J. Ian Giffen

Ian Giffen is currently Chairman of Kinaxis Inc. (KSX.TSX) and a Director of a number of private companies including Desire2learn Inc. In addition, he is active in the not for profit sector and currently serves on the Boards of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank.

Ian has previously served as a Director of over 25 public and private companies including Macromedia Inc., (1997 – 2005) until it was sold to Adobe Systems Inc. for $4 billion. He has served as Chair of Audit for most of those companies and is known for his business acumen, broad financial perspective and unyielding commitment to value for shareholders. With extensive Board experience in both public and private M&A, Ian has led a broad range of transactions as Chair of the Special Committee and been involved in the sale of a number of public companies, more than 12 major transactions in all, with a total valuation of approximately $10 billion.

Ian was previously Chairman of Descartes Systems Group Inc. (2004 – 2011), Vision Critical Inc., and 724 Solutions Inc. He holds Chartered Accountant and Corporate Finance designations and was recently awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.