Governance

Mr. McFarland is the Chair of the Board of Dexterra Group and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Corporation on May 29, 2020 as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. McFarland is also a member of the Board, Lead Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Mr. McFarland brings significant financial and management experience to Dexterra Group. Mr. McFarland was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada (2011 to June 2018). Prior to that, Mr. McFarland was a member of the executive team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada from 2005 to 2011 and led the Greater Toronto Area audit practice from 2002 to 2005. Mr. McFarland is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. Mr. McFarland is also chair of the board of directors of The Conference Board of Canada and a director and chairman of each of AGT Food & Ingredients Inc. and Farmers Edge Inc.

Ms. Garden has over 30 years of executive leadership experience in business including operations and marketing management, advisory consulting, coaching and university teaching. Over the course of her career, Ms. Garden has worked in executive level positions with PwC, Delta Hotels, PKF, Holiday Inn, Radisson Hotels and Keg Restaurants.  From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Garden led investment teams at the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation managing Canadian and international multi-billion dollar, private equity real estate portfolios for institutional pension plan clients.  Ms. Garden has served on the boards of Bentall Kennedy, Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities, Delta Hotels, bcIMC Realty Corporation and SilverBirch Hotels & Resort. Ms. Garden is the principal at Mary Garden & Associates, an advisory firm working with select global clients and C-Suite leaders in strategic consulting, executive coaching and workplace well being.  Ms. Garden has a BA and MBA from the University of British Columbia and holds the ICD.D designation.

As CEO, Mark guides the vision, culture, and performance of our organization in support of our strategy and growth objectives. He is passionate about people and enabling high-performance teams to succeed and deliver exemplary business outcomes.

Mark previously served as Dexterra Group’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to joining Dexterra Group, Mark held executive positions at Suncor Energy in operations, major projects, and corporate strategy. He started his career with Dow Chemical across a range of progressive roles in Canada and the United States.

Mark holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, as well as the Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D) through the Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto.

Mr. Nabholz is an independent businessman. Mr. Nabholz was the Chair of the Board of Horizon North from March 2017 until May 2020 and has been a member of the Dexterra Group Board since May 29, 2020. Mr. Nabholz has over 30 years of experience in the oil sands industry. Mr. Nabholz retired as Executive Vice President, Major Projects at Suncor Energy Inc. (“Suncor”) on March 1, 2012, having been at Suncor for 25 years. Mr. Nabholz was involved in all facets of the business at Suncor, including Operations, Maintenance and Projects and in his latest role led the execution of over $30 billion of major projects. Mr. Nabholz has served on a number of private company boards, as well as not-for-profit entities including the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Construction Owners Association of Alberta, Keyano College Foundation, the United Way of Fort McMurray and several others.

Mr. Johnston has been a director since May 29, 2020 and was appointed to the Board of Directors as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. Johnston has held a number of distinguished management and leadership positions in academia and government, including acting as the 28th Governor General of Canada from 2010 to 2017. Mr. Johnston has held a number of academic positions, including as principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University for fifteen years and as the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo. Mr. Johnston has also served on numerous provincial and federal task forces and committees, acted as president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (now Universities Canada) and of the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec. Mr. Johnston is a member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to companion, the Order’s highest level, in 1997. Mr. Johnston was also the first non-U.S. citizen to be elected chair of Harvard University’s board of overseers.

Mr. Landy has been a director  since May 29, 2020 and was appointed to the Board of Directors as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. Landy co-founded the Outland Group in 1985, a major remote camp provider to government and industry in Canada’s north. Outland Group remains one of the largest reforestation companies in Canada as part of Dexterra with well over one billion trees planted during the past 35 years. Mr. Landy led Outland Group’s successful partnerships with First Nations communities across Canada in both business and education. Mr. Landy served as a director of Tangmaarvik Inland Camps Inc. and 9198-4468 Quebec Inc. (2016 to 2018) and was managing director of a partnership with the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec in Quebec’s Nunavik region. After a long career with Outland, Mr. Landy retired from the company and joined the Dexterra board of directors in 2018. Mr. Landy holds a Bachelor of Science, Honours, from McGill University and graduated from the University of Toronto as a medical doctor in 1986.

Mr. Newmark has extensive and diverse business knowledge and experience throughout northern Canada and has been Chief Executive Officer of E. Gruben’s Transport Ltd. since 1990, a successful contracting firm based in the Northwest Territories. Since 1976, he has been recognized as a leader within the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea regions and has served on numerous corporate and government boards including the Inuvialuit Development Corporation, Norterra Inc. and the GNWT Business Loan Fund Board. Mr. Newmark has been a member of the Dexterra Group board since May 29, 2020 and was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Horizon North from June 2006 to completion of the Transaction.

