Aldo Bensadoun is the CEO of Aldo Group Inc., a privately held Montréal company founded in 1972.

Monsieur Bensadoun completed his education in France, studied at Cornell University in New York, and completed his studies at McGill in Montreal. Today, the Aldo Group retails footwear and accessories in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is actively involved in the day-to-day operation of the company with particular focus on merchandising and human resource development activities.

Mr. Bensadoun is involved in a variety of organizations, including Retail Council of Canada, the International Council of Shopping Centres and the National Retail Federation. He is also member of the Board of Hope and Cope, and a director and supporter of several prominent healthcare and education institutions.

Since 1985, Mr. Bensadoun has been an active supporter in the fight against AIDS and has committed millions of dollars towards AIDS awareness and research organizations and hospitals including CanfAR, AmfAR and YouthAIDS.

Seymour Schulich is the President of Nevada Capital Corporation Ltd.

A natural born business man, Mr. Schulich’s career has spanned stock brokerage, investment counseling, mining and the oil industry.

Born in Montréal, Mr. Schulich received a Bachelor of Science, a Master’s of Business Administration, and became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Canada, the highest recognition a Canadian civilian can receive.

Mr. Schulich is among Canada’s greatest philanthropists having donated in excess of $280 million to faculties in numerous Canadian and foreign universities. He has also endowed libraries, dormitories, honour courts, medical health centers, lecture and music halls. More than 7,000 scholarships have been awarded.

W. Galen Weston is the Chairman and President of George Weston Limited, a company founded by his grandfather, George Weston, in 1882. In a career that has spanned five decades, he has at one time or another been responsible for virtually every type of retail operation imaginable, including grocery, luxury and discount, as well as one of North America’s largest commercial baking companies. While his home base is Canada – anchored solidly by Weston Foods and Loblaw – Mr. Weston’s business interests have extended to a number of other countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany. As a result of his leadership, the market capitalization of George Weston and Loblaw today stand at $10 billion and $11 billion respectively.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario as well as Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Western and Queen’s. He is the Past Chairman of the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific (Canada), a past member of the International Advisory Council of Columbia University and an Honourary trustee of The Upper Canada College Foundation. He is also an Officer of the Order of Canada (1990), a member of the Order of Ontario (2005) and a Commander in the Order of St. John (1997).

Mr. Weston is the Chairman of Holt Renfrew (Canada), Selfridges (UK) and Brown Thomas (Ireland), as well as Vice-Chairman of Fortnum & Mason (UK). As a Director of Associated British Foods (UK) since 1964, he led the development of Primark, now one of the world’s most successful discount fashion companies.

Mr. Weston is the President of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation (Canada), an organization that provides charitable grants for the benefit of Canadians, and a Trustee of the Garfield Weston Foundation (UK).

Jacques Lamarre has over 40 years of experience as an engineer and senior executive responsible for large industrial, infrastructure and power projects in Canada and worldwide.

Jacques Lamarre has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Civil Engineering from Laval University.

Mr. Lamarre began his engineering career in 1967 with Lavalin, where he held a series of senior executive positions, overseeing some of the Company’s most prestigious projects in Canada and worldwide. In 1996, he was named President and CEO of SNC-Lavalin.

During his 13 years as President and CEO, and despite global market uncertainties, and challenges facing the engineering and construction industry, SNC-Lavalin maintained a high performance level and continuous growth, in terms of revenues from $1.0 billion in December 1995 to $7.0 billion in December 2008; and in market capitalization from $400 million to $6.0 billion. In this same timeframe, the number of employees at SNC-Lavalin rose from 5,000 to 20,000.

Mr. Lamarre is an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2009, he was given the Canadian Association of Consulting Engineering Companies’ Beaubien Award; in 2008 the Energy Council of Canada named him Energy Person of the Year, and Engineers Canada awarded him the 2008 Gold Medal for exceptional achievements in engineering; in 2007, he was named a Great Montrealer by the Academy of Great Montrealers; in 2006, he received the Conference Board of Canada’s Honorary Associate Award; in 2004, he was named Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year by the Caldwell Partners International, and in 2003, CEO of the Year by Canadian Business Magazine.

Mr. Lamarre is a founding member and past Chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council, past Chairman of the Conference Board of Canada’s Board of Directors, a Director of The Royal Bank of Canada, and a founding member of the Davos World Economic Forum’s Governors for Engineering & Construction.

