Assessing Board & CEO Performance

Using assessment to improve the way the board does business
David W. Pamenter

Creating and evaluating annual board goals and work plans
Andrea Plotnick

Assessing individual director performance
John T. Dinner

Evaluating the CEO
David I. Matheson, Q.C.

Board preparation for CEO succession
H. Garfield Emerson, Q.C.

Governance renewal - Succession planning, board composition and structure
Wally Zimmerman

Annual board goals and work plans
Libby Burnham

David W. Anderson is President of Anderson Governance Group, an advisory firm dedicated to assisting corporate boards and management teams enhance leadership and governance performance. He has advised Canadian and U.S. clients across industry sectors on key human capital management policies, practices and metrics. In conducting an extensive program of international governance research, The Anderson Governance Group works collaboratively with McKinsey & Company and serves a range of organizations on leadership and governance issues, including: Celestica, CIBC, Manulife, Scotiabank, ShawCor Ltd., TD Bank and national Association of Corporate Directors.

Jeff Barnes has served as a director for many Canadian and international public, private companies. He is currently Director, Thistle Mining Inc. and the EasterSeals Society of Ontario. He is a former member of the Securities Advisory Committee, Ontario Securities Commission. Jeff is a Partner with Heenan Blaikie and well recognized as one of Canada's leading mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, project finance, corporate governance and securities law experts.

David Brown is Canada's leading thinker and communicator on corporate governance. Co-founder of the Directors College, the International Corporate Governance Center, the Public Enterprise Governance Centre, and the National Awards in Governance, David has pioneered and championed the application of principlebased governance in Canada and globally. Over the past 15 years, David has worked directly with the boards and CEOs of 200 leading corporations, from one-time evaluation, selection and strategy assignments, to ongoing intensive development, governance reviews and coaching. Internationally, David and Brown Governance Inc. have corporate governance experience working in all sectors from Russia to China, from Bahrain to Quantico.

Libby Burnham is a senior, well-respected and nationally connected legal, business and political advisor. She is trustee of Trent University and director, Breakout Educational Network, Huntsman Marine Science Centre. Her previous directorships include Minacs Worldwide Inc., Life Network Channel, Trillium Growth Capital Inc., Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Chair of the The Wellesley Central Hospital. She is counsel with Morrison Brown Sosnovitch LLP where she practices in government relations and corporate and commercial law.

As President of John T. Dinner Board Governance Service, John Dinner helps boards across all sectors improve their performance and effectiveness. He uses his unique boardroom experience and expertise to help boards to deliver on their accountabilities to promote organizational strength, viability and effectiveness through critical governance processes. John's hands-on, in-the-trenches board work has helped develop and refine leading edge governance practices, including director recruitment, board education, meeting effectiveness, information management and decision making, and board evaluation.

H. Garfield Emerson, Q.C., Principal, Emerson Advisory; former National Chair, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and former Chairman of the Board, Rogers Communications Inc. and Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.; director: CAE Inc., Sentry Select Capital Corp. and Wittington Investments, Limited; member: Auditing and Assurance Standards Oversight Council; former director: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

David I. Matheson, QC, ATS Andlauer Income Fund Group, Clarke Inc., Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited, Tonbridge Power Inc. Mr. Matheson currently serves as Chairman, a Trustee and a Director of the ATS Andlauer Income Fund Group and member of their Audit and Governance Committee; Director of Clarke Inc. and Chairman of its Audit Committee; Director of Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited and Chairman of its Audit and Governance Committee and Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. and Chairman of its Audit and Governance Committee. Mr. Matheson is a counsel with McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP.

David W. Pamenter has a range of board and governance experience including public companies, private companies, charities and not-for-profits. He is Chair of the Board of QCED Inc. Director, Rioch Canada Inc. and was Director Chairman of the Governance Committee and member of the Audit Committee of ADB Systems International Inc. (1998-2002);. Member of Gowlings' Executive Committee and Gowlings' Toronto Management Committee (1999-2002); Vice-President, General Counsel and Director of Scouts Toronto, Greater Toronto Region (1996-2001); Director and General Counsel to Scouts Canada Foundation, the National Foundation for Scouting in Canada (2000-present); Director and Corporate Secretary to numerous private Canadian companies owned by foreign manufacturers and distributors. Mr. Pamenter is a business law partner in the Toronto office of Gowlings.

Andrea Plotnick, Ph.D. has a Doctorate in Applied Social Psychology, with a focus on Organizational Psychology, and 17 years of consulting experience to private, public and not-for- profit clients. She is currently the National Expertise Director, Organizational Effectiveness at the Hay Group, where she developed and heads up the Board Governance service line. Her scope of service responsibility at Hay also includes organization analysis, design and development, leadership assessment and development, strategic change management, and HR strategy and transformation.

Mr. Zimmerman is Vice-Chair, Lead Trustee, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of both the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of CML Healthcare Income Fund. Mr. Zimmerman is also Vice-Chair, Lead Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of both the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mr. Zimmerman is as well the principal of Zimmerman Lawyers, Hamilton, Ontario.