Ms. Bull, a proud member of Nipissing First Nation, holds the distinction of being named CEO of the Year for 2022 by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2023, and named as Top 100 Lobbyist in Canada four years in a row. As the President and CEO of Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB), she is dedicated to rebuilding and strengthening the path towards reconciliation and fostering a prosperous Indigenous economy for the benefit of all Canadians. With a background in electrical engineering, Tabatha is committed to promoting Indigenous inclusion and diversity in Canada’s energy sector.

In her role at CCIB, Tabatha serves the Indigenous community by supporting the Indigenous economy and sits on various boards, including the Dexterra Group, Wigwamen Inc., Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and Catalyst CEO Advisory Board in Canada, among others.

Tabatha’s dedication to diversity extends to her efforts in removing systematic barriers to enhance opportunities for Indigenous businesses and women across all industry sectors.

A graduate of University of Waterloo, Ms. Bull holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences and ICD.D for Not for Profits from Rotman’s Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ms. Rossi, an experienced commercial real estate professional, leads the overall asset management of the Province of Ontario’s General Real Estate Portfolio and provides realty advice, transaction, asset management, and other realty services to various public sector portfolios.

Ms. Rossi is currently President, Real Estate at Infrastructure Ontario (IO), and served as Interim President and CEO at IO, President of the Real Estate and Lending Division, and was a key member of the Executive Team merging Ontario Realty Corp and IO in 2012. Before joining the Crown Corporation, she was in development at Oxford Properties with much of her real estate career at Cadillac Fairview.

A graduate from the University of Toronto, Ms. Rossi holds an Honours BPHE and ICD.D from Rotman’s Institute of Corporate Directors and was elected to the Allied REIT Corporate Board in May 2022.

Ms. Rossi, an experienced commercial real estate professional, leads the overall asset management of the Province of Ontario’s General Real Estate Portfolio and provides realty advice, transaction, asset management, and other realty services to various public sector portfolios.

Ms. Rossi is currently President, Real Estate at Infrastructure Ontario (IO), and served as Interim President and CEO at IO, President of the Real Estate and Lending Division, and was a key member of the Executive Team merging Ontario Realty Corp and IO in 2012. Before joining the Crown Corporation, she was in development at Oxford Properties with much of her real estate career at Cadillac Fairview.

A graduate from the University of Toronto, Ms. Rossi holds an Honours BPHE and ICD.D from Rotman’s Institute of Corporate Directors and was elected to the Allied REIT Corporate Board in May 2022.

Ms. Garden has over 30 years of executive leadership experience in business including operations and marketing management, advisory consulting, coaching and university teaching. Over the course of her career, Ms. Garden has worked in executive level positions with PwC, Delta Hotels, PKF, Holiday Inn, Radisson Hotels and Keg Restaurants.  From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Garden led investment teams at the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation managing Canadian and international multi-billion dollar, private equity real estate portfolios for institutional pension plan clients.  Ms. Garden has served on the boards of Bentall Kennedy, Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities, Delta Hotels, bcIMC Realty Corporation and SilverBirch Hotels & Resort. Ms. Garden is the principal at Mary Garden & Associates, an advisory firm working with select global clients and C-Suite leaders in strategic consulting, executive coaching and workplace well being.  Ms. Garden has a BA and MBA from the University of British Columbia and holds the ICD.D designation.

Mr. McFarland is the Chair of the Board of Dexterra Group and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Corporation on May 29, 2020 as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. McFarland is also a member of the Board, Lead Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Mr. McFarland brings significant financial and management experience to Dexterra Group. Mr. McFarland was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada (2011 to June 2018). Prior to that, Mr. McFarland was a member of the executive team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada from 2005 to 2011 and led the Greater Toronto Area audit practice from 2002 to 2005. Mr. McFarland is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. Mr. McFarland is also chair of the board of directors of The Conference Board of Canada and a director and chairman of each of AGT Food & Ingredients Inc. and Farmers Edge Inc.

Mr. Landy has been a director  since May 29, 2020 and was appointed to the Board of Directors as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. Landy co-founded the Outland Group in 1985, a major remote camp provider to government and industry in Canada’s north. Outland Group remains one of the largest reforestation companies in Canada as part of Dexterra with well over one billion trees planted during the past 35 years. Mr. Landy led Outland Group’s successful partnerships with First Nations communities across Canada in both business and education. Mr. Landy served as a director of Tangmaarvik Inland Camps Inc. and 9198-4468 Quebec Inc. (2016 to 2018) and was managing director of a partnership with the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec in Quebec’s Nunavik region. After a long career with Outland, Mr. Landy retired from the company and joined the Dexterra board of directors in 2018. Mr. Landy holds a Bachelor of Science, Honours, from McGill University and graduated from the University of Toronto as a medical doctor in 1986.

