Fountain of Hope, both in Ontario and nationally, as well as a current member of the Community Outreach Programs in Addictions (COPA) Board. She has also served in an advisory capacity with numerous councils and charities, including Junior Achievement, The Learning Partnership, the Canadian Red Cross, Diversity Direct and Ryerson University's Tri-Mentoring Program. Her interest in the Alzheimer Society began about 12 years ago when her mother-in-law was diagnosed with Pick's Disease, a disease similar to Alzheimer's. Heather has since been involved in Alzheimer Society of Ontario's fundraising task force and joined the ASO board as a Director-at-Large in 2005. Heather holds two degrees from the University of Western Ontario.

Mr. Gilmour has been in the Information Systems business for more than 37 years. He joined BMO in 1978 where he held a position responsible for enterprise-wide computer applications systems support followed by another position responsible for the development of BMO Bank of Montreal’s Online Banking and MasterCard systems. In 1982, Mr. Gilmour was appointed Vice-President, Operations and Services, and in 1985, he was promoted to Senior Vice-President, Operations and Services. Subsequent positions included, Senior Vice-President, Systems Operations and Senior Vice-President, Applications Planning and Development. In May 1996, he was promoted to Executive Vice-President, Systems, Technology and Solutions, where he was responsible for the development of all solutions and applications, as well as the operation of computer systems and communications networks across BMO Financial Group. He assumed the role of Deputy Group Head and Chief Operating Officer in 2000. In November 2006, Mr. Gilmour was promoted to Group Head, Technology and Operations (formerly Technology and Solutions), reporting to Bill Downe, Chief Operating Officer, BMO Financial Group. Mr. Gilmour holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University).

Edward L. Mercaldo (62), Director. Mr. Mercaldo is a Financial Consultant and private investor, following his successful career as an International Commercial and Investment Banker for several leading companies including Bank of Montreal, Bankers Trust Company of New York, Gordon Capital and First Marathon Securities. Mr. Mercaldo also served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Diamond Fields Resources, Inc., and following the purchase of Diamond Fields by Inco Ltd. in August 1996, he continued as a Director of Inco until September 2000. Mr. Mercaldo has served as a self-employed consultant to numerous companies for the past five years.

Eric Tripp was appointed President of BMO Capital Markets on March 5, 2008. Mr. Tripp has responsibility for BMO Financial Group's dealings with corporate, institutional and government clients, which encompass investment & corporate banking as well as trading products and treasury operations. He also sits on BMO Financial Group’s Management Committee. Mr. Tripp began his career at Burns Fry Ltd. (a predecessor firm of BMO Capital Markets) in 1983 in fixed income derivatives. Since then he has been involved in increasingly responsible positions including management of the firm’s equity business, and its treasury and trading products businesses. Most recently, he was co-President of BMO Capital Markets. Mr. Tripp is the past chairman of the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), and former board member of the Toronto Futures Exchange and the TSX Group. He is the founder and Executive Sponsor of the BMO Capital Markets Diversity Council, which is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and an equitable and supportive workplace. Mr. Tripp is a graduate of both Queen’s University (B.A. Hons. Economics, 1981) and the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (MBA, 1983).

Bruce Mitchell, 62, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Permian Industries Limited, a Toronto-based management and holding company with interests in the North American food processing and technology industries. Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Board of Trustees and a Councillor of Queen’s University, is on the Board of Gardiner Group Capital, is Vice-Chair of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and has served on the Board and executive committees of Ridley College and UNICEF Canada. He holds a B.Sc. from Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

David Beatty, 66, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Beatinvest Limited, a holding company, and is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Old Canada Investment Corporation Limited, an investment management company. Mr. Beatty is the former Managing Director of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, an organization that represents 50 pension funds, mutual funds and money managers with over $1 trillion in assets under management. He is Professor of Strategic Management and Director of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Mr. Beatty is Honorary Consul to Canada for the Government of Papua New Guinea and in 1993 was awarded the O.B.E. A graduate in economics from the University of Toronto (Trinity College), he was a Nuffield Scholar at the University of Cambridge (Queens’ College) where he obtained an M.A.

Don Wilson, 60, a Corporate Director, retired from JP Morgan Chase & Co. in 2006 as Chief Risk Officer with responsibility for credit, equity, market, and operational risk globally. Mr. Wilson was also a member of JP Morgan’s Executive Committee and Operating Committee. Mr. Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1970 (AB cum laude) and from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College in 1973 (M.B.A.).

