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Ajit Someshwar was born in Bombay (Mumbai). Ajit is an honours graduate in Commerce and Economics from the University of Bombay. He obtained his Chartered Accountancy (C.A.) professional designation in India prior to moving to England, where he completed the English C.A. programme. Arriving in Canada from London in 1988, Mr. Someshwar was appointed as a senior manager for KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne, focusing on consulting assignments with the Ontario Insurance Review Board as well as advising several large insurance companies in Canada. From 1992-1997, Someshwar was VP Operations, Planning and Analysis for CIBC's (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) bank assurance venture, where he was instrumental in introducing direct Property & Casualty Insurance to Canada for the first time in Canada. Since 1997, Someshwar has launched several companies under the CSI Group of companies in the arena information technology staffing, application development, security and risk management. Since the 1998 launch of CSI Group, it achieved an average annual growth rate in excess of 25 per cent. CSI deploys over 400 consultants, based in the United States, Canada, India and Europe. CSI's operations are increasingly global in scope, and reflect the growing interest among western corporations looking to alternative and cost-competitive solutions to managing their technology and risk management systems. In 2000 he founded Iter 8 Inc., a business process platform solutions company specializing in simplifying Insurance systems for medium to large insurers in Canada and USA. Currently he sits on its' board. In 2004 he was appointed as chair and CEO of Bates Project Management Consulting Inc. Bates specialises in project management training and consulting. In 2007 he became the President and CEO of Antex Designs Inc. a Mississauga based company manufacturing custom draperies. At present, Mr. Someshwar is actively involved in Canadian public affairs. He is a board member of Export Development Canada. EDC provides innovative financing, insurance and bonding solutions to Canadian companies that export goods and services, or invest in other countries. EDC operates in 200 markets worldwide, including 130 emerging markets. The EDC helps Canadian enterprises - mainly small and medium sized - to manage risk and capitalize on trade opportunities around the globe. Mr. Someshwar was also invited to join the Economic Advisory Council formed by Canada's Minister of Finance, Hon. James Flaherty. The Economic Advisory Council was established to provide advice to the Canadian Government as part of the Minister of Finance's national consultation on the 2009 budget, and on an ongoing basis afterward. Mr. Someshwar served as president of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (1991-93), where he introduced an awards program to recognize Indo-Canadian contributions to Canada. He commented on the awards program, "Unless we recognize our people on our own, no one will recognize them. We have to first show to ourselves that our people are real achievers. This is an excellent means to raise the Indo-Canadian profile." The Chamber now comprises more than 1,000 professionals and business members. Someshwar's impending book, India is a two volume project looking first at, 'The Other India' which he means to be the growing stature of the Diaspora. As many as 25 million Indians live and work abroad, some very successful in service, academia and manufacturing. In the second volume he looks at India itself, its interactions with the Diaspora, and how the mother country may benefit by adopting some of the flexible strategies developed by its entrepreneurs living abroad. Someshwar believes that much of the overseas Indian success

David Unruh is a Director of TransLink. He is also a Director of Westcoast Energy Inc. and Union Gas Limited, both Duke Energy companies. Mr. Unruh joined Westcoast Energy Inc. as Senior Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary in 1993 and continued in that role until March 14, 2002. From March 15, 2002 until his retirement on April 1, 2003, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Duke Energy Gas Transmission's North American operations following which from April 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005 he became a non-executive Vice Chair of both Westcoast Energy Inc. and Union Gas Limited. Prior to his move to British Columbia to join Westcoast Energy, Mr. Unruh practiced business law in Winnipeg, Manitoba most recently as a partner of Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, Barristers and Solicitors. Mr. Unruh was born and raised Manitoba. He attained his B.A. in 1966 and his LLB in 1970 from the University of Manitoba. In 1979, Mr. Unruh was awarded an honorary Certified General Accountant degree. Mr. Unruh is also a director of Catalyst Paper Corporation, Corriente Resources Inc., Ontario Power Generation Inc., Pacific Northern Gas Ltd., The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, The Wawanesa Life Insurance Company and The Wawanesa General Insurance Company and is a member of the Manitoba Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association.

Robert A. Fung is the former founding chairman of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, a corporation established by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the City of Toronto to lead the $17 billion renewal of Toronto's waterfront. Mr. Fung is a member of the advisory body to the Capital Markets group at Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. He was the former Deputy Chairman of a predecessor company to Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. Mr. Fung is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of private, public and charitable organizations. He is Chairman of Crystallex International Corporation, Tonbridge Corporation, Tonbridge Power Corporation and Deputy Chairman of Kingsway International Holdings. He is also as a Director of Mount Sinai Hospital, Export Development Canada and GLOBE Foundation of Canada. He is on the Advisory Board of Marsh Canada as well as the former Vice-Chairman of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He is a member of the Province of Ontario's BioCouncil and former Chairman of Smart Toronto. He was a member of the Prime Minister of Canada's Advisory Committee on Asia Pacific Economic Corporation, as well as a member of the Government of Canada's Department of Industry International Trade and Agriculture Team Canada Inc. Advisory Board, which provided advice to the Government of Canada in setting strategic direction and performance objectives for Canada's International Business Development From 1980 to 1998, he was Vice-Chairman and a Director of Gordon Capital Corporation. He was a senior member of the team that built that company into one of Canada's most innovative independent investment dealers at the time, participating in many of Canada's largest corporate transactions. From 1998 to 2001 he joined independent investment dealer Capital West as a Senior Partner. From 1967 to 1978, he was Vice-President and a Director of Dominion Securities Limited with responsibilities for its investment activities in Asia and the Middle East. He began his career in the investment industry in 1964 with Wood Gundy.