Biography - Gordon Stovel

Gordon Stovel holds a B.Sc., B.A. (Honours Economics and Corporate Finance) degree from the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of North Dakota. Entering the financial services industry in 1966, he earned a number of professional designations, including Chartered Life Underwriter (1971), Registered Financial Planner (1987) and Certified Financial Planner (1996). In 2002, Mr. Stovel was accredited by the Society of Estate Practitioners as a Registered Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP). Mr. Stovel was also a Member of the Board of Cancer Care Ontario and past-Chair of the Board of Governors of The Credit Valley Hospital. He was on the founding Board of Trustees for the Healthcare Ontario Pension Plan, and held a number of positions with this Board, including Board Chair in 1997. Mr. Stovel has also served on the Boards of both the YMCA of Greater Toronto, the Ontario Hospital Association and spent two years on the National Board of Trustees for Chartered Life Underwriters. In 2007 he was named the "Businessman of the Year" by the Mississauga Board of Trade, and in 2006 Rotary International named him as a Paul Harris Fellow.

Mr. Stovel recently received a Certified Corporate Director designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D) at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is actively increasing his activities in corporate governance for Canadian businesses and foundations in both the private and public sectors.