People: Tonbridge Power Inc. (TBZ.V)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Etchart, John 2009 Chairman of the Board
Van't Hof, Johan 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Narvet, Caren Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary
Van Beers, Robert Chief Operating Officer, Director
Axford, David 2009 Senior Vice President - Project Development
Matheson, David 2005 Director
Myers, Jeffry 2005 Director
Wiebe, John 2005 Director
Pollock, Walter 2009 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Etchart, John Mr. John N. Etchart serves as Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. and hs been appointed as Chairman of the Board with effect from October 30, 2009. He was Executive Vice President, External Relations of the Corporation since January 2009. He is a Partner with The Gallatin Group, a Pacific Northwest regional public affairs and communications firm, and is based in Helena, Montana. Mr. Etchart's resume includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from Montana institutions, as well as a combat command tour as a United States Marine Corps infantry officer in Vietnam. He served for nearly 10 years in a variety of senior roles as an executive officer with Burlington Northern and was appointed to two terms on the Northwest Power Council by Montana Governor Marc Racicot. Mr. Etchart was three times elected Chairman of the Power Council and, for the past several years, has been a partner with Gallatin Public Affairs, a regional strategic communications firm. Mr. Etchart presently serves as a Director of the Mergenthaler Companies, and the advisory board of the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.
Van't Hof, Johan Mr. Johan Van't Hof serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. He was appointed as Interim Chairman of the Corporation and resigned from this position on October 30, 2009. He is responsible for managing the executive team and setting and directing the completion of the Project. He serves as President of Tonbridge Corporation.Mr. van’t Hof was a project finance and privatization partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chartered Accountants, for ten years where he was head of the electricity corporate finance practice in Canada. While with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. van’t Hof completed several electricity financing projects and privatizations in several countries. Mr. van’t Hof is Lead Director and Chair of the audit and risk and finance committees of Crystallex International Corporation, a TSX-listed gold Corporation. Earlier in his career, he was seconded to the Ontario Securities Commission for a term in corporate finance and investigations. He is also President and a Director of TC and is a director of MATL. He received an MBA degree from the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto in 1978, and passed the Chartered Accountant’s Uniform Final Examinations in 1978.
Narvet, Caren Ms. Narvet was appointed Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary of Tonbridge Power Inc. in 2004. She is Vice President and Treasurer, Tonbridge Corporation, she is responsible for its financial control and reporting and regulatory functions. Ms. Narvet has been a member of the board of directors of Delisle Youth Services, a multi-service non-profit agency serving families and youth crisis in Toronto for 3 years, and currently serves on the finance committee for the organization. Previously she served as an account manager, commercial lending with the Bank of Montreal. A graduate of Victoria College, University of Toronto, she is a Certified General Accountant. Ms. Narvet provides her services to the Corporation pursuant to the management agreement and devotes substantially all of her time to the business, operations and affairs of the Corporation.
Van Beers, Robert Mr. Robert Van Beers serves as Chief Operating Officer, Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. He has been a senior energy industry strategy and transaction advisor to utilities and governments around the world for more than 20 years. Mr. van Beers brings transmission business and management experience to the Project. He is a director on the boards of Tonbridge Power and MATL. As Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation, he will oversee the Project development including the regulatory and permitting approval processes. Mr. van Beers helped establish and then managed one of South Africa's first locally-based infrastructure funds starting in 1984, building numerous schools, clinics, water supply systems, bridges and roads. He subsequently worked with SNC-Lavalin in Indonesia, with Acres International on power projects around the world, independently in Africa and Asia advising on power development projects and utility restructuring before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1998. There, working with Mr. van't Hof, he was active in numerous energy and utility transactions and strategic initiatives, leaving at the end of 2002 as Director, Energy & Utilities Strategy. He subsequently ran the national energy practice in Canada for Charles River Associates, a leading firm of power sector economists, before joining TC. Mr. van Beers' education includes an undergraduate degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Guelph in 1986, a Master's degree in Public Administration from Queen's University in 1989 and post-graduate courses in Corporate Finance Strategy from INSEAD and in Corporate Governance from the Rotman/ICD Corporate Governance College in 2004. He is now an accredited corporate director. Mr. van Beers provides his services to the Corporation pursuant to a management agreement and devotes approximately 95% of his time to the business, operations and affairs of the Corporation.
