Wellington Financial LP's Advisory Council reflects a deep and varied group of talented and accomplished individuals, including:
John L. Albright:
Mr. Albright is a well-known senior technology venture capitalist currently managing his third dedicated technology venture fund,
J.L. Albright Venture Partners IV. Prior to the founding of J.L. Albright Venture Partners in 1996, Mr. Albright held senior positions with Jefferson Partners, First City Capital Markets and Central Capital Corporation. Mr. Albright is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Mr. Albright serves as a director of Nuvo Network Management (NVO:TSX) and Q9 Networks Inc (Q:TSX).
Jeffrey S. Chisholm
Mr. Chisholm is the former Vice-Chairman of Bank of Montreal. He retired in 2001 following a highly successful 23-year career in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. Mr. Chisholm is a past-President of the Royal Winter Fair and is currently a director of a number of public and private companies, including The Amex Bank of Canada and Certicom Corp. (CIC:TSX).
Philip C. Deck
Mr. Deck is a well-known technology entrepreneur. Mr. Deck is Chairman and CEO of
MKS Inc., a Waterloo-based public software company (MKX:TSX). From April 1993 to November 1999, Mr. Deck was Chairman and/or CEO of Certicom Corp., a publicly traded company (CERT:NASDAQ, CIC:TSX) engaged in the development and marketing of cryptographic technologies for computing and communications products. Since 1989, Mr. Deck has also served as a principal of HSD Partners Inc. a Toronto based merchant banking firm that makes investments in, and assists in the management of, growth companies. Mr. Deck is a director of the Bank of Canada and the Canadian Opera Company. Mr. Deck holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Queens University.
F. Lee Green
Mr. Green has more than 20 years in the software industry. He was the North American founder and former Chairman and CEO of Triple G Systems Group, Inc. (TGG:TSX), a world leader in medical laboratory information systems. Triple G was acquired by GE Medical Systems (a subsidiary of General Electric, GE:NYSE) in August 2003 for $84 million.
Charles S. Jones
Mr. Jones is former President & CEO of
Geac Inc., a global ERP software company with more than 2,000 employees. Mr. Jones led Geac's turnaround from its 2001 share price of $2/share to its $12.70/share acquisition in 2006 by Golden Gate for in excess of $1 billion.
He currently leads Bedford Funding, a US$400 million software buyout private equity fund based in White Plains, N.Y.
Greg Kiessling
Mr. Kiessling was co-founder, chairman and CEO of Sitraka (originally KL Group), formed in 1989. Sitraka was Canada's largest self-financed software company before it was sold to Quest Software (QSFT:Nasdaq) in November 2002 for US$52 million. Mr. Kiessling is now Executive Chairman of Bullfrog Power Inc., Ontario's first 100% green electricity retailer. Mr. Kiessling is also Chairman of the development committee of the Regent Park Community Health Centre's Pathways to Education (P2E) program.
Capt (N) Senator The Hon. Dr. Hugh D. Segal, C.M.
Member of The Senate of Canada for Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds. Currently a director of several companies, including
Energy Savings Income Fund,
Gluskin Sheff + Associates,
General Motors of Canada Advisory Council,
SNC-Lavalin Group,
St. Lawrence Cement, Chair of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and is a Governor of Kingston General Hospital. Former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada and Associate Secretary of the Ontario Cabinet, Mr. Segal is one of Canada's better-known public policy experts. Since 1999, Hugh Segal has been President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy of Canada and has taught at Queen's University Schools of Policy Studies and Business since 1993. In 2003, he was awarded the Order of Canada and holds a Doctorate in Law (honoris causa) from the Royal Military College of Canada.
John Varghese
Mr. Varghese is currently a Managing Partner at
VentureLink LP., (formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of
C.I. Mutual Funds). Skylon is the manager for the VentureLink Group of Funds where Mr. Varghese is responsible for the management and investment activities of the fund. Currently Mr. Varghese is an observer or board member on eight companies, including acting as Chairman of Orion Securities Inc. and Chairman of Ventus Energy Inc. Mr. Varghese's professional experience ranges from venture capital and investment banking to senior management and board of director roles in various industries. He has held senior management roles within multi-national corporations and early stage entities including Royal Bank Capital Corporation, Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. (Merrill Lynch Canada), Dell Computer Corporation and Jim Pattison Industries Ltd.