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Mr. Wolkin brings a wealth of capital markets experience to the Grandview board. Until February 2008 he was a managing director in the Diversified Industries Group of BMO Capital Markets a major Canadian investment dealer. He is an accomplished trusted and successful investment banker and financial analyst with over 30 years of experience and success. Mr. Wolkin entered the Investment Industry in 1976 as a Financial Analyst and Economist. In 1983 he joined BMO Nesbit Burns as a Senior Research Analyst responsible for Management and Diversified Companies. During his tenure he was the number one ranked analyst in his sector and was a member of Canada’s Number One Research team as rated by Brendan Wood & Company. In 1992 he moved to BMO Nesbit Burns’s Investment and Corporate Banking Group. Over the following 15 years he represented his firm as a lead underwriter for a number of Canada’s largest equity offerings. He also was responsible for the origination and the successful marketing of a large number of Initial Public Offerings and equity financings for a wide range of issuers and advised numerous corporations on mergers and acquisitions. He received a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from York University and a Master of Arts (Economics and Finance) degree from The University of Toronto. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a former president of the CFA Society of Toronto. | 