Axford, David David Axford serves as Senior Vice President - Project Development of Tonbridge Power Inc since February 1, 2009. Mr. Axford leads the completion of the Montana Alberta Tie Project and will play a similar role in future projects to be undertaken by the Corporation. A professional engineer, Mr. Axford has many years of experience a senior executive in the chemicals and power businesses largely in Alberta and Ontario. Mr. Axford began his professional career in 1981 with CIL Inc. as a process engineer and held positions of increasing responsibility leading to Operations Superintendent. In 1993 he joined Nexen Inc. where he served in a number of capacities including operations and plant management, procurement and energy marketing. Mr. Axford was behind the creation of Nexen Power Marketing which became one of Alberta’s largest power marketers. His responsibilities included the development and construction of power generation, as well as the marketing and trading of electricity. Most recently he was Managing Director of DENEX, a joint venture between Nexen Marketing International and Dubai Energy. Mr. Axford was a member of the Association of Major Power Consumers of Ontario from 1997-2003; a member of the board of directors of Enwin Utilities from 1999 to 2007; and a member and past vice-chair of the Association of Independent Power Producers of Alberta from 2002 to 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering as well as an MBA.
Matheson, David Mr. David I. Matheson serves as Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. He is counsel at the law firm McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP, which is based in Toronto and Montreal. Mr. Matheson has served on various boards of directors of public and private corporations. He is chairman of ATS Andlauer Income Fund and a member of its audit and governance committee. He is a director of Clarke Inc. and chairman of its audit committee and he is a director of Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited and chairman of its audit and governance committee. He practices in the corporate, corporate governance, international and tax areas and is counsel to national and international clients in these areas. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree (majoring in accounting) and a Bachelor of Law degree from Dalhousie University and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He is Principal, Matheson Global Advisory Group.
Myers, Jeffry Mr.Jeffry M. Myers serves as Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. He has been actively involved at the board level of Tonbridge Power Inc. as an independent director and member of the audit and governance committee. Mr. Myers has experience in financial statement review as the President and CEO of Pristine Power Inc. In March 2008, Pristine Power Inc. became a publicly listed company and Mr. Myers has assumed the role of a director in addition to his management position with the company. Previously, Mr. Myers was the President of, and had business unit accountability for Westcoast Power Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of former reporting issuer Westcoast Energy Inc. He is familiar with general accounting principles and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario a MBA from the University of Windsor.
Wiebe, John Mr. John D. Wiebe Ph.D. serves as Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. He is President and Chief Executive Officer, GLOBE Foundation of Canada. He has been actively involved at the board level of the Corporation and other companies as an independent director and member of the audit committee. Mr. Wiebe has experience in financial statement review at the public and private company level, including budgeting and forecasting and is familiar with general accounting principles. In February 2008, Mr. Wiebe accepted the role of a director in West Mountain Capital Corporation. He has extensive experience and knowledge in the field of corporate governance. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba and a Ph.D. from McGill University.
Pollock, Walter Walter E. Pollock has been appointed as Director of Tonbridge Power Inc. He is Chairman of the Board, Bonneville Environmental Foundation. Mr. Pollock, who has more than four decades of experience in energy issues, has advised a broad variety of clients, including utilities, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Council and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs. Prior to that, he served as a senior vice-president for Portland General Electric Co., from 1996 to 2001, and served in various positions at Bonneville from 1979 to 1996, including group vice-president, where he was responsible for BPA's power and transmission businesses. Mr. Pollock also served for nine years with the Oregon Department of Energy. He began his energy career in 1964 with the United States Atomic Energy Commission -- naval reactors, where he managed the design, development and procurement of components for nuclear propulsion plants for U.S. Navy vessels.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Etchart, John --
Van't Hof, Johan 51,855
Narvet, Caren --
Van Beers, Robert 51,855
Axford, David --
Matheson, David --
Myers, Jeffry --
Wiebe, John --
Pollock, Walter --
As Of 30 Dec 2006

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Etchart, John 0 0
Van't Hof, Johan 700,000 2,500
Narvet, Caren 300,000 0
Van Beers, Robert 700,000 2,500
Axford, David 0 0
Matheson, David 0 0
Myers, Jeffry 0 0
Wiebe, John 0 0
Pollock, Walter 0 0

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