Mr. Manley is a Senior Counsel with McCarthy Tétrault, a premier Canadian law firm, and is a prominent figure in Canadian and International politics with an extensive career serving in Parliament. Mr. Manley served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to January 2002. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he was named Chairman of a new Cabinet Committee on Public Security and Anti-terrorism. For the role he played following 9/11, he was named TIME Canada Magazine's "Newsmaker of the Year" in December 2001. In 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper also appointed Mr. Manley to chair an independent five-person committee to review Canada's mission and future role in Afghanistan...
Mr. Brian Barry currently is the CEO of Destinator Technologies. He has been involved in M&A activities in the high-tech sector for many years. He formerly was the CEO of Hyperchip, a core-network router vendor, CEO of Ericsson Canada and Divisional Managing Director of Ericsson UK. Before, he served as a director and advisor for several companies including Ascalade (IPO in Toronto in May 2005), Diversinet, Cilys (acquired by Openwave in January 2005) and Bitfone (M&A in July 2004)...
Mr. Luc Filiatreault is the CEO of Nstein Technologies, a Montreal-based company specialized in online content management. He is the former President and CEO of PG Mensys Information Systems, a provider of computerized management solutions for municipalities; a founder of NordTech Aerospace, a now publicly-traded Canadian aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company; a former President of BellZinc (a subsidiary of Bell Canada); and a co-founder of Informission Group (which grossed over $100 million in sales before being acquired by Quebecor in 2000). In 2005, Mr. Filiatreault was named to the Toronto's Globe and Mail's prestigious list of "Top 40 under 40"...
Mr. François Gilbert is the President of FIER Succès, a venture capital fund located in the Quebec region. Mr. Gilbert also serves as administrator of a number of corporations, including Roctest ltd, a public corporation (TSX › RTT) and Dynagram, Inc. He was President of the Board of Directors of Kaydara, Inc. until it was sold in September 2004, and of Medicago Inc. Mr. François Gilbert served several years as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Gestion Charles Sirois, a private investment holding...
Mr. Constantin Loudiadis is the Senior Vice President of TKC Global Solutions, a Fairfax, Virginia based Company. Most recently, Mr. Loudiadis served as an executive in various companies, including Cisco Systems, Newbridge Networks, now Alcatel, Nortel, Bell Canada International, Bell Mobility and Bell Canada...
Mr. Frank Maw has had over thirty years' experience, initially in consumer products, then followed by a progressive career in both the wireline and wireless telecommunications industries.
Mr. Maw was appointed President, Motorola Canada Limited in February 2001 while having been General Manager of its Personal Communications Sector in Canada from 1995 to 2002...
Susan Smith joined Royal Bank of Canada in 1977. She has worked in retail banking, small business banking, corporate banking, human resources and investment industry banking. From 1995 to 1999 Susan led Royal Bank's Knowledge-Based Industries initiative that took the Bank to the leading edge of the financial services industry in providing innovative banking services for Canada's burgeoning Knowledge-Based Industries sector...
Pierre Fitzgibbon joined Atrium Innovations as the President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2007. Atrium Innovations is a leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of added-value products for the health and personal care industry. Prior to joining Atrium, he joined National Bank Group as Vice-Chairman of National Bank Financial in January 2002, bringing a range of expertise including Corporate Direction and Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Planning in various industries, namely in Telecommunication and Forest Products. From July 1, 2005, he held the position of Senior Vice-President, Finance, Technology and Corporate Affairs at National Bank of Canada...