Directors

V. Edward Daughney, of Vancouver, British Columbia, has served on the board since 1997. Mr. Daughney has been Principal and Chairman of Echelon Home Products since 1989. This company distributes major appliances in Western Canada and the US Pacific Northwest. Prior to 2000, Mr. Daughney was Principal and President of Merit Kitchens, past Chairman of the Export Development Corporation and past President of First City Trust. Mr. Daughney has also served as a director of a number of Canadian companies. He is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in financial roles.

The Honourable David Emerson, P.C., of Vancouver, BC, joined the Board in 2009. Mr. Emerson obtained his Doctorate in Economics from Queen’s University. Nationally Mr. Emerson has held senior positions that include Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of International Trade with responsibility for Pacific Gateway and Vancouver – Whistler Olympics, and Minister of Industry. In British Columbia he was Deputy Minister to the Premier and Secretary to the Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary to Treasury Board, and President, British Columbia Trade Development Corporation. In the private sector, his career included President and CEO, Canfor Corporation, President and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority, and Chairman and CEO, Canadian Western Bank.

Mr. Emerson is currently a director of Finning International Inc., director of Stantec Inc., Chair, British Columbia Transmission Corporation, Chair, Alberta Premier’s Council for Economic Strategy, Chair, Energy Policy Institute of Canada, Co-Chair, Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on the Public Service, and Member, China Investment Corporation International Advisory Council.

Robert J. Holmes of Bellevue, Washington, United States, joined the Board in April 2007. Mr. Holmes is the founder and manager of THG, LLC, a real estate advisory firm and brings twenty-five years of real estate development experience to the Board. From 1994 to 2005, he served as President and CEO of Harbor Properties, Inc., a full-service real estate development and property management company with properties in downtown Seattle, and as President and Manager of Harbor Mountain Company, which owns and manages two resort areas in Washington state and Idaho. Previously, Mr. Holmes was President, CEO and then Chairman of Intrawest USA. He currently serves as a director or advisor to the University of Washington’s certificate program in commercial real estate and the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce.

Maureen E. Howe of Vancouver, British Columbia, joined the Board in  March 2009. Ms. Howe has extensive experience in corporate finance and the capital markets sector, most recently as Managing Director-Equity Research, Energy Infrastructure with RBC Capital Markets.  Ms. Howe was previously Treasurer of BC Gas Inc. She was Adjunct Professor in Finance at the University of British Columbia and has lectured in finance at both UBC and the University of Manitoba.

Ms. Howe is a member of a number of associations, including the Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia, the Board of UBC Investment Management Trust Inc., the Board of the Canadian Securities Institute Foundation and Chairperson of Phillips, Hager & North Centre for Financial Research.

Paul J. McElligott, President and CEO, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, joined the senior management of TimberWest Forest Corp. in January 2001. A director of TimberWest since 1997, Mr. McElligott had been President and CEO of British Columbia's BC Rail Group of Companies since 1989. Mr. McElligott has extensive experience in BC's real estate, rail transportation and deep-sea port terminal sectors. Prior to joining BC Rail, he had been President of Voyageur Enterprises Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Montreal based the CSL Group. Mr. McElligott currently serves as a governor of the BC Business Council, a director of the Coast Forest Products Association and the Faculty Advisory Committee of the UBC Faculty of Forestry and is a former director of the Board of Trade and World Forestry Center.

Robert W. Murdoch, of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, has served on the board since 2001. Mr. Murdoch was President and CEO of Lafarge Corporation. He is on the International Advisory Board of Lafarge S.A. Paris. He interrupted his 20-year career with Lafarge to be Executive Assistant to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau for five years. Mr. Murdoch currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated and is on the board of Lallmand Inc. and on the International Advisory Board of Lafarge, SA. He is currently a governor and past chairman of the Board of Shawnigan Lake School located on Vancouver Island.

Maria M. Pope of Portland, Oregon, United States, joined the Board in April 2008. Ms. Pope is the Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Portland General Electric. Previously, she was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Mentor Graphics. Prior to that Ms. Pope was Vice President-General Manager, Wood Products Division of Pope & Talbot, Inc., a forest products company from 2003 to 2007. Ms. Pope is a board member of Premera Blue Cross and Oregon Health Sciences University. She was a past board member of Portland General Electric (PGE). Ms. Pope is a past chair of the Council of Forest Industries.