John Varghese

Mr. Varghese's professional experience ranges from private equity, venture capital and investment banking to senior management and board of director roles in various industries in both public (TSX, CSE and NASDAQ) and private companies. Mr. Varghese has extensive background in mergers and acquisition, investing, operations and the capital markets. Having held CEO, COO, SVP and CFO positions, his career has included senior management roles within multi-national corporations including CI Financial Corp., Royal Bank Capital Corporation, Merrill Lynch Canada, Dell Computer Corporation and Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. He has served on over 20 boards, acting as Chairman on 9 of those, as well as chairing multiple compensation committees and participating on numerous audit committees.