Stephen Akerfeldt was appointed to the Board of Directors on September 12 2006 and became Chairman in June 2007. Mr. Akerfeldt is currently a member of the board of Jura Energy Corporation which is an oil and gas exploration company based in Calgary Canada. In 1998 he became part owner and currently serves as a director and president of Ritz Plastics Inc. which produces plastic injection molded parts used primarily in the automotive industry. In 1991 Mr. Akerfeldt and certain partners acquired two major chains of dry cleaning operations in the Toronto Ontario marketplace which were then sold in 2003. Mr. Akerfeldt has worked as a business consultant to various companies and entrepreneurs since the mid-1990ıs. From 1987 to 1990 Mr. Akerfeldt was Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Magna International Inc. a multi-billion dollar public company auto parts manufacturer. Mr. Akerfeldt joined the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand in 1965 and from 1974 through 1987 he was a partner in the firmıs Toronto office. His accounting practice included a broad range of clients including investment dealers public mining companies insurance companies public oil and gas producers and manufacturing companies both public and private. Mr. Akerfeldt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo and became a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1970. |