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Board of Directors 



Chairman of the Board

Ian W. Delaney
(Chair of Corporate Governance Committee)

Ian W. Delaney is Chairman of Sherritt International Corporation and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer. He has also served in executive positions at Viridian Inc., The Horsham Corporation and Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. over the past 25 years. He is a licensed pilot and an avid aviator in his spare time.

 

Director

Charles Harnick
(Member of Corporate Governance Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee and Audit Committee)

Charles Harnick, Q.C is a founding Principal of Counsel Public Affairs Inc., and a Mediator and Arbitrator on the panel of Yorkstreet Dispute Resolution Group. Mr. Harnick served Ontario as Attorney General and Minister of Native Affairs from 1995-1999, and as MPP for the riding of Willowdale from 1990 to1999. He was awarded the Law Society Medal in 2005 and sits as a Bencher (governor) of The Law Society of Upper Canada.

 

Director

Patricia Lang
(Member, Corporate Governance Committee and Human Resources and Compensation Committee)

Patricia Lang was President of Confederation College from 2000 to 2011and is recognized as a community leader and a respected voice in Thunder Bay and in communities throughout Northwestern Ontario. During her tenure as President, Confederation College opened six new programs and centres, including the Aviation Centre of Excellence, the Confederation Natural Resources Centre, the Centre for Applied Media Productions, and the Negahneewing College of Academic & Community Development. She is a member of the board of directors at Cancer Care Ontario as well as the Minister’s Ring of Fire Advisory Committee. Ms. Lang holds a Master of Arts from Central Michigan University, and a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of New Brunswick.

 

Director

Barry McLellan
(Chair, Medical Oversight Committee; Member, Corporate Governance Committee)

Dr. Barry McLellan is President and CEO at Sunnybrook. Prior to this position, Dr. McLellan was the Chief Coroner for Ontario. Dr. McLellan is also a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. A graduate of the University of Toronto with a Medical Doctorate in 1981, Dr. McLellan subsequently trained in emergency medicine, receiving a Fellowship in 1985 (Specialist in Emergency Medicine). Dr. McLellan was the Director of the Trauma Program and Vice President of Specialty Services at Sunnybrook. He was also the Director of the hospital's Emergency Department, Base Hospital Program (paramedic program) and Trauma Research.

 

Director

Maneesh Mehta
(Member, Corporate Governance Committee, Audit Committee and Medical Oversight Committee)

Maneesh Mehta is the co-founder and senior managing director of The Black Box Institute, a management consulting business providing advice to businesses. He is also a member of the board of directors at Central Local Health Integration Network. He had a 19-year history with Deloitte, as a partner, managing partner and managing director for various management consulting portfolios in Toronto and New York. Mr. Mehta has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, and has also been trained in the Directors Education Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

 

Director

Patrice E. Merrin
(Chair, Human Resources and Compensation Committee; Member, Corporate Governance Committee and Medical Oversight Committee)

Patrice Merrin is interim Chief Executive Officer of CML HealthCare. Ms. Merrin is an independent consultant and director and is President and CEO of Patrice Merrin and Partners. She is a former President, CEO and director of Luscar Ltd., Canada’s largest producer of thermal coal, and was Executive Vice-President and COO of Sherritt International Corporation from 1999 to 2004. Ms. Merrin is a director of Enssolutions Group Inc. and of the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation and is known for her expertise in complex political, regulatory and compliance environments. She holds a BA from Queen’s University and completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD. She was also a Queen’s University Trustee.

 

Director

Patricia Volker
(Chair, Audit Committee; Member, Corporate Governance Committee)

Patricia (Trish) Volker is an Instructor at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, At the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario she further developed her professional and advisory skills as an Associate Director Member Services and the former Director of Standards Enforcement. She was a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Task Force on the Appropriate Disclosed Basis of Accounting and is active in her community with a focus on aviation events. Ms. Volker is a graduate of the University of Toronto and received her CA designation in 1981.