Mr. Newmark has extensive and diverse business knowledge and experience throughout northern Canada and has been Chief Executive Officer of E. Gruben’s Transport Ltd. since 1990, a successful contracting firm based in the Northwest Territories. Since 1976, he has been recognized as a leader within the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea regions and has served on numerous corporate and government boards including the Inuvialuit Development Corporation, Norterra Inc. and the GNWT Business Loan Fund Board. Mr. Newmark has been a member of the Dexterra Group board since May 29, 2020 and was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Horizon North from June 2006 to completion of the Transaction.

Mr. McFarland is the Chair of the Board of Dexterra Group and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Corporation on May 29, 2020 as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. McFarland is also a member of the Board, Lead Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Mr. McFarland brings significant financial and management experience to Dexterra Group. Mr. McFarland was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada (2011 to June 2018). Prior to that, Mr. McFarland was a member of the executive team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada from 2005 to 2011 and led the Greater Toronto Area audit practice from 2002 to 2005. Mr. McFarland is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. Mr. McFarland is also chair of the board of directors of The Conference Board of Canada and a director and chairman of each of AGT Food & Ingredients Inc. and Farmers Edge Inc.

Ms. Garden has over 30 years of executive leadership experience in business including operations and marketing management, advisory consulting, coaching and university teaching. Over the course of her career, Ms. Garden has worked in executive level positions with PwC, Delta Hotels, PKF, Holiday Inn, Radisson Hotels and Keg Restaurants.  From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Garden led investment teams at the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation managing Canadian and international multi-billion dollar, private equity real estate portfolios for institutional pension plan clients.  Ms. Garden has served on the boards of Bentall Kennedy, Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities, Delta Hotels, bcIMC Realty Corporation and SilverBirch Hotels & Resort. Ms. Garden is the principal at Mary Garden & Associates, an advisory firm working with select global clients and C-Suite leaders in strategic consulting, executive coaching and workplace well being.  Ms. Garden has a BA and MBA from the University of British Columbia and holds the ICD.D designation.

Mr. Nabholz is an independent businessman. Mr. Nabholz was the Chair of the Board of Horizon North from March 2017 until May 2020 and has been a member of the Dexterra Group Board since May 29, 2020. Mr. Nabholz has over 30 years of experience in the oil sands industry. Mr. Nabholz retired as Executive Vice President, Major Projects at Suncor Energy Inc. (“Suncor”) on March 1, 2012, having been at Suncor for 25 years. Mr. Nabholz was involved in all facets of the business at Suncor, including Operations, Maintenance and Projects and in his latest role led the execution of over $30 billion of major projects. Mr. Nabholz has served on a number of private company boards, as well as not-for-profit entities including the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Construction Owners Association of Alberta, Keyano College Foundation, the United Way of Fort McMurray and several others.

Mr. Johnston has been a director since May 29, 2020 and was appointed to the Board of Directors as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. Johnston has held a number of distinguished management and leadership positions in academia and government, including acting as the 28th Governor General of Canada from 2010 to 2017. Mr. Johnston has held a number of academic positions, including as principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University for fifteen years and as the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo. Mr. Johnston has also served on numerous provincial and federal task forces and committees, acted as president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (now Universities Canada) and of the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec. Mr. Johnston is a member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to companion, the Order’s highest level, in 1997. Mr. Johnston was also the first non-U.S. citizen to be elected chair of Harvard University’s board of overseers.

Ms. Bull, a proud member of Nipissing First Nation, holds the distinction of being named CEO of the Year for 2022 by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2023, and named as Top 100 Lobbyist in Canada four years in a row. As the President and CEO of Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB), she is dedicated to rebuilding and strengthening the path towards reconciliation and fostering a prosperous Indigenous economy for the benefit of all Canadians. With a background in electrical engineering, Tabatha is committed to promoting Indigenous inclusion and diversity in Canada’s energy sector.

In her role at CCIB, Tabatha serves the Indigenous community by supporting the Indigenous economy and sits on various boards, including the Dexterra Group, Wigwamen Inc., Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and Catalyst CEO Advisory Board in Canada, among others.

Tabatha’s dedication to diversity extends to her efforts in removing systematic barriers to enhance opportunities for Indigenous businesses and women across all industry sectors.

