Board of Directors

Jeff Michel - CEO and Chairman
Jeffrey W. Michel is married with two young children and has been a resident of Florida for seventeen years. Mr. Michel was Honorably discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard after a successful tour of duty in the field of Drug Interdiction and Border Control. Mr. Michel was then recruited into the Retail Investment Banking field to apply his expertise and determination to a new regional firm that specialized in small caps, new market entrants, and start-ups. He has over twenty years of corporate experience including more than a decade working for various small cap retail broker / dealer firms, at the senior corporate level, specializing in business development, compliance, and cost containment. His underwriting experience ranges in complexity from straight equity financings, IPO’s, PIPEs, debt, RTO’s, and convertible debt to M&A arrangements.

Mr. Michel currently is the Managing Director of Southwood Partners Ltd. where he consults to public and private companies on debt restructuring, public market management, investor relations, DTC analysis, strategic partnerships, and corporate governance.

Mr. Michel has obtained Professional Licenses- NASD Registered Representative Series 7, 24, 4 and 63.

Scott Sparks, Non Executive Director of Finance
Mr. Sparks is currently the Revenue and Budget Coordinator for the City of Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada. He is also a Councilor for the Village of New Maryland, a suburb community of Fredericton, and is the Chair of Finance, Administration and Policy for the Village of New Maryland. He is also the Co-Chair of Transportation and Protective Services for the Village of New Maryland, and a Founding member of the New Maryland Community Support Group Inc. - a Non-Profit Organization listed with Charities Canada that has as its mandate:

To establish, receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply from time to time all or part thereof and/or the income there from in order to enhance the corporate Village environment and Village amenities for the benefit of all who dwell in or visit New Maryland, and

• to enhance the Village of New Maryland transportation and protective services

• to enhance the Village of New Maryland recreation opportunities

• to enhance and to protect the environment for the residents of the Village of New Maryland

• to enhance community services for the residents of the Village of New Maryland

• to promote and provide education to the residents of the Village of New Maryland

• to enhance all other projects deemed to improve the amenities of New Maryland

Mr. Sparks is also Commissioner on the Board of the Fredericton Region Solid Waste Commission.

Lorne Amos, PFP, Secretary
A native of New Brunswick, whom has worked in the Financial Services sector for over 15 years, currently resides in Fredericton and works as a Financial Planner for York Financial Services Ltd., having obtained the Professional Financial Planning designation. Married for 18 years with 2 children, Lorne has managed portfolios, acted as agent for executor, advised a number of small start-up businesses and is currently advising two small businesses, along with operating his own Financial Planning business. Mr. Amos’s corporate trust experience also includes working on the IPO for Emera ( formerly NS Power) as well as several bond issues, and supervision of 15 staff.

Mr. Amos has also served on several church and non-profit boards, budget committees and personnel search committees, with varying responsibilities, has developed leadership training courses, done a lot of public speaking and is very community oriented. Recently, he has assisted several entrepreneurs with product development, patenting, marketing and trade marking.

Jonathan Harrison, Non- Executive Director
Jonathan is currently the Finance Director for AIM listed Sirius Exploration and privately held Crystal River Resources Ltd. He is a Chartered Accountant with experience in quoted and unquoted companies.

Previously Jonathan spent 16 years at Intercontinental Hotels Corporation, where he held various positions, including Vice President of Finance. In 1989, he joined Boddington Group plc (“Boddington”), where he developed and became Operations Director of the Village Leisure Hotels division, responsible for the operation of six leisure hotels. Between February 1994 and September 1995, while still at the Boddington, he was Finance Director of Country House Retirement Homes Limited during which time the number of nursing homes nearly doubled to 31 nursing homes. In March 1997, he led a management buy-in of 25 hotels from Queens Moat Houses plc with Duke Street Capital. Six months later he managed the refinancing of the new group, County Hotels Group plc, through a listed bond offering and, in January 1999, successfully sold the company to Regal Hotel Group plc. In September 1999, he joined Topnotch Health Clubs plc and in March 2000 oversaw the company’s admission to AIM.

The Company will continue to seek strong personnel that will contribute value oriented services and bring years of experience to the Company.