People: MDC Partners Inc (MDCA.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Miles Nadal

55 2007 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Pustil

69 1992 Vice Chairman of the Board

David Doft

41 2007 Chief Financial Officer

Michael Sabatino

48 2007 Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

David Ross

32 2012 Senior Vice President - Corporate Development

Mitchell Gendel

47 2004 General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Gavin Swartzman

48 2004 Managing Director

Clare Copeland

76 2007 Independent Director

Thomas Davidson

72 1988 Independent Director

Robert Kamerschen

76 2004 Independent Director

Scott Kauffman

2011 Independent Presiding Director

Michael Kirby

2004 Independent Director

Irwin Simon

54 2013 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Miles Nadal

Mr. Miles S. Nadal is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of MDC Partners Inc. Mr. Nadal is the founder of the company. Mr. Nadal has been a Director and Chief Executive Officer of MDC since 1986, and President of MDC since 2007. Mr. Nadal has been involved in a number of additional businesses, including as a founder of First Asset Management Inc. Mr. Nadal is also the founder and a partner of Peerage Realty Partners and Artemis Investment Management. Mr. Nadal was also a former director of First Knowledge Partners. Mr. Nadal is active in supporting various business and community organizations. He provided the keystone gift for the rebuilding of the Bloor Jewish Community Centre (now the Miles S. Nadal Jewish Community Centre), and served on the boards of Mount Sinai and Baycrest. He was a keystone contributor to the revitalization of Ayolon/Canada Park (Canada-Israel Park), which has been named “The Miles S. Nadal & Family Environmental Community”. Through his involvement with Junior Achievement of Canada and the Schulich School of Business, Mr. Nadal has provided a number of high school and university scholarships for students striving to become entrepreneurs of the future. Under Mr. Nadal’s leadership, MDC Partners has grown into one of the world’s marketing communications networks whose over 35 holdings include Crispin Porter + Bogusky, kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners, Anomaly, Bruce Mau Design, henderson bas, Redscout, Attention, Sloane & Company, Colle + McVoy, Concentric, Laird, TEAM, HL Group, Relevent, Kwittken, 72 and Sunny, Kenna, Capital C, Doner, TargetCast, Hello Design, mono and Vitro.

Stephen Pustil

Mr. Stephen M. Pustil is Vice Chairman of the Board of MDC Partners Inc., since April 9, 1992. Mr. Pustil is also a Managing Partner at Peerage Capital, President of Peerage Realty Partners, and Chairman of Artemis Investment Management. Mr. Pustil is a chartered accountant and serves on the Board of Mount Sinai Hospital.

David Doft

Mr. David B. Doft is Chief Financial Officer of MDC Partners Inc., since August 10, 2007. Prior to joining MDC Partners, he oversaw media and Internet investments at Cobalt Capital Management Inc. from July 2005 to July 2007. Prior thereto, he worked at Level Global Investors from October 2003 to March 2005 investing in media and Internet companies. Before that, Mr. Doft was a sell side analyst for ten years predominately researching the advertising and marketing services sector for CIBC World Markets where he served as Executive Director and ABN AMRO/ING Barings Furman Selz where he was Managing Director.

Michael Sabatino

Mr. Michael C. Sabatino is Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of MDC Partners Inc. He joined MDC Partners in April 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining MDC Partners, he was an audit partner with the accounting firm of Eisner LLP from April 2004. Prior to that, from December 2001 to March 2004, he was the Co-CFO/Senior Vice President Finance of JAKKs Pacific, Inc., a publicly-held toy company. Before that, Mr. Sabatino was an audit partner at BDO USA, LLP, a public accounting firm.

David Ross

Mr. David C. Ross is Senior Vice President - Corporate Development of MDC Partners Inc. He joined MDC Partners in March 2010 and became Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, in March 2012. Prior to joining MDC Partners, he was an Associate at Skadden Arps LLP where he represented corporate clients in a variety of capital markets and M&A transactions.

Mitchell Gendel

Mr. Mitchell S. Gendel is General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of MDC Partners Inc., since November 2004. Prior to joining MDC Partners, he served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. from December 1999 until September 2004.

Gavin Swartzman

Mr. Gavin Swartzman is Managing Director of MDC Partners Inc., since October 2004. He is responsible for corporate development and real estate for MDC and its operating companies. Mr. Swartzman served as an officer in a similar capacity for the Company from September 2002 until February 2003. Prior thereto, Mr. Swartzman joined Amadeus Capital Corporation in 2000 as Senior Vice President where he was responsible for various corporate development activities of that company and its affiliates, including serving as the Vice President, Corporate Development from February 2003 to October 2004 for First Asset Management Inc., a Toronto based asset management company. Prior thereto, he was Executive Vice President of Pet Valu International Inc., a retail chain.