A graduate of University of Waterloo, Ms. Bull holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences and ICD.D for Not for Profits from Rotman’s Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ms. Bull, a proud member of Nipissing First Nation, holds the distinction of being named CEO of the Year for 2022 by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2023, and named as Top 100 Lobbyist in Canada four years in a row. As the President and CEO of Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB), she is dedicated to rebuilding and strengthening the path towards reconciliation and fostering a prosperous Indigenous economy for the benefit of all Canadians. With a background in electrical engineering, Tabatha is committed to promoting Indigenous inclusion and diversity in Canada’s energy sector.

In her role at CCIB, Tabatha serves the Indigenous community by supporting the Indigenous economy and sits on various boards, including the Dexterra Group, Wigwamen Inc., Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and Catalyst CEO Advisory Board in Canada, among others.

Tabatha’s dedication to diversity extends to her efforts in removing systematic barriers to enhance opportunities for Indigenous businesses and women across all industry sectors.

A graduate of University of Waterloo, Ms. Bull holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences and ICD.D for Not for Profits from Rotman’s Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ms. Rossi, an experienced commercial real estate professional, leads the overall asset management of the Province of Ontario’s General Real Estate Portfolio and provides realty advice, transaction, asset management, and other realty services to various public sector portfolios.

Ms. Rossi is currently President, Real Estate at Infrastructure Ontario (IO), and served as Interim President and CEO at IO, President of the Real Estate and Lending Division, and was a key member of the Executive Team merging Ontario Realty Corp and IO in 2012. Before joining the Crown Corporation, she was in development at Oxford Properties with much of her real estate career at Cadillac Fairview.

A graduate from the University of Toronto, Ms. Rossi holds an Honours BPHE and ICD.D from Rotman’s Institute of Corporate Directors and was elected to the Allied REIT Corporate Board in May 2022.

Mr. Johnston has been a director since May 29, 2020 and was appointed to the Board of Directors as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. Johnston has held a number of distinguished management and leadership positions in academia and government, including acting as the 28th Governor General of Canada from 2010 to 2017. Mr. Johnston has held a number of academic positions, including as principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University for fifteen years and as the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo. Mr. Johnston has also served on numerous provincial and federal task forces and committees, acted as president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (now Universities Canada) and of the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec. Mr. Johnston is a member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to companion, the Order’s highest level, in 1997. Mr. Johnston was also the first non-U.S. citizen to be elected chair of Harvard University’s board of overseers.

Mr. Nabholz is an independent businessman. Mr. Nabholz was the Chair of the Board of Horizon North from March 2017 until May 2020 and has been a member of the Dexterra Group Board since May 29, 2020. Mr. Nabholz has over 30 years of experience in the oil sands industry. Mr. Nabholz retired as Executive Vice President, Major Projects at Suncor Energy Inc. (“Suncor”) on March 1, 2012, having been at Suncor for 25 years. Mr. Nabholz was involved in all facets of the business at Suncor, including Operations, Maintenance and Projects and in his latest role led the execution of over $30 billion of major projects. Mr. Nabholz has served on a number of private company boards, as well as not-for-profit entities including the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Construction Owners Association of Alberta, Keyano College Foundation, the United Way of Fort McMurray and several others.

Mr. Landy has been a director  since May 29, 2020 and was appointed to the Board of Directors as a Dexterra Nominee upon completion of the Transaction. Mr. Landy co-founded the Outland Group in 1985, a major remote camp provider to government and industry in Canada’s north. Outland Group remains one of the largest reforestation companies in Canada as part of Dexterra with well over one billion trees planted during the past 35 years. Mr. Landy led Outland Group’s successful partnerships with First Nations communities across Canada in both business and education. Mr. Landy served as a director of Tangmaarvik Inland Camps Inc. and 9198-4468 Quebec Inc. (2016 to 2018) and was managing director of a partnership with the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec in Quebec’s Nunavik region. After a long career with Outland, Mr. Landy retired from the company and joined the Dexterra board of directors in 2018. Mr. Landy holds a Bachelor of Science, Honours, from McGill University and graduated from the University of Toronto as a medical doctor in 1986.

Mr. Newmark has extensive and diverse business knowledge and experience throughout northern Canada and has been Chief Executive Officer of E. Gruben’s Transport Ltd. since 1990, a successful contracting firm based in the Northwest Territories. Since 1976, he has been recognized as a leader within the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea regions and has served on numerous corporate and government boards including the Inuvialuit Development Corporation, Norterra Inc. and the GNWT Business Loan Fund Board. Mr. Newmark has been a member of the Dexterra Group board since May 29, 2020 and was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Horizon North from June 2006 to completion of the Transaction.