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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Allen Karp Co-Chairman of the Board since September 2012 and
Director since October 2005
Mr. Karp, 75, was with Cineplex Odeon Corporation in various positions since 1986, where he retired as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2002 and as Chairman Emeritus in 2005. From 1966 to 1986, he practiced law at
the law firm of Goodman and Carr LLP, where he was named partner in 1970. Mr. Karp was until recently a Director of
Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc., the Chair of its corporate governance committee and sat on the audit committee, and
was Chairman of the Board of Directors of IBI Group Inc., and was Chairman of the Nominating, Governance and
Compensation Committee. Mr. Karp is a past director of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, where he served as
Chairman of the Board from 1999 to 2007 and has served as Chairman of its Corporate Governance Committee since
2007. Additionally, Mr. Karp was previously a director of several other public corporations.
Mr. Karp has extensive executive leadership skills, long-standing senior management experience, a strong
ethics and compliance focus and audit committee experience. These skills and qualifications, in addition to his recent
service on the boards of directors of other public companies, enable him to bring valuable perspectives to our Board,
particularly with respect to corporate governance matters, and qualify him to be a director of Tucows.
Rawleigh H. Ralls Co-Chairman of the Board since September 2012 and
Director since May 2009
Mr. Ralls, 53, is a founding partner of Lacuna, LLC, an investment management company focused on both public
and private companies, which he formed in October 2006. Prior thereto, from 1999 to 2006, he was Chairman of
Netidentity.com, an Internet email and web hosting company, where he led corporate strategy and development until the
firm’s sale in 2006. Mr. Ralls currently serves on the Board of Directors of a number of companies, including Savoya,
LLC, IntraOp Medical, Knowledge Factor, and Mocapay, Inc.
Mr. Ralls has a wealth of industry experience, most notably the experience that he gained through his leadership
of Netidentity.com. In addition, Mr. Ralls contributes a unique perspective to the Board’s discussions and considerations
based on the two decades of investing and portfolio management experience. All of these attributes qualify Mr. Ralls to be
a director of Tucows.
Erez Gissin Director since August 2001
Mr. Gissin, 57, has served since 2010 as a managing partner in Helios Energy Investment, a Renewable Energy
investment fund, and since 2005 as the Chief Executive Officer of BCID Ltd., an investment company focusing on
infrastructure development projects in China. From July 2000 to March 2005, Mr. Gissin has served as the Chief Executive
Officer of IP Planet Networks Ltd., an Israeli satellite communication operator providing Internet backbone connectivity
and solutions to Internet Service Providers. From July 1995 to July 2000, Mr. Gissin was Vice President, Business
Development of Eurocom Communications Ltd., a holding company that controls several telecommunications services,
equipment and Internet companies in Israel.
Mr. Gissin has a strong background in the internet communications industry and has gained significant
institutional knowledge in his long tenure as one of our directors. Mr. Gissin also has significant leadership experience as
the Chief Executive Officer of BCID Ltd. and IP Planet Networks Ltd. and has extensive financial acumen derived from
his years of executive experience. All of these qualities qualify Mr. Gissin to be a director of Tucows.
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