Ken Rowe founded I.M.P. in 1967 and, as Executive Chairman, remains active in guiding the vision for the Group, one of the largest privately-owned businesses in Nova Scotia.  The strength of its core operating divisions — aerospace, aviation, airline, healthcare and commercial — has made I.M.P. Group one of Canada’s most successful companies.  Today, I.M.P. employs over 3,500 people across Canada and the United States and has been named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for the past six years.  I.M.P. also operates a very substantial industrial marine supply business, the largest Canadian-owned aerospace and general aviation service company, one of Canada’s largest charter airlines (CanJet), an IT enterprise solutions company and two hotels.

In 1993, Mr. Rowe was appointed Honourary Colonel by the Canadian Defence Department; in 2000, received an Honourary Diploma from Nova Scotia Community College; and, in 2002, was bestowed by Dalhousie University with an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree.  By profession he is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Rowe is past director of a number of public companies, which included the Royal Bank of Canada and Nova Scotia Power Inc., and the recipient of numerous awards including the Order of Canada.  In 1992, Mr. Rowe received the Governor General of Canada’s Commemorative Medal for the 125^th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada recognizing significant contribution to community and to Canada.  In 2005, Ernst & Young presented him with Entrepreneur of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards.  In 2009, Mr. Rowe was recognized as one of Canada’s outstanding aerospace visionaries by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada.

As a former Board of Governors member at Dalhousie and current member of the School of Business Advisory Committee, he has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to post-secondary education.  He has also served as chairman, director or president of numerous organizations and charitable groups.  Mr. Rowe and his wife Dorothy have generously supported many worthy causes.

Paul M. Tellier is a Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Ltd., BCE and Bell Canada, GM Canada, McCain Foods. He is Chairman of Global Container Terminals and a Trustee of International Accounting Standards Foundation (UK). He is also Strategic Advisor to Société Générale, a global bank headquartered in France. Mr. Tellier is co-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service and is a member of the Independent Advisory Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan.

Mr. Tellier was President, CEO and Director of Bombardier Inc., as well as holding the position of President, CEO and a Director of the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) for 10 years. For 7 years Mr. Tellier was Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet of the Government of Canada, the top public servant in the country. Mr. Tellier has served in many positions in the public sector, including Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in 1979 and as Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources in 1982.

He is a graduate of the universities of Ottawa and Oxford, England and was admitted to the Québec Bar in 1963. Mr. Tellier was appointed Companion of the Order of Canada in 1993. Mr. Tellier has received many honorary degrees including Doctorate of Law and Honorary Doctorate from McGill University; Doctorate in Science from the University of New Brunswick; Doctorate of Commerce from the University of St. Mary’s, Halifax; Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa; and Doctorate of Law from the University of Alberta.

Mr. Tellier has won numerous awards over the course of his career including Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year, 1998; Canada’s Most Respected CEO – KPMG/Ipsos-Reid Survey, 2003; Governor General’s Outstanding Achievement Award, 1990; and Public Policy Forum Outstanding Performance Award, 1988.

Jack Cockwell, Group Chairman and Director of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., is recognized as one of Canada’s most highly regarded and respected business leaders.

As a business strategist, he has played a leading role over the past 35 years in the development of numerous prestigious office properties, hydroelectric power dams, base metal mines and forest product mills in North and South America and in the process, helped build one of Canada’s largest industrial groups. More recently, he participated in a sweeping consolidation of these operations into a streamlined asset management company focused on real estate and power generation, with direct investments of $20 billion and a further $30 billion of assets under management.

Mr. Cockwell joined Touche, Ross & Co. in Cape Town in 1959, prior to moving to their Montreal office as a manager. He joined Edper Enterprises Ltd. in 1968 and served as Executive Vice-President until 1979, when he became Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Brookfield. In 1991, he was named President and CEO of Brookfield. Since March 2002, he has served as Group Chairman of Brookfield.

A strong believer in continuing education, he has played an active role at Ryerson University for a number of years as a member of its board of governors and as Campaign Chair for The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education.

As past-Chairman of the Royal Ontario Museum, he helped initiate, launch and finance a major rebuilding project. He continues to serve on the museum’s Boards of Governors.

Mr. Cockwell is currently a director of Astral Media, Waterfront Toronto and various Brookfield associated companies. He is also a founder and director of the Limberlost Forest and Wildlife Reserve, a developer of accessible wilderness trails, nature guides and related environmental

Since 1992, Jim Balsillie has been co-CEO at Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the world renowned BlackBerry wireless solution. At RIM, Jim is responsible for driving corporate strategy, business development, marketing, sales, and finance.

In 2002, Mr. Balsillie founded The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a world-class global research institute focused on the restructuring of international governance. In 2007, Mr. Balsillie announced the creation of the new Canadian International Council (CIC) of which he is the Chair. In 2008, he founded the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

Mr. Balsillie is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He is a chartered accountant and a fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants. He also holds numerous honorary doctorate degrees.