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Mr. Blair is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Automodular Corporation (formerly Algonquin Mercantile Corporation), a public company that provides sub-assembly and sequencing services to automotive assemblers in eight facilities in Canada and the United States. Mr. Blair is also the Chairman of the Board of Dominion Citrus Income Fund, a public company engaged in wholesale distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables and related food processing activities, with annual sales of approximately $120 million. Previously, Mr. Blair was founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Enfield Corporation Limited (1984 - 1989), an industrial corporation that through subsidiaries engaged in the manufacturing of electrical equipment, glass and plastics packaging and automotive parts and components. In 1989 The Enfield Corporation Limited employed approximately 10,000 personnel and operated some 40 plants and facilities in Canada, the US, the UK and Hong Kong. Mr. Blair was also Chairman of Federal Pioneer Limited, then Canada’s largest independent manufacturer of circuit breakers, switchgear and transformers. Mr. Blair has been VP, Corporate Development with GE Canada, Engagement Manager with McKinsey and Company, Inc. and a fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Mr. Blair is a member of the Ontario Business Advisory Committee of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Blair has a BA from Royal Military College (1968) and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario (Deans’ Honours List, 1976). He is a graduate of the Ivey School Directors’ Programme (1996). | 