Mr. Seitz has served as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors since June 2006. Mr. Seitz served as Vice Chairman of Lehman Brothers (Europe), an investment bank, from April 1995 to April 2003, following his retirement as the American Ambassador to the Court of St. James from 1991 to 1995. Mr. Seitz currently serves as a director of PCCW Limited, which is a United States public reporting company.
Mr. Denton is President of Providence Capital Inc., which he founded in 1991. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director for Jefferies & Co., where he headed mergers and acquisitions and represented a number of leading investors and funds. In 1982, Mr. Denton founded Pacific Equity, which was later acquired by Jefferies & Co. Early in his career, Mr. Denton worked for Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and founded the firm's Hong Kong office. Mr. Denton has served on several boards of directors, including those of PolyMedica Corp., Mesa Air Group Inc., Trover Solutions Inc., Union Corporation, Inc. and Capsure Holdings, Inc.
Since November 2005, Mr. Dey has been the Chairman of Paradigm Capital Inc., a Canadian securities firm. From January 2003 to November 2005, Mr. Dey was a partner in the law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt. Mr. Dey currently serves as a director of Addax Petroleum Corporation, Goldcorp Inc. and Redcorp Ventures Ltd., each of which is a Canadian public reporting company.
Mr. Freidheim was appointed the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2006. Mr. Freidheim has been Chairman of Old Harbour Partners, a private investment firm he founded, since 2004. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Freidheim was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chiquita Brands International Inc., a major producer, marketer and distributor of fresh produce. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Freidheim was Vice Chairman at Booz Allen & Hamilton International, a management consulting firm, in Chicago, Illinois, having joined Booz Allen & Hamilton International in 1966. Mr. Freidheim currently serves as a director of Allegheny Energy Inc., which is a United States public reporting company.
Mr. Paris served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer until November 2006 and as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors until June 2006. Mr. Paris had been appointed Interim Chairman in January 2004 and as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2003. On January 26, 2005, the Board of Directors eliminated the word "Interim" from Mr. Paris' titles. Mr. Paris was a Managing Director at Berenson & Company, a private investment bank, from 2002 to November 2007. Prior to joining Berenson & Company in 2002, Mr. Paris was Head of Investment Banking at TD Securities (USA) Inc., an investment bank subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. Mr. Paris joined TD Securities (USA) Inc. as Managing Director and Group Head of High Yield Origination and Capital Markets in March 1996 and became a Senior Vice President of The Toronto-Dominion Bank in 2000.
Mr. Savage served for 21 years, including seven years as the Chief Financial Officer, at Rogers Communications Inc., a major Toronto-based media and communications company. Mr. Savage currently serves as Chairman of Callisto Capital LP, a merchant banking firm based in Toronto, and as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, a Canadian public reporting company, and as a director of Cott Corporation, a United States public reporting company.
Mr. Poile is Lead Portfolio Strategist for South Pole Capital, a major shareholder of the Company. He co-founded Trident Advisors, an investment firm based in Toronto, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Clublink Corp., a Canadian company that owns and operates golf courses, from 2004 to 2007, and in senior management roles at other Canadian companies including Dylex Limited, Repap Enterprises Inc., Spar Aerospace and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. Mr. Poile is a trustee of the Board for Cinram International Income Fund, a Toronto company that manufactures and distributes DVDs and CDs.
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