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Frank Stronach
Chairman of the Board
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Mr. Stronach is the founder and Chairman of Magna International Inc., the most diversified automotive components supplier in the world. Mr. Stronach was born in Weiz, Austria and immigrated to Canada in 1954 with a working background in tool and machine engineering. In 1957, he formed a tool and die company in Toronto, Multimatic Investments Limited, which subsequently expanded into the production of automotive components. In 1969, Multimatic Investments Limited merged with Magna Electronics Corporation Limited (which ultimately became Magna International Inc.), with Mr. Stronach as one of the controlling shareholders. Under Mr. Stronach's leadership, Magna launched a major North American expansion in the mid to late 1980s and a major global expansion in the early 1990s, which saw Magna broaden its base of operations in Europe, Asia and South America. In 1999, Mr. Stronach became the founder and Chairman of Magna Entertainment Corp., North America's number one owner and operator of horse racetracks, based on revenues, and one of the world's leading suppliers, via simulcasting, of live horse racing content to the growing inter-track, off-track and account wagering markets. Mr. Stronach is a leading owner of thoroughbred racehorses in North America. He has served on numerous corporate, government and university boards and has provided assistance to a wide range of charitable and community service organizations. Mr. Stronach is the recipient of numerous honourary degrees and awards, including induction into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.
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Dennis Mills
Vice-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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Mr. Mills served as Vice-President at Magna from 1984 to 1987, where he again worked over the past several years. Previously, Mr. Mills served as a Member of Parliament in Canada's federal parliament from 1988 to 2004. While a Member of Parliament, Mr. Mills was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry from 1993 to 1996, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs from 1993 to 1995 and the Chair of the Committee studying the Industry of sport in Canada. Mr. Mills was the Senior Policy Advisor to the Cabinet Committee on Communications (1980-1984), Advisor to the Minister of Energy (1980-1981), Senior Advisor to the Minister of Multiculturalism (1980), and Senior Communications Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984).
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Senator Rod A. A. Zimmer
Lead Director
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Senator Zimmer has been a member of the Senate of Canada since August 2005 and currently serves on the standing committees for National Security and Defense and for Transportation and Communications. Since 1993, he has been the President of The Gatehouse Corporation. From 1995 to 1998, he served as Vice-President (Festivals) for the Pan American Games Society Inc. From 1986 to 1993, he was the Vice-President of Marketing and Communications and then the Executive Vice-President for the Manitoba Lotteries Foundation and was also the Director of Project Management for the Canadian Sports Pool Corporation in Ottawa in 1984. From 1979 to 1984, he was Vice-President of Corporate Communications for CanWest Capital Corporation. As a philanthropist, he serves as a member of the boards of directors for the following organizations: Canadian Paralympic Foundation, Gold Medal Plates (2010 Olympics and Paralympics), Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Burton Cummings Theatre, the Millennium Centre, Canadian Unity Council (Manitoba), and the Belinda Stronach Foundation. He also serves on the Honourary Council of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as a member of the Board of the Canadian Paralympic Foundation, and as Canadian Paralympic Foundation Liaison Director to the board of directors of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. He was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal in 1992 and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.
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Franz Deutsch
Director
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Mr. Deutsch is currently the President of the Austrian Canadian Business Club and has extensive operating, manufacturing, distribution and brand management experience on a global scale. From 1981 to 1998, he was the Chairman of the Board and an Equity Partner in HTM Sports Company, a global sporting goods company whose brands included Head, Tyrolia and Mares. He also previously served as the President of AMF Roadmaster and the Executive Vice President, Marketing of Stelber Industries Inc.
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Benjamin Hutzel
Director
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Mr. Hutzel is a retired partner at Bennett Jones LLP where he had an extensive national and international practice specializing in financings, acquisitions and divestitures and joint venture structuring. Mr. Hutzel is a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Woodbine Entertainment Group and was recently a Director of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (where he also acted as Chairman of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee).
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Manfred Jakszus
Director
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Mr. Jakszus is an independent investor and developer of real estate projects in Austria. Between 1980 and 1990, he held the position of head of facility management at Austrian Central Bank. Mr. Jakszus co-founded IG-Immobilien, the Austrian Central Bank's real estate subsidiary, in 1991. As managing director of IG-Immobilien from 1991 until 2002, Mr. Jakszus established administration, facilities management and real estate development departments. He also acted as chief executive officer of two real estate companies in Brussels and Amsterdam in the 1990s and has been involved in the development and renting of industrial real estate and shopping malls. Mr. Jakszus retired as managing director of IG-Immobilien in 2002.
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Heribert Polzl
Director
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Mr. Polzl is a real estate developer specializing in commercial and industrial properties. His companies provide a wide range of services and experience in development, construction management, property management and real estate brokerage. Mr. Polzl immigrated to Canada in 1969 with a degree in civil engineering from Austria.
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Lorne Weiss
Director
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Mr. Weiss, a Certified Financial Planner, is a Wealth Advisor and Associate Director, Wealth Management at ScotiaMcLeod. Previously, he was a Vice-President, investment advisor and branch manager at CIBC Wood Gundy. Mr. Weiss is the former part-time coordinator of the Financial Planning Program at Seneca College (FCET), where he has been an instructor since 1998. Mr. Weiss has served as a member of the Board of the Reena Foundation since 2002 and is currently the Chair of its Investment Committee.
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Don Cameron
Chief Operating Officer
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Don Cameron has served as our Chief Operating Officer since September 2006. For two years prior to that, Mr. Cameron worked as a consultant to the company in his capacity as a president of Noremac Property Holdings Limited which, through subsidiaries, invests in residential and land developments. From 1987-1995, Mr. Cameron was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the real estate development company MICC Properties Inc. and from 1985-1987, he was a Senior Vice President with the Continental Bank of Canada / Lloyds Bank of Canada. Mr. Cameron was previously Vice President Finance and Treasurer of The Cadillac Fairview Corporation. In addition, he has held positions in The Toronto Dominion Bank and the Clydesdale Bank.
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Rocco Liscio
Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
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From 2006 to most recently, Rocco Liscio served as Chief Financial Officer for Groupworks Financial Corp., a group benefits and pension advisory firm consolidator based in Markham, Ontario. Prior to that, Mr. Liscio was the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Richards Packaging Income Fund, a leading packaging distributor in North America; from 1999 to 2003, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Royal LePage Commercial Inc. (now Cushman and Wakefield Canada), a national commercial real estate services company; and from 1992 to 1998, he held several financial roles at Wang Canada Ltd., including Chief Financial Officer. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Accountant.
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