 Fund Trustees
W. John Dawson, FCA, Director of Sun Gro
Mr. Dawson
graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1964 with a B. Comm. degree in Accounting.
He obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1966 and was a partner in a major international
accounting firm from 1972 until his retirement in 2001. During his 37 years in public accounting,
Mr. Dawson was involved primarily in national and international client matters. He was a member of the
firm's Partnership Board from 1982 to 1994. Mr. Dawson has served as the President of the B.C. Institute
of Chartered Accountants from 1998 to 1999 and has served on the boards of several community and charitable
organizations. He is also a director and trustee of two other Canadian income funds.
John T. Goldsmith, Director of Sun Gro
Mr. Goldsmith has been a Director of Westminster Savings Credit Union since 1997 and currently is Chair
of the Investment and Lending committee of the Board. In 2002 he was elected as a Director to the Board
of Stabilization Central Credit Union, BC, an organization having shared responsibility for risk in the $30
Billion provincial credit union system. Mr. Goldsmith was a Director and Chairman of British
Columbia Railway Corporation. Mr. Goldsmith is also the president, director and controlling shareholder of
a consulting company and a retail company. Mr. Goldsmith was with a major Canadian chartered bank for
23 years, where he held various senior management positions and earned an Executive Development
degree from the University of Western Ontario business school in 1988.
T. Richard Turner, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Turner is the
President and Chief Executive Officer of TitanStar Capital Corp., a private company engaged in the provision
of private equity capital to mid-sized businesses and capital for real estate developments and acquisitions.
His other current Board positions include Trustee of Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:SZR.U);
Director of Sora Group Wealth Advisors Inc.; Chair and director of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia;
and Chair of Board of Trade.com Network Solutions. Mr. Turner is additionally a Director and Audit Committee Member
of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games (VANOC); Hearing Member on the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of
Canada; Governor of the BC Business Council; and a past Chair and Governor of the Vancouver Board of Trade. He holds a
Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the University of British Columbia.
Mitchell J. Weaver, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Sun Gro
Mr. Weaver joined Sun Gro in June 1997 as President. He led a major reorganization effort focused on increased profitability.
As part of this effort, the business was decentralized into individual profit centres, corporate overhead was reduced and sales
were targeted to the professional growers market. Prior to joining Sun Gro, he worked for Weyerhaeuser Company for 16 years.
During his time with Weyerhaeuser, Mr. Weaver worked in a number of successively more senior management positions. His last assignment
with Weyerhaeuser was as General Manager of the packaging operation in Salinas, California, where he was responsible for all aspects
of the business, with annual sales in excess of $100 million. Mr. Weaver graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts in Education.
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