Mr. Sawin is President of Bear Investments Inc. (private investment company). From 1990 until their sale to CCS Income Trust in May 2006, he was President, director and part owner of Grizzly Well Servicing Inc. and related companies (private oilfield service companies operating drilling and service rigs in Western Canada). He is also a director of a number of private companies. In the not-for-profit sector, he serves as Chairman of the University Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees and as a director of the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club.