Board/Management Horizon West Infrastructure Fund
DAVID J. BRUNDIGE, K.C.
Executive Chair and President/CEO
David is a partner in the Willows Wellsch Orr & Brundige LLP law firm in Regina Saskatchewan. David has 37 years of experience practicing law in Saskatchewan and has specialized in corporate commercial law and real estate.
He has also worked in the area of corporate finance having sat as the Chair of the Canadian Bar Association securities law (2010-2012) and was chair of the Saskatchewan Angel Investment Network for two years in 2007-2009. He has assisted clients in raising monies through various legal exemptions on both the public markets and equity capital markets. He sits on the Board of Mission Bay Developments, Brunwall Developments and previously sat on the board of At Home Canada (an e-real estate firm).
David currently chairs the Sask Government House Foundation. David sat as a volunteer on the Boards of the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation, Economic Development Regina, and the Senate of the University of Regina. David practices in Regina Saskatchewan and was awarded his Queens Counsel designation in 2010, and received the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
In 2010, he was honored by the Global Directory of Who's Who. He has also been recognized by the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell International Rating Service for his competence and professional ethics in the legal profession. In 2022, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal.
WAYNE MORSKY
Vice-Chair and Chief Operations Officer
Wayne is the former President and CEO in The Morsky Group of Companies, a 60 year-old family owned and operated business with primary interests in commercial and heavy construction. Wayne hails from Manitoba and received a Diploma in Business Admin from Red River College in Winnipeg. He is a past president of the Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association of Saskatchewan, past chair of the Western Canadian Roadbuilders Association and past chair of the Canadian Construction Association as well as a founding member and President of the Regina Chapter of The Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFE). Wayne sat on the Saskatchewan Construction Panel, Saskatchewan Construction Association Board of Directors, Centre of Excellence in Transportation and Infrastructure in Saskatchewan Board of Directors, Canadian Construction Association Board of Directors, Saskatchewan Roughriders Board of Directors and CFL Board of Governors. He presently sits as the Chairman of the Board for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The Morsky Group of Companies began with land clearing in Manitoba and progressed into the oil field industry in the early fifties. They moved onto grid road construction, rail line development and were awarded their first major highway contract in 1970. Today they are involved in diverse sectors of the construction industry: land development, general contracting, transportation and minefield infrastructure, soil reclamation and stabilization, environmental remediation, pipeline construction, and rail line maintenance.
DARREL ZWARYCH, CA. CPA
Director, Acting Chief Investment Officer and Chair of Audit Committee
Darrell Zwarych is currently the CEO & President of Advance Engineered Products. Advance is one Canada’s largest tanker trailer manufacturer and service provider.
Before this Darrell was the VP Finance for Mosaic Potash. The role encompassed all areas of finance, strategy, including project control for a $6 billion expansion program. Also included in this role was government relations and aboriginal community relations. Darrell was also a board member and chair of the audit committee for Saskferco, a nitrogen business which was a joint venture between the Saskatchewan Government and Mosaic. Saskferco was eventually sold to Yara Industries.
Darrell served as a director of the Potash Producers Association which is a Potash industry group that works with all levels of Government to solve common issues between government and the Potash Industry. He was also a director for Modular storage, a roll up strategy for the storage business industry which was eventually sold to a strategic competitor.
Darrell is a Chartered Accountant and a CPA with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary. Darrell has been involved with numerous volunteer boards over the years. His main passion is team building, developing people and creating a culture of success.
CAMMY OUELLETTE, CA. CPA
Chief Financial Officer and Chair of Credit Committee
Cammy Ouellette is a collaborative and strategic finance leader with over 21 years of experience in various industries, including Banking and Fintech. She has expert knowledge of financial planning and analysis, corporate strategy, M&A, corporate finance, investor relations, financial reporting. Cammy leads high-performance teams, in collaboration with executives, lines of business, operations, and risk management, to provide value added insights, business intelligence, and support on strategic initiatives.
