In addition to
Greg Morrison who as President and CEO is also a director of
Imagine Group Holdings Limited, Bermuda (see Senior Management for bio), the
remaining members of Imagine's Board of Directors and their respective biographical
information are as follows:
Frank Potter became an independent director of Imagine in 2005 and
Chairman in December 2006. Mr. Potter has an extensive background in international
banking in Europe, the Middle East and the United States and is a former Executive
Director of The World Bank and International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C.
More recently, he was special advisor to the Department of Finance in Ottawa.
Mr. Potter has been Chairman of Emerging Markets Advisors Inc. since 1995 and is
a director of a number of public, private and not-for-profit organizations in Canada
and internationally.
George Gleadall became a director of Imagine at its inception in 2000 and
served as Chairman for 6 years. Mr. Gleadall stepped down as Imagine's Chairman
in December 2006 and remains on the Board as a director. Mr. Gleadall currently holds
a number of other directorships with subsidiaries of Imagine, specifically Imagine
Insurance Company Limited, Barbados where he is Chairman, and with other
subsidiaries of our parent company, Brookfield Asset Management. Mr. Gleadall is
President of Trilon International Inc., an affiliated company through which Brookfield
Asset Management controls its shareholding in Imagine. Prior to joining Trilon,
Mr. Gleadall held a variety of management positions in businesses in the Caribbean,
Canada and South Africa. Mr. Gleadall has served as President of the Barbados
International Business Association and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants, as well as
a member of the Society of Management Accountants and holds a Master of Business
Administration degree in international finance from the Manchester Business
School, U.K.
George E. Myhal has served as a director of Imagine since its inception in
2000. Mr. Myhal is Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Imagine's parent
company, Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) and has primary responsibility
for strategic planning and business development. Mr. Myhal has held a number of
senior positions within Brookfield since joining the company in 1981 and has been
instrumental in the development and growth of Brookfield's asset management
business. He holds directorships in the following public companies:
NBS Technologies Inc., MediSolution Ltd., Royal LePage Financial Services Fund
and GLP NT Corporation. Mr. Myhal is also Chair of the Dean's Advisory Board,
Faculty of Applied Science at the University of Toronto, a member of that University's
Governing Council and a director of Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Ronald M. Freeman became an independent director of Imagine in 2006.
Mr. Freeman has an extensive investment banking, capital markets and legal
background, having worked as an investment banker for Salomon Brothers (now a unit
of Citigroup) and affiliated companies from 1973 to 1991, and again from 1997 to 2000,
when he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Schroeder
Salomon Smith Barney International in London. In 1991, Mr. Freeman was nominated
by the U.S. Treasury Secretary to serve as First Vice President and Head of Banking
Department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a role
in which he was confirmed by the EBRD's shareholders and served for two terms until
1997. Mr. Freeman also worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company and as a
lawyer for Baker & McKenzie. Mr. Freeman is a director of or adviser to a number of
public, private, educational and not-for-profit organizations in New York, Washington
and Paris, including serving on the board of directors and audit committee of Severstal,
the board of directors of Troika Dialog, and of Volga Gas, all headquartered in Moscow,
and the board of international advisors of Unicredit Bank, Milan.
Phillip Peller became an independent director of Imagine in 2006. As a former
partner of Andersen Worldwide SC, a firm he was associated with for almost 40 years,
Mr. Peller has an extensive background in accounting, auditing and risk management.
Prior to his retirement in 1999, Mr. Peller served as Managing Partner - Practice
Protection and Affairs, where he was responsible for overseeing the firm's professional
practice litigation and was extensively involved with the firm's Bermuda based
insurance company. Prior to assuming his Practice Protection role in 1996, he was
the Managing Director - Quality, Risk Management and Professional Competence
for Andersen's worldwide audit practice. Over the years, Mr. Peller served on a diverse
group of Andersen committees including the Committee on Professional Standards
(Vice Chairman), which dealt with professional, regulatory and ethical matters, and the
Andersen Worldwide Partners Unit Committee (Chairman). Mr. Peller is a member of
the American Institute of CPAs and serves on the board of directors and chairs the
audit committee of two New York Stock Exchange listed companies, MSC Industrial
Direct Co., Inc and Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. Mr. Peller served as a trustee of
Lehigh University for twelve years and was a member of several Lehigh board
committees including the Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee.
He is now a Lehigh Trustee Emeritus. Mr. Peller is currently a member of the board
of directors of the MS Research Center of New York and serves as its treasurer.
Bruce Robertson became a director of Imagine in 2006. Mr. Robertson is
Managing Partner, Funds Development and is responsible for the development of
private and listed funds. Since 1996, Mr. Robertson has held various senior
management positions within Brookfield and its affiliates, including mergers and
acquisitions, corporate financings, merchant banking and corporate restructurings
in a number of industries. Mr. Robertson is a Chartered Accountant and earned
a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) at Queen's University.
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