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Mr. Vickers continues to act as an independent finance/business consultant to private and public companies since departing Desjardins Securities Inc. in May 2003. Based in Toronto he was a Vice-President Investment Banking Technology Group for Desjardins Securities Inc. an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Desjardins Mouvement a financial services conglomerate from January 2002 to April 2003. From August 1996 through to December 2001 Mr. Vickers was an independent finance/business consultant to private and public companies. He has been a director of private and public companies engaged in technology (software hardware internet based technologies) as well as the hospitality industry. He was a Vice-President in Corporate Finance at Groome Capital.com Inc. and Yorkton Securities Ltd. from July 1996 through to July 2000 specializing in new economy companies (i.e. software hi-tech telecom biotech). From January 1990 to July 1996 he was the Director and a Manager of Company Listings at the TSX. From July 1985 to December 1989 he was a corporate lender at the CIBC and a senior analyst in Engineering Economics at Bell Canada. Mr. Vickers earned a Master of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Toronto (1985) and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics (summa cum laude) from McMaster University (1982). | 