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The full text of the Audit and Risk Management Committee’s Charter is included as Appendix A to this Annual Information Form.
Mr. Kerr, Ms. Kotchka, Ms. Stymiest and Mr. Richardson are the members of the Committee, each of whom is a director of the
Company and independent and financially literate under Sections 1.4 and 1.5 of National Instrument 52-110 of the Canadian
Securities Administrators-Audit Committees and the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market. The members of the Audit
and Risk Management Committee bring significant skill and experience to their responsibilities including professional experience in
accounting, business and finance. The specific education and experience of each member that is relevant to the performance of his or
her responsibilities as such member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee are set out below:
David Kerr, B.Sc., CPA, CA (Chair) – Mr. Kerr has a B.Sc. from McGill University. Mr. Kerr is Managing Partner of Edper
Financial Corporation, a financial management company. From July 2002, to August 2006, Mr. Kerr was Chairman of Falconbridge
Limited (formally Noranda Inc.) and prior to that he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Falconbridge Limited. Mr. Kerr is
a director of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.; Sun Life Financial Corporation; Halmont Properties Corporation; the Toronto
Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation; and the Special Olympics Canada Foundation.
Claudia Kotchka, B.B.A., CPA – Ms. Kotchka has a B.B.A., Cum Laude, from Ohio University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ms. Kotchka held various executive roles during her 31 year career at Procter & Gamble, including Vice-President, Design
Innovation & Strategy from 2001 to 2009. Ms. Kotchka is an independent consultant to Fortune 500 companies on innovation,
strategy and design and is also a speaker at conferences and forums on design and innovation and has been a guest lecturer at business
school and universities. She is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian Design Museum and an Advisor with Stanford
University Institute of Design. She has also served on a number of charitable organizations including as a member of the United Way
Women’s Leadership Council, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Audubon Society and Reading for Life.
Barbara Stymiest, FCPA, FCA – Ms. Stymiest has an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
and FCA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. From 2004 to 2011, Ms. Stymiest held various senior management
positions in the Royal Bank of Canada and served as a member of the Group Executive responsible for the overall strategic direction
of the company. Prior to this, Ms. Stymiest held positions as Chief Executive Officer at TSX Group Inc., Executive Vice-President &
CFO at BMO Nesbitt Burns and Partner of Ernst & Young LLP. Ms. Stymiest is currently a Director of George Weston Limited, Sun
Life Financial Inc., University Health Network and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
John Richardson, B. Comm., MBA, FCPA, FCA – Mr. Richardson has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of
Toronto, an MBA from the Harvard Business School and FCA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.
Mr. Richardson was appointed Chairman of the Ontario Pension Board in July 2004 and retired at the end of his three year term on
June 30, 2007. He was a former senior partner of Clarkson Gordon & Co; Executive Vice President of
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