Ian Wild

Chairman of the Board

Mr. Wild is the former Executive VP, ATB Corporate Financial Services as well as the past director of AltaCorp Capital (now ATB Capital). He brings over thirty-five years in banking commencing in the UK with National Westminster Bank in their International Division working in trade finance, corporate finance and global risk management. Immigrating to Canada in 1982, Mr. Wild worked for Continental Bank of Canada (now HSBC) and then Royal Bank of Canada in the Special Loans Group, Oil & Gas Banking, Corporate Banking and Investment Banking as a Vice President in RBCDS. He was the past Chairman of the Financial Advisory Committee for Calgary Economic Development and is Chairman of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (a Geopolitical Think Tank).

Trent Larson

Director

Mr. Larson brings over twenty-five years of experience with a proven track record of developing and implementing growth strategies to improve performance and profitability in telecom, media, technology, manufacturing, solar, healthcare, retail, energy and financial services companies. He is a recognized digital pioneer, author of various research papers and has been an advisor to the European Commission on digital policy. Mr. Larson has served as CEO and Managing Director with leading international organizations and benefits from an extensive global network.Currently, Mr. Larson serves as board member and an advisor to several organizations and is an active member of the technology start-up investment community. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from DeVry University in California and an MBA from the University of London.

Jeff Davison

Director

Jeff Davison is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Prostate Cancer Centre. Having spent over twenty years with publicly traded companies in the energy, technology and creative services sectors, Jeff was elected to Calgary City Council 2017 – 2021 to bring back a pro-business vision to Calgary. Jeff is currently on the University of Calgary Board of Governors and Senate, and is a director of Transition Opportunities Corp. TSX.V: TOP.P. Jeff previously served on the Board of Directors for Calgary Municipal Lan Corporation, Calgary Economic Development, and the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund and developed the Calgary city council approved economic strategy and the $200 million downtown recovery plan.

Shahid Qureshi

Director

Shahid is a certified Board Director from ICD Canada with over 25 years of experience in finance, cyber security, governance, and risk management. Shahid is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Leverage Global Inc. and holds senior governance roles with the Federal Government. Shahid was a risk advisory leader with KPMG Canada and helped Fortune 500 companies with optimizing their strategic, technological, financial, operational, and transformational goals.  Shahid has more than two decades of international experience as a Board Director and sits on audit, risk, investment, and governance committees across the globe. Shahid has extensive international experience as a business leader and has helped organizations succeed in Canada, Asia, Middle East, Far East, Europe, United States of America, United Kingdom, Caribbean, and Africa. Shahid is a Chartered Professional Accountant, a fellow of Chartered Certified Accountants, a certified Internal Auditor, a certified Cost and Management Accountant, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and holds a master’s degree in economics. Shahid’s recent leadership roles include being the Chair of ACCA Canada, Chair of Calgary Parking Authority, Board Director of FFCA, Vice Chair of CCIS, Board of Governors of IIA Calgary, Audit Committee member of City of Calgary, Board Director of EASC, Board Chair of Calgary Chapter of CPA’s, President of ISACA Calgary, and member Advisory Committee of Auditing & Assurance Standards Board.

Andrew Osis

Co-Chief Executive Officer; Director

Mr. Osis has a twenty-year career working in investment banking and commercial operations having managed teams with up to one hundred people. Over the length of his career Mr. Osis has been involved in more than $25 billion in transactions. Mr. Osis formerly held positions as Vice President, Global Banking with RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Canada’s largest investment banking firm, as well as positions with Peters & Company and Newcrest Capital where he focused on mergers, acquisitions, and equity and debt financings. Since leaving the investment banking business, Mr. Osis has served on numerous Boards of Directors, and as CEO and CFO of public and private organizations, covering technology, media and entertainment, energy and oilfield services, manufacturing, life sciences, and other sectors.

Kevin Spall

Co-Chief Executive Officer; Director

Mr. Spall has eighteen years of financial services and alternative energy experience in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and business development. From 2000 to 2010, Mr. Spall worked at: Yorkton Securities (now Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.), Versant Partners Inc. (now Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corp.), where he was the Head of Investment Banking, and Blackmont Capital Inc., where he was the Head of Diversified Investment Banking. Since 2010, Mr. Spall has focused on several opportunities primarily in the alternative energy industry, including the successful development of a 50MW solar farm in Africa. Currently, Mr. Spall sits on the Board of Directors of several private companies.

Magnetic North’s focus is on value creation and capital preservation. We offer investee companies the opportunity to monetize existing wealth and gain access to capital and management expertise in strategy, operations and leadership while still maintaining an active role in the business.

We view investee companies from a systems perspective and use an improvement framework to enhance their productivity and effectiveness by assessing performance on a wide range of business indicators. The process is used to understand all of the internal and external forces that drive the business, to prioritize and improve what is critical to success and to select the courses of action that build value.

Magnetic North leverages investment capital, best practices and its diverse team of professionals across opportunities, and within individual opportunities to mitigate risk, achieve a sustainable competitive advantage, build a more capable organization and create value