Patrick has extensive experience in private equity and real estate investing. Patrick currently serves as President & CEO of Northam Realty Advisors Limited, a Canadian real estate investment management firm that was established in 1971. Northam's senior management team, under Patrick's leadership, has expanded the company's assets under management from less than $50mm in 1988 to a current portfolio in excess of 6.4 million square feet of commercial space with a value in excess of $1.25 Billion.

Patrick also has a distinguished track record in private equity. He actively participated in the consolidation of the North American automotive parts distribution industry. His German family's Hamburg-based holding company acquired Metrix Holdings Inc., a specialized distributor of import automotive parts in the United States, and subsequently acquired and integrated a number of smaller competitors. Metrix was sold to Worldpac Inc. in 1999 to create the largest import automotive parts specialty distribution business in North America.

Patrick received his B.A. in Commerce and Economics from the University of Toronto.

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James has over 15 years experience investing and building companies. He started his business career as a senior executive at Newcourt Credit Group and helped build the second largest non-bank finance company in the world. As a member of Newcourt's Investment Committee, he helped accumulate a portfolio of debt and equity investments in excess of $28 billion and helped complete 26 acquisitions. James has extensive operational and financial restructuring experience and has served as Chairman, CEO and President of a number of public and private companies (including MDC Corporation and Farley Windows (now part of Gienow Windows and Doors)) and helped transform them from positions of financial distress to profitable companies. He was previously a Partner at Edgestone Capital Partners, one of the most successful private equity firms in Canada, and was the co-founder of Ironbridge Equity Partners Inc.

James serves as Chairman of Orbit Garant Drilling Inc., and sits on the Board of Directors of Gesco Industries Inc. He was Vice-Chairman and a member on the Board of Directors of both Newcourt Capital Inc. and Farley Windows and Doors Ltd. He also served on the board of directors of Davis + Henderson Income Fund and Labstat International Inc.

James holds an MBA - LLB degree from University of Windsor, where he previously received his Bachelor of Commerce degree. He is the founder of the Advanced Business Law Program at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law.

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Zaheed started his business career as an Associate at Edgestone Capital Partners where he provided analytical and operational analysis and support on a broad range of companies. Zaheed was actively involved in the acquisition, monitoring and subsequent IPO of Richards Packaging Inc. He also participated in the monitoring and disposition of Farley Windows and Doors as part of the IPO of Gienow Windows and Doors.

Zaheed graduated from the Harvard Business School with an M.B.A. and previously received an Honours Business Administration (HBA) degree from the Richard Ivey School, University of Western Ontario. He has completed all three levels of the CFA program.

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Colleen has a demonstrated passion and ability in building world-class organizations.

Following a successful career at Merrill Lynch and CIBC in investment banking and retail investments, Colleen founded E*TRADE Canada where, as President, she led the organization from a start-up to becoming the largest independent on-line investment firm in Canada. Colleen led E*TRADE Canada's successful IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1999. Two years later she negotiated and led the sale of the company to E*TRADE Financial (NASDAQ: ETFC) for $187 million.

Colleen resigned in 2007 to pursue another entrepreneurial opportunity. Earlier this year the company was sold by E*TRADE Financial to the Bank of Nova Scotia for $442 million. At that time E*TRADE Canada had grown assets under management to $4.7 billion. Ms. Moorehead also served as Vice President and General Manager of E*TRADE Financial Global Corporate Services. After leaving E*TRADE, Colleen served as President and CEO for Nexient Learning Inc. where she successfully restructured and recapitalized the company.

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Imran joined Signal Hill in July 2009. Previously, he worked for Merrill Lynch Canada as an Associate in the Investment Banking Division. During his four years at Merrill Lynch Canada, Imran worked as part of a team assisting with mergers, acquisitions and financings for companies in the aerospace, pharmaceutical, retail, packaging and manufacturing industries.

Imran holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree from McGill University where he graduated second in his class and on the Dean’s Honour List.

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• Consultant to private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies
• Associate Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
• Former CEO, Elan Corporation
• Former CFO, SKD Company
• HBA, MBA, PhD, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario

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• Chairman, Defyrus Inc
• Former President & COO, Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund
• Former President, CEO & Founder, Skulogix Inc.
• Former President, Rogers Telecommunications
• Former President of Spar Space Systems
• Harvard MBA; B.Sc. Elec. Eng., Queen's University

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• Founder and Principle, Maxwell & Associates
• Former Senior Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company, Canada
• Former Director Marketing and Sales Operations, Pillsbury Canada Ltd.
• Brand Management, Warner Lambert
• B.Com., Queen's University, ACPC - Adler International Learning, Inc.

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• Chairman, Otec Research Limited
• Former CEO, CIT Capital Finance
• Former President, Newcourt Capital
• Former Chairman of the Audit Committee, Cossette Communication Group
• B.Comm., McMaster University

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• Managing Partner, CapAfrica Canada Partnership
• Chairman, GBC North America
• Former Partner, Edgestone Capital Partners
• Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Teleglobe Canada Inc.
• Former Founding Officer, BCE Mobile Communications Inc. (now Bell Mobility)
• Adjunct Professor and member of the Faculty Advisory Board , Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
• Panel Member, Council of Canadian Academies Report on Business Innovation in Canada
• LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School; MBA, INSEAD; I.C.D., Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors; Honours Science, Queens University