All board trustees have extensive experience
in the real estate sector. Unless otherwise indicated, all board
trustees have been with Cominar since the creation of the REIT
in 1998.
Robert Després, O.C., G.O.Q.(1) (3) Chairman of the Board and Trustee
Mr. Robert Després
is President of DRM Holdings Inc. and Chairman of the Board of
Domosys Corporation and Obzerv Technologies Inc. He is also a
member of the Board of Directors of the National Optics Institute,
GeneOhm Sciences Inc., and H.R.S Holdings Limited. He has also
been, throughout his career, a member of the Board of Directors
of several companies, including Camdev Corporation, Canada Malting
Co. Ltd, CFCF Inc., Domtar, Manulife Financial, Mitel Corporation,
National Trust Company, Norcen Energy Resources Limited, Provigo
Inc., Sidbec-Dosco Inc., and Wajax. Mr. Després presides
over Cominar’s Audit Committee.
Michel Dallaire,
P.Eng. Trustee, President and Chief Executive
Officer
Mr. Michel Dallaire was appointed President
and Chief Executive Officer of Cominar in April 2005. He has close
to 20 years of experience with Cominar, having served as President
and Chief Operating Officer from 2003 to 2005, and Executive Vice
President, Operations up until 2003. Prior to joining Cominar,
he worked as an engineer for Dupuis Côté, a Quebec
City engineering firm. Mr. Dallaire holds a bachelor’s degree
in engineering from Université Laval and is a member of
Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.
Michel Paquet Trustee, Senior Executive Vice President
Mr. Michel Paquet was appointed
Cominar’s Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs in 1986.
From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Paquet practiced law with the Quebec City
law firm of Charest & Associés. From 1979 to 1983,
he was a member of the law firm of Paradis, Chabot & Paquet
in Thetford Mines. Mr. Paquet holds a bachelor’s degree in
law from Université de Sherbrooke and is a member of the
Quebec Bar Association.
Alain Dallaire has held the position of Executive Vice President, Leasing and Commercial Operations of Cominar since 2005. He has in excess of 10 years experience in real estate and broad expertise across the entire range of Cominar's leasing activities. He was appointed as Trustee in November 2006.
Pierre Gingras(4) Trustee
Mr. Pierre Gingras is President of Placements Moras, a real estate
investment company. He was the co-founder and Vice President of
Jacques G. Parent Inc., an actuary firm. Mr. Gingras has been
a director of Desjardins Financial Security since 2001 and Chairman
of the Board of Reliure Sélect and Reliure Montréal
Gratton since 1995. He was also a director of Fédération
des Caisses populaires Desjardins de Québec from 1989 to
2000 and of The Imperial Life Insurance Company from 1994 to 1998.
Mr. Gingras holds an MBA from Université Laval and is a
member of Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Québec.
Gérard Coulombe, Q.C.(2) (3) Trustee
Gérard Coulombe was appointed Trustee of Cominar in March 2007. He is Chairman of the Board of Desjardins Ducharme L.L.P., a leading Quebec law firm, where he practises business law. He holds a law degree from Ottawa University and has done post-graduate studies at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is listed by LEXPERT as a leading practitioner in banking, corporate finance and securities and mergers and acquisitions. He sits on the board of directors of several corporations, including the National Bank of Canada, the National Bank Life Insurance Company and National Bank Trust.
Ghislaine Laberge(2) (4) Trustee
Ms. Ghislaine Laberge has been a real estate investment consultant
since 1995. From 1992 to 1994, she held the position of Vice President,
Mortgage Investments at Assurance-Vie Desjardins, and from 1987
to 1992, she was Vice President, Mortgage Investments of Caisse
de dépôt et placement du Québec. Ms. Laberge
is a director of the Investment and Governance Committee of Cadim,
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and
a director of CDP Capital – Hypothèques, a subsidiary
of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
Dino Fuoco(1) (4) Trustee
Mr. Dino Fuoco was appointed Trustee of Cominar in November 2006. Mr. Fuoco brings 30 years of experience in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He is a Certified Management Accountant and Chairman of the Board of the Québec CMA Order. He currently sits on the board of several public and private companies and has held senior executive positions at several companies, including Société générale de financement du Québec and Alliance Forest Products.
Alban D'Amours(1) (2) Trustee
Alban D’Amours was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Desjardins Group from 2000 to 2008. In 1988 he joined the Confédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec, where he held various management positions. He held various positions in the Quebec civil service, including those of Associate Deputy Minister of Energy and Deputy Minister of Revenue. He taught for 12 years at the Université de Sherbrooke, where he helped set up the Economics Department. Mr. D’Amours completed his doctoral studies with a major in monetary policy, public finance and econometrics.
Notes
(1) Member of the Audit Committee
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee
(3) Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