George Cope, 47, is President and Chief Executive Officer of BCE Inc and Bell Canada, focused on driving profitable growth, enhancing customer service and delivering leading communications products to Bell’s national marketplace. Prior to joining Bell Canada in 2005, Mr. Cope was President and Chief Executive Officer of national wireless carrier TELUS Mobility since 2000. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of national wireless carrier Clearnet Communications for 13 years. Mr. Cope serves on the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. A past recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award, Mr. Cope holds a Business Administration (Honours) degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Guylaine Saucier, 62, a Corporate Director, is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a former director of the Bank of Canada, a former Chair of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), a former director of the International Federation of Accountants, and was Chair of the Joint Committee on Corporate Governance established by the CICA, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Canadian Venture Exchange, and was also the first woman to serve as President of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce. She serves as a director of the Fondation du Musée des Beaux Arts. Mme Saucier obtained a B.A. from Collège Marguerite-Bourgeois and a B.Comm. from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2004, she received the Fellowship Award from the Institute of Corporate Directors and in 2007, she obtained the Institute Certified Designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

J. Robert S. Prichard, 59, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation. Torstar is a leading Canadian media company with three major businesses: daily newspapers led by Canada’s largest daily, The Toronto Star; community newspapers led by Metroland Media Group, Canada’s largest community newspaper company; and book publishing led by Harlequin Enterprises, a leading global publisher of romance and women’s fiction. Mr. Prichard is also President Emeritus of the University of Toronto where he previously served as dean of law and as a professor specializing in law and economics. He also serves as Chairman of the Visiting Committee of Harvard Law School, Vice-Chair of Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council and a director of the Toronto Community Foundation. He studied honours economics at Swarthmore College, received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and earned law degrees at the University of Toronto and Yale University. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Member of the Order of Ontario and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Jeremy Reitman, 63, is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Reitmans (Canada) Limited, a retailing company. He is also Governor Emeritus of McGill University. Mr. Reitman studied at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (A.B.) and McGill University (B.C.L.).

Michael Rayfield is Vice-Chair, Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets, where he is responsible for corporate relationships in Canada, the United States, Europe, China and India. His appointment as Vice-Chair in November 2001 was recognition of the bank's commitment to strengthen and deepen its corporate coverage. Mr. Rayfield sits on the BMO Capital Markets Canadian Management Committee. Mr. Rayfield joined Bank of Montreal in 1982 as Senior Vice-President and Division Executive, Corporate and Government Banking. He was appointed Executive Vice-President in 1986. Mr. Rayfield is a graduate of the Institute of Bankers, U.K.; the Senior Management Program at Harvard University; Advanced Executive Program J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; has studied at Cambridge University and is a graduate of the Directors Education program at the Rotman’s School of Management. Mr. Rayfield is on the Board of Governors of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and is a Director of Canadian Utilities, a public corporation. He is a past Director of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Institute for International Affairs (CIIA), and Canadian-American Business Council. Mr. Rayfield is also a former Cabinet Chairman of the United Way, and past President of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

Nancy Southern, 52, is President and Chief Executive Officer of ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited and a director of both corporations. ATCO Group is an Alberta-based corporation with companies actively engaged in power generation, utilities, logistics and energy services, industrials and technologies. Ms. Southern was born and raised in Calgary and has been involved in many community endeavours. She is Executive Vice-President of Spruce Meadows, renowned as one of the world’s finest show jumping facilities.

Philip Orsino, 54, a Corporate Director, is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Masonite International Corporation (formerly Premdor Inc.), an integrated global building products company with operating facilities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Mr. Orsino is an active volunteer and is involved in many community activities. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University Health Network. A published author, Mr. Orsino was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2004, was the recipient of the 2003 Canada’s Outstanding Chief Executive Officer of the Year Award, received the University of Toronto’s Distinguished Business Alumni Award for 2002 and won the 1998 Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Manufacturing sponsored by Ernst & Young International.

Robert Chevrier, 65, is President of Société de gestion Roche Inc., a management and investment company. He was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rexel Canada Inc. He is a graduate of Concordia University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Bob Astley, 64, a Corporate Director, is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Clarica Life Insurance Company, a life and health insurance company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, and former President of Sun Life Financial Canada, comprising the Canadian life and health insurance and wealth management operations of Sun Life Financial Inc. In 1999, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mutual Life of Canada, he led the organization and its stakeholders through demutualization, an initial public offering and a corporate name change to Clarica Life Insurance Company. With the combining of the operations of Clarica and Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc. in 2002, Mr. Astley was appointed President of Sun Life Financial Canada, a position he held until his retirement in September 2004. Mr. Astley is a Chairman and director of the CPP Investment Board and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. He graduated from the University of Manitoba with an Honours degree in Science and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Ron Farmer is Managing Director of Mosaic Capital Partners, a Toronto-based private equity firm. Prior to joining Mosaic in 2003, he spent 25 years with McKinsey & Company, serving as the Managing Partner for the Canadian practice from 1991 to 1997 and as a senior Director from 1998 until his retirement in December 2002. Mr. Farmer is a director of Integran Technologies, Flatiron Information Services and Signature Health Partners, as well as several not-for-profit organizations. He did not serve as a director of any other publicly traded companies during the period from 1999 to 2003. He holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. Ron brings his years of experience at a leading global management consulting firm to bear in helping Health Coach and its sister company Signature Health Partners set their strategic direction and develop corporate relationships.