Milton K. Wong was appointed as a Director in August 2005. Mr. Wong is also a director of Alcan Inc. Genome British Columbia Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society The Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation and The Canada-US Fulbright Program. He founded M.K. Wong & Associates Ltd. ("MKW") in 1980 to provide investment counseling services to pension plans foundations mutual funds and individuals. MKW was acquired by HSBC in 1996. Currently Mr. Wong is the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of HSBC Investments (Canada) Limited and was appointed Chancellor Emeritus of Simon Fraser University in June 2005 after a six year term as Chancellor. He is a recipient of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia and was awarded an Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. Mr. Wong received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of British Columbia and was awarded an honorary Law Doctorate from Simon Fraser University. |