Clare Copeland

Mr. Clare R. Copeland is Independent Director of MDC Partners Inc. He is Chief Executive Officer of Falls Management Company, a commercial development and casino operator in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a position he has held since November 2004. Previously, Mr. Copeland was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OSF Inc., a manufacturer of retail store interiors and Chief Executive Officer of People’s Jewelers Corporation, a jewelry retailer. He is also Chairman of Toronto Hydro. In addition, Mr. Copeland is a trustee of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, Chesswood Income Fund and Telesat, and is a member of the board of directors of Danier Leather Inc. and Entertainment One Ltd. Mr. Copeland has been a member of the MDC Partners Board of Directors since June 30, 2007. He is currently Chairman of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Thomas Davidson

Mr. Thomas N. Davidson is Independent Director of MDC Partners Inc., since June 21, 1988. He has been Chairman of NuTech Precision Metals, Inc., a specialty metals processing company, since 1987, and Chairman of Quarry Hill Group, a private investment holding company, since 1989. During the past five years, Mr. Davidson has served as a director of TLC Vision Corp, Occulogix, Inc. (known as TearLab) and Azure Dynamics Corporation. Mr. Davidson also serves on several charity and civic group boards. He is currently a member of the Audit Committee, the Human Resources & Compensation Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.

Robert Kamerschen

Mr. Robert J. Kamerschen is Independent Director of MDC Partners Inc., since July 28, 2004. He is a private investor and senior advisor and consultant. Mr. Kamerschen was the Chairman of Survey Sampling Inc., a private company which provides internet and telephone survey sampling to marketing research companies, from June 2005 until his retirement in 2009. He is the Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ADVO, Inc., a NYSE-listed direct mail microtargeting service company, which he led from 1988 until his retirement in 1999. During the past five years, Mr. Kamerschen has served as a director at R.H. Donnelley Corporation, Linens n’ Things, Vertrue, Inc. IMS Health Inc., and Radio Shack Corporation. He is currently Chairman of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee.

Scott Kauffman

Mr. Scott L. Kauffman is Independent Presiding Director of MDC Partners Inc. He is the Chairman of several venture-backed Internet companies, including Lela.com, Lotame, Ology.com and Tune-Up Media. He is also a member of the board of directors of LookSmart and Vindicia. From January 2009 to August 2010, Mr Kauffman was President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the board, of GeekNet, Inc. From May 2008 to December 2008, Mr. Kauffman was President and CEO, and a member of the board, of PopTok Ltd. From September 2006 until its acquisition by Yahoo! in October 2007, Mr. Kauffman was President and Chief Operating Officer, and a member of the board, of BlueLithium, Inc., an Internet advertising network and performance marketing company. Prior to joining BlueLithium, Mr. Kauffman was President and CEO, and a member of the board, of Zinio Systems, Inc., a provider of digital magazine services, from July 2004 until August 2006. From February 2003 to June 2004, he was President and CEO, and a member of the board, of MusicNow LLC, a digital music service. From April 2001 to February 2003 he was President and CEO of Coremetrics Inc., a web services provider of marketing analytics solutions, where he continued to serve as a member of the board until the company was acquired by IBM in July 2010. Mr. Kauffman has served in senior and executive management capacities with other digital entertainment, consumer marketing, media and technology companies, including CompuServe and Time Warner. Mr. Kauffman holds an AB in English from Vassar College and an MBA in marketing from New York University. In 1996, Advertising Age named him one of twenty digital media masters, and in 1992, Advertising Age named him one of the top 100 marketers in the country. He is a member of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.

Michael Kirby

The Honourable Senator Michael J.L. Kirby, Ph.D., is Independent Director of MDC Partners Inc. He was a member of the Senate of Canada from 1984 until his retirement in October 2006. From 1994 to 1999, he served as Chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Sen. Kirby currently serves as a director of Extendicare Inc., Just Energy Income Fund, and Indigo Books & Music Inc. He has also been Vice Chairman of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has previously been a director of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Brainhunter Inc., ImmunoVaccine Technologies, Inc., Maxxcom, Inc., Quaker Oats (Canada), Onex Packaging, Westbury Canadian Life, Cotton Ginny, RJR-Macdonald Inc., a member of the Advisory Board of AT&T Enterprises (Canada), Nissan (Canada), and other private companies. Sen. Kirby holds a PhD in applied mathematics and has taught in several graduate business programs. He is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee and the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.

Irwin Simon

Mr. Irwin David Simon has been appointed as Independent Director of MDC Partners Inc., effective April 25, 2013. He is the Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hain Celestial Group.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Miles Nadal

23,797,400

Stephen Pustil

--

David Doft

1,669,240

Michael Sabatino

1,608,790

David Ross

--

Mitchell Gendel

1,559,570

Gavin Swartzman

1,550,200

Clare Copeland

--

Thomas Davidson

--

Robert Kamerschen

--

Scott Kauffman

--

Michael Kirby

--

Irwin Simon

--
As Of 30 Dec 2011

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