MANAGEMENT

Chief Executive Officer

James T. Kiernan M.B.A.

Jamie has worked in the financial services industry for thirty years. He started at Goldman Sachs as a Fixed Income intern in 1976 and was named Vice-President, London, England in 1982. Upon returning to the United States in 1984, he was named International Fixed Income Product Manager. Jamie was named President of Goldman Sachs Canada in 1988 and became a Managing Director in 1997. In 2002, Jamie retired from Goldman Sachs after twenty-five years of continuous service. Presently, Jamie is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone Capital Partners L.P. which is the holding company owning Stuart Investment Management Limited (an IIROC broker/dealer) and Cornerstone Asset Management L.P. He is a past director of the Montreal Exchange and Canada-U.S. Fulbright Committee. He received a B.A. degree (European History) from Brown University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University.

Chief Operating Officer

Patrick V. Farrell, B.Sc.(Eng.)(Mech.), M.Sc.(Eng.)(Aero), M.B.A P.Eng., Pr.Eng.

Patrick is a Professional Engineer by training with a post-graduate degree in business from the Harvard Business School, with special emphasis on Investment Banking, Capital Markets and International Business. For the past thirty years he has been involved in corporate finance and the capital markets, with past experience at major Canadian and international brokerage firms. Patrick has also performed consulting assignments for major international corporations and supra-national organizations such as the International Finance Corporation, and other quasi governmental bodies. He founded a registered Investment Dealer and was a Member/Seatholder on both the Montreal and the Alberta Stock Exchanges for five years, as well as sitting on the board of a number of public and private corporations.

Chief Financial Officer

Myra K. Cameron CA

Myra Cameron has accumulated over 25 years of financial experience. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, she earned her designation as a Chartered Accountant and worked in the financial services group at Grant Thornton LLP.
In 1996 she joined Stuart Investment Management Limited as Chief Financial Officer and assumed responsibility for financial reporting, operations, administration and regulatory compliance. Drawing on her background and experience as a Chartered Accountant she provides advice to clients on a variety of financial matters with a focus on tax and estate planning.