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Mary C. Ritchie, of Edmonton, Alberta, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Richford Holdings Ltd., an accounting and investment advisory services firm. Prior to joining Richford Holdings in January 2002, Ms. Ritchie was a senior member of Arnold Consulting Group Ltd., a management-consulting firm. From 1979 to 1984 and from 1987 to 1996 she was a senior member of Price Waterhouse, management consultants.
Ms. Ritchie is presently a Director and member of the Audit Committees of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc., a publicly traded company, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, where she chairs the Audit Committee. She is a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of RBC Funds Inc. and RBC Advisor Global Fund Inc. and a member of their Independent Oversight Committee. Ms. Ritchie is a Director and chair of the Audit Committee of Isotechnika Inc., a publicly traded company. She is a member of the Board and Vice Chair of EPCOR Utilities Inc., a provider of energy and energy-related services and products that is the parent company of a number of subsidiaries, including certain that are a publicly traded. She is a member of the Business Advisory Council of the Faculty of Business of the University of Alberta and a member of the University’s Audit Committee. She is also a member of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. | 