The IRC is comprised of three members: Liisa Atva (Chairman), Greg Reed, and Melisa Attisha who have confirmed that they continue to qualify as independent from the Funds and the Manager within the meaning of National Instrument 81-107.

Liisa Atva has over 25 years experience in the financial services industry, including acting as Principal with the Capital Markets Group at Coventree Capital Group (1999-2008), a niche investment bank specializing in structured finance transactions, and 5 years experience acting as Chief Financial Officer of companies engaged in the venture capital and financial services industries.  Recently, Ms. Atva has been a sessional instructor in Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Business. Ms. Atva is both a Chartered Accountant (1986) and a Chartered Business Valuator (1993), and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University (1985).

Greg Reed is currently the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of eHealth Ontario, the organization responsible for implementing the Ontario government’s ehealth agenda and creating an electronic health record for all Ontarian’s by 2015.  Prior to joining eHealth, Mr. Reed held a number of key positions within the private sector including President and CEO of Dundee Bank of Canada, President and CEO at Altamira Investment Services and SVP, National Bank of Canada.  Mr. Reed has also served as a Director, Principal and Associate of McKinsey & Company.  He holds a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Melisa Attisha is the President of Carpe Diem Business Solutions Ltd., a private management consulting firm.  She is also on the management team of Emprise Capital Corp., a private merchant banking company.  She has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and has been a qualified member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1994.  From 1990 to 1997 Melissa was member of the audit and advisory services group at KPMG LLP’s Vancouver office.  Following her time at KPMG, Melisa has been working in industry for several companies, including Canlan Investment Corp., International Aviation Terminals Inc., NovaDx Ventures Corp., and the Canadian Small Cap Resource Funds.