Directors
The board of directors of the Company supervises monitors and evaluates the management of the business and affairs of the Company. The Board reviews, discusses and approves various matters related to the strategic direction, business operations and organizational structure of the Company in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders. The Board has adopted a written mandate in which it acknowledges responsibility for the stewardship of the Company.
Carl McGill
Mr. McGill is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company. Mr. McGill has over 25 yeas of experience in the financial services industry. Mr. McGill is a principal of Boathouse Capital Advisory Group Inc., a private Toronto-based merchant bank. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. McGill was a self-employed consultant providing services to several mining companies in connection with obtaining financing. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. McGill was Vice-President, Professional Associates Division of Kings Gate Wealth Management Services Limited, a privately-held corporation providing wealth management services. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. McGill was a Vice-President, Private Client Division of the Retirement Counsel of Canada, a financial services company. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. McGill was an Investment Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns, a financial services company. Mr. McGill has also held key positions with Swiss Bank Corporation Trust in his capacity as Director, Private Client Division, Canada and Vice President at Citibank Canada. Mr. McGill has assisted the Company with its fund raising activities and has provided financial counsel to the Company.
John Steele
Mr. Steele is Chairman of the Board. Mr. Steele is a geophysicist receiving his education at the University of Toronto and at the University of British Columbia. His undergraduate courses were Honours Mathematics and Physics with a final year specialty in Geophysics. His Masters work involved marine magnetic surveys geology to prove continental drift and his PhD work developed maximum entropy power spectral techniques as applied to large data sets. His career initially involved contact geophysics with 3 companies. He then acted in a staff geophysicist position with a major company.
Jeffrey Peckitt
Mr. Peckitt is a director of the Company. Mr. Peckitt has over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector with a primary focus on marketing and business development in the commercial banking, asset-based lending (ABL) and business valuation industries. He has held senior marketing positions with several leading North American financial institutions including Citibank, GE Capital, Toronto Dominion Bank and RBC Royal Bank and has extensive cross-border lending expertise. Mr. Peckitt is now the Vice President-Western Region for Wachovia Capital Financial Corporation (Canada) spearheading their business development activities in Southwest Ontario and through Western Canada. He studied business administration at Ryerson University and is currently a member of the board of directors of the Commercial Finance Association, Toronto Chapter, a member of the Turnaround Management Association and a member of the Association for Corporate Growth.
Paul Ankcorn
Mr. Ankcorn is a director of the Company. Mr. Ankcorn is currently the President and a director of Remington Resources Inc. (RGM: TSX-V) and the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Shieldgold Inc. Mr. Ankcorn is also currently a director of Champion Minerals Inc. (CHM: TSX-V), Vendome Capital Corp. (VCT: TSX-V) and Lakota Resources Inc. Previously, he was the President and Chief Financial Officer of Trelawney Resources Inc. (TRR: TSX-V) (formerly Terex Resources Inc.) from 2001 – 2005, Richmond Minerals Inc. (RMD: TSX-V) from 2006 – 2007 and Green Environmental from 2001 – 2003.
