People: Sterling Shoes Income Fund (SSI_u.TO)

SSI_u.TO on Toronto Stock Exchange

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Mahler, Richard Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Horwitz, Jeremy President, Chief Executive Officer, Trustee
Gumprich, Daniel 2005 Chief Financial Officer
Druker, Mannie Vice President - Finance and Leasing, Trustee
Romain, Colin Vice President - Operations
Sello, Allen 70 2005 Trustee
Oshry, Solomon 2005 Trustee
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Biographies

Name Description
Mahler, Richard Richard T. Mahler is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sterling Shoes Income Fund. He is retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Finning International Inc., the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer, from 1990 until his retirement in 2003. From 1981 to 1990, Mr. Mahler served as Vice President Finance of Amdahl Canada, a provider of enterprise-scale computing, networking, and storage systems and services. Prior to that, he held various senior financial management positions with Ford Motor Company of Canada from 1968 to 1980. Mr. Mahler is Chair, Partnerships British Columbia (a provincial crown corporation formed to deliver public services through public/private partnerships), a director of Fording Inc. and a trustee of Swiss Water Income Fund. He is also a director of the Vancouver Board of Trade and a director and Treasurer of the VGH/UBC Hospital Foundation. He was awarded the 2002 Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for Distinguished Service by the Governor General of Canada and the 2002 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Service by Simon Fraser University. Mr. Mahler holds an B.Sc. and an MBA.
Horwitz, Jeremy Jeremy Horwitz is President, Chief Executive Officer, Trustee of the Sterling Shoes Income Fund. Mr. Horwitz immigrated to Canada from South Africa in 1988, joining the Company as Controller. Mr. Horwitz was promoted to Vice President, Operations in 1990 and held this position until 1994, when he became President of the Company. After completing three years of compulsory military service and obtaining his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1985, he worked for Yardley Cosmetics Africa (a Beecham Company) as an accountant.
Gumprich, Daniel Daniel S. Gumprich is Chief Financial Officer of Sterling Shoes Income Fund. Mr. Gumprich joined Sterling Shoes as Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Mr. Gumprich is a Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Business Valuator and a Certifed Public Accountant (Illinois). Mr. Gumprich also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Mr. Gumprich gained public accounting and financial advisory experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1992 to 2003. Mr. Gumprich’s final role at PwC was of Vice- President in the Corporate Finance group. Prior to joining Sterling Shoes, he was Director of Finance at Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Druker, Mannie Mannie Druker is Vice President, Finance and Leasing and Trustee of Sterling Shoes Income Fund. Mr. Druker has been associated with Mr. Joseph Segal and Kingswood Capital Corporation since 1981, both in the Company and as a partner in other operating businesses. Mr. Druker has been a shareholder and active in management of the Company, primarily in all aspects of finance, leasing and acquisitions, since 1987. Mr. Druker obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1970 and became a Chartered Accountant in 1973. Mr. Druker immigrated to Canada in 1976 and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC since 1979.
Romain, Colin Colin Romain is Vice President, Operations of Sterling Shoes Income Fund. Mr. Romain has a broad range of experience in the apparel industry, from manufacturing to retail, holding positions that ranged from head of buying to operations. After completing a year of compulsory military service, Mr. Romain studied Commerce at the University of Cape Town in South Africa from 1970 to 1974. He then joined Woolworths on their retail management program, rising to the position of Merchandising Manager (1975 to 1980). In 1981, he became a partner and General Manager of Polo Manufacturing in South Africa. Mr. Romain immigrated to Canada in 1986, joining Jean Machine of Toronto, Ontario as Operations Manager. Mr. Romain joined the Company in 1999, and is an instrumental member of the senior management team that has grown Business to its current size.
Sello, Allen Allen R. Sello is Trustee of Sterling Shoes Income Fund. Mr. Sello was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UMA Group Ltd., a national engineering design and industrial contracting firm, from 1999 until his retirement in 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Sello was Chief Financial Officer of International Forest Products Ltd., a large BC-based forest products company. Mr. Sello was employed by Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. from 1979 to 1995 where he was the Chief Financial Officer from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that he held senior financial and marketing management positions at Ford Motor Company of Canada from 1964 to 1979, ultimately as Treasurer. Mr. Sello is a director of North American Energy Partners Inc., and the Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade – Government, Budget and Finance Committee. He is a past director of Braintech Inc. and Infowave Software Inc. Mr. Sello holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Manitoba and an MBA from the University of Toronto.
Oshry, Solomon Solomon Oshry, Q.C. is Trustee of Sterling Shoes Income Fund. He was a Senior Partner in the law firm of Kahn, Oshry and Ellis in Johannesburg, South Africa prior to his immigration to Canada in 1978. Upon his arrival in Canada he joined the Witten LLP law firm in Edmonton, Alberta and until 2002, when he retired from active legal practice and relocated to Vancouver, Mr. Oshry was a Senior Partner and member of the Management Committee of that firm, responsible for finance and administration. Mr. Oshry’s legal practice focused primarily in the commercial real estate and corporate commercial areas. Mr. Oshry also taught Business Law at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton and Commercial Conveyancing at the Vancouver Community College. In 1996 Mr. Oshry was appointed Queen’s Counsel and in 2003 he was admitted as a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Mahler, Richard --
Horwitz, Jeremy 717,119
Gumprich, Daniel 215,000
Druker, Mannie 265,000
Romain, Colin 400,000
Sello, Allen --
Oshry, Solomon --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Mahler, Richard 0 0
Horwitz, Jeremy 0 0
Gumprich, Daniel 0 0
Druker, Mannie 0 0
Romain, Colin 0 0
Sello, Allen 0 0
Oshry, Solomon 0 0

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