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BOARD OF DIRECTORS & MANAGEMENT
Bryan Slusarchuk
CEO and Director
Mr. Slusarchuk has significant experience financing and operating companies involved in a wide range of sectors. Mr. Slusarchuk, prior to establishing a track record as a successful private and public company CEO, was a Senior Investment Advisor at a premier Canadian investment dealer. Mr. Slusarchuk has experience on the board of several private and public Canadian companies, has extensive corporate governance expertise and has raised and managed capital for multiple companies including companies involved in consumer goods, retail, media and manufacturing. He has an extensive European and North American financial network and has worked within it to finance and structure multiple North American and European ventures. Additionally, Mr. Slusarchuk has become recognized as a thought leader in the booming green economy. He has been a featured speaker at such events as the 2010 Carbon War Room Global Challenge launch that coincided with the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, TEDx Vancouver 2009 Conference, and Business Television’s Business of Green. Mr. Slusarchuk is a founder and CEO of Skanderbeg Capital Group, a company focused on deploying venture capital to fast-growing venture situations.
Edward Wright
Director
Mr. Wright has extensive management and leadership experience in the retail and wholesale sectors. His background includes considerable success in developing and operating the North American divisions of some of the world’s leading brands. Mr. Wright, until 2006 was the Executive Vice President of Retail in North America for Cartier, a top international luxury brand with a storied history dating back to the 1800’s. Prior to Cartier, Mr. Wright held the position of President of Baume & Mercier since 2002. While at Cartier, Mr. Wright was responsible for the development and operations of the entire North American retail division including implementation of strategic goals, supervision of retail development, and ensuring successful attainment of Cartier’s retail objectives for the North American market segment. Upon returning to Vancouver, B.C., Mr. Wright became the Chief Executive Officer of CRH Medical, a fast growing North American medical company.
Christopher Ian Bennett
Director
With 15 years of political and public policy communications experience, Mr. Bennett is the former Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia. The youngest person to ever lead the party, Christopher helped build public support to almost 20 per cent from five per cent during his interim term. In 2007 he was elected to the Green Party of Canada’s Federal Council where he completed a one-year term and acted as a senior communications strategist to the executive committee. Mr. Bennett brings more than 10 years of public relations and media communications experience to the group. He has expertise in corporate communications, issues management, crisis communications, investor relations and media training to clients across the board. An experienced strategist, Mr. Bennett has worked with CEOs, politicians and senior government officials both provincially and nationally. In 2006, Christopher was the only Canadian named to PR News’ ‘Top 30 under 30 to Watch’ list. He has been profiled in BC Business Magazine, PR Week and the National Post. Christopher was also the keynote speaker at the IABC’s National ‘NEXT Communications’ conference.
Michael Hofer, CCEP
Director and Manager of Environmental and Corporate Integration
Mr. Hofer is an environmental expert and is instrumental in developing and guiding the company's environmental protocols and standards. Mr. Hofer has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physical Geography/Geomorphology and a Post Baccalaureate in Environmental Science. Mr. Hofer is a Canadian Certified Environmental Professional (CCEP) in four different environmental categories as designated by the Canadian Environmental Certification Approvals Board, and has a Manager of Landfill Operations designation (MOLO) from the Solid Waste Association of North America. Mr. Hofer is currently an active professional in the field of Environmental Services and Operations and during his career has managed approximately $30 million in capital projects relating to the environmental field.
Tina Hofer
Director
Ms. Hofer is an experienced eco-entrepreneur with significant experience in operations and strategic planning. Ms. Hofer founded and operates a manufacturing and design company involved in producing an environmentally responsible product line. She is a regular speaker on environmental issues within the corporate environment. Ms. Hofer holds joint citizenship in both Canada and Austria and has built an extensive business network both in North America and internationally.
Paul D. Plater, CA, CPA (Illinois)
CFO
Mr. Plater holds a Chartered Accountants designation (1994) and Certified Public Accountants (Illinois) designation (1997), as well as his BBA (Accounting) from Simon Fraser University (1989). He has extensive experience as a CFO with other public and private companies in the retail, technology and natural resource sectors. This experience, combined with several years with the BC Securities Commission, will greatly assist Greenscape from a reporting and regulatory standpoint. His main responsibilities in reporting to the Board of Directors and senior management are to set up and manage a cost effective reporting system between Greenscape and it portfolio companies, along with filing the quarterly and annual regulatory financial statements.
Nick Skomorowski
Senior Advisor
Mr. Skomorowski's diverse mega project management experience has spanned over a distinguished 40-year career. He is one of Canada's most accomplished senior construction project managers and has supervised more than $1 billion on construction projects.
Notable projects that Mr. Skomorowski has been in project management on include the King Shaka Durban International Airport in South Africa, terminal one at the Toronto Pearson International Airport, automotive plants, industrial projects, petrochemical plants, MDF board facility, power plants, potash facility and large-scale steel manufacturing operations.
Mr. Skomorowski's expertise, experience and reputation in project management is invaluable to his role as directly supervising Green.Switch's project portfolio throughout North America.
Ryan Skomorowski
Senior Advisor
Ryan Skomorowski is the founder, director and Chief Executive Officer of Green.Switch. He has significant experience in finance, securities, property development, construction, parking management and environmental initiatives.
BUSINESS ADVISORS
Bradley Scharfe
Mike Marrandino
Harry Kambolis
OFFICERS
Bryan Slusarchuk, Chief Executive Officer
Shoni Bernard, LL.B, Corporate Secretary
Paul Plater, CA, CPA (Illinois), Chief Financial Officer
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