DIRECTORS & MANAGEMENT
Bill Radvak, BASc – President, CEO and Director
Bill Radvak has 30 years of experience as a senior manager and/or director of junior public companies in the high tech, biotech and mining businesses. Bill Radvak received a Mining Engineering degree in 1986 from the University of British Columbia and joined Monitor Ventures as President & CEO in 2010. He is also the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of NervGen Pharma Corp., a publicly listed company that is creating innovative solutions for the treatment of nerve damage. Previously he was a Founder and CEO of Response Biomedical Corp., a publicly listed medical device company.
Brett Whalen, CFA – Director, Chairman
Brett Whalen joined Monitor Ventures Inc. as a Director in October 2013 and became Chairman of the Board in April, 2014. Brett is a Chartered Financial Analyst and private investor. Brett was previously the Vice President & Portfolio Manager of Goodman Investment Counsel Inc and President and CEO of the CMP Group of companies. His experience also includes senior positions with Dundee Capital Markets and Clarus Securities Inc. He has a BA (Honours) degree in Economics and Finance from Wilfred Laurier University.
Brian Bayley – Director
Mr. Bayley is experienced in the areas of natural resource and real estate lending, corporate restructuring and management and administration of public companies. He is the President of Earlston Management Corp., a private management company providing services to public and private companies. Mr. Bayley is also Executive Chairman of Earlston Investments Corp., a private merchant bank. Mr. Bayley has held active senior management positions in both private and public natural resource companies and has over 30 years of public issuer experience as both a director and an officer and is currently an officer and director and audit committee member of several public companies. Mr. Bayley graduated in 1977 from the University of Victoria with a B.A. (Hon). He received his MBA from Queen’s University in 1979.
Donn Burchill – Director
Mr. Burchill has been a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) since 1983 and is currently self-employed. Mr. Burchill has over 25 years of public issuer experience and continues to serve as a director and officer for several public companies.
John Downes – Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Downes is a Certified Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant, and also has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Victoria. Mr. Downes has 20 years of management and accounting experience in the natural resource and financial services sectors. Mr. Downes serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Earlston Investments Corp. Previously, he was the Manager of Financial Reporting for Sprott Resource Lending Corp. and has held various audit and consulting positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver and Dublin, Ireland.
Sandra Lee – Corporate Secretary
Sandra Lee has worked in public company management and administration since 1996. Currently she is Manager, Corporate Admin of Earlston Investments Corp., a private merchant bank. Previously, Ms. Lee was the Corporate Secretary of several publicly traded companies including Sprott Resource Lending Corp., a resource lending company, between July 2003 and January 2011 and Kirkland Lake Gold Inc., an operating and exploration gold company, between February 1995 to February 2012. Prior to industry experience, Ms. Lee worked as a legal assistant for a number of national law firms in the areas of corporate and securities laws. Ms. Lee has a Legal Assistant certification from Capilano College and is a Member of the Governance Professionals of Canada.