Brian J. Steck has been a director since September 2004. Mr. Steck is currently President and Director of St. Andrews Financial Corp., a private financial and investment company. Mr. Steck also serves as Chairman of the Board of Purolator Courier, a director of EXCO Technologies Limited, Chairman of the investment committee of the Canada Post Employee Pension Fund and is on the advisory board of Teletech North America, one of the world's largest customer service organizations. Mr. Steck was Chairman and CEO of Nesbitt Thomson & Company Limited and its subsidiaries from 1990 until his retirement in 1999. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Bank of Montreal, responsible for wealth management and investment banking from 1992 to 1999. Mr. Steck is past Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada, the Canadian Securities Institute, the Canadian District of the Securities Industry Association of America and past Governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange. |