Cammy’s most recent positions were held at Concentra Bank, as the Vice President (Corporate Finance and Strategy) and Senior Director (Analytics). It was here that Cammy led the entire process in selling Concentra to Equitable Bank for $470M. She was instrumental in raising Concentra’s first $250M fixed term note in the debt capital market. She’d managed a team of 10 professionals (CPA, CFA, BI) to lead and execute quarterly rolling-forward forecasts and annual planning, perform complex analysis and provide value-added insights on business performance and projections, and automate and develop real-time KPIs. Cammy established and led a robust and comprehensive process to identify and evaluate new market opportunities, including trend and market analysis, benchmark stats and peer group analysis.
LIAM ODDIE, MBA
Director of Regulatory Compliance
A lawyer of nearly 20 years, Liam has been a trusted advisor and business partner to managers, executives, and boards of various businesses and organizations, both in private practice and in-house. During that time, Liam spent several years with the Alberta Securities Commission, served as General Counsel for a private equity venture capital firm in Calgary, and served four years on the board of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, most of them as Chair. Liam’s practice areas have encompassed litigation, securities, and corporate-commercial law, and he has expertise and experience in corporate governance, risk management/compliance, and legal resources management.
Liam holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Business Administration from Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. He has completed the requisite courses for a Baccalaureate Certificate in Natural Resource, Energy, and Environmental Law from the University of Calgary, as well as several programs of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
CINDY KOBAYASHI
Manager of Investor/ Shareholder Relations
For two decades Cindy has dedicated her life to social change. She is a senior consultant specializing in government relations, fund development, governance, facilitation, social finance, as well as measuring and communicating impact. Cindy has worked with the non-profit sector and all levels of government to provide project management and oversight of government partnerships including project development, stakeholder engagement, and data analytics. Most recently, she served the City of Regina as a senior consultant to help develop the new municipal corporation, Community & Social Impact Regina. Her work allows the opportunity to find innovative solutions and work collaboratively with public, private, and non-profit sectors to address complex social issues.
Cindy is passionate about community and is a committed volunteer who has served on several Boards and Committees. She currently serves on the Regina Public Library Board as the Chair of Governance, and also serves on the Government House Foundation Board and City of Regina appointed Catalyst Committee.
DEREK VERHELST, CPA
Manager of Operations and Development
Derek is a Chartered Accountant, which designation he received in Saskatchewan in 2006. He also is a graduate of the Queen’s University School of Business with a B Comm (Honours) in 2003 and has a Certificate of Business Analysis in 2010 from the University of British Columbia.
Derek previously worked as a financial analyst at Mosaic Company and was a consultant for five years for Solvera Solutions with Sask Power. Since 2016 Derek has garnered a wealth of entrepreneurial experience primarily as the President of Kelln Solar.
JACK BOYCE
Risk Attribution Officer
Jack is a Commercial Banker who has enjoyed a career spanning over 40 years including experience with a major Chartered Bank and a Federal Credit Union. He brings a mix of experience having spent time in both sales and Commercial Credit Adjudication. During his time with the bank, he developed and coached dynamic teams in several provinces from B.C. to Ontario. He brings a breadth of experience with respect to innovative financing structures for capital projects.
Jack has served on various not-for-profit Boards including The Surrey Board of Trade and Peace Arch Hospital Foundation. In addition, he is a past president of the South Surrey B.C. Rotary club.
Jack holds a B. Comm from the University of Alberta.
MICHAEL MCSWEENEY, MPA, MBA
Government Relations Manager
Michael McSweeney is currently the COO, Horizon West Infrastructure Fund (HWIF). Michael joined HWIF on July 1, 2022. Michael recently retired as President and CEO of the Cement Association of Canada (CAC). He was appointed President in 2010, after serving as the CAC’s Vice President of Industry Affairs beginning in 2007.
Prior to joining the CAC, held leadership roles in both the private and public sectors, accumulating 35 years of diverse work experience. This includes positions such as Special Assistant to Pat Nowlan, Member of Parliament; Elected City and Regional Councillor in Ottawa; Executive Assistant to the Leader of Canada's Official Opposition; Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney; Special Assistant to two Ministers of Defence in Canada; CEO of the Standards Council of Canada; Chief of Staff and VP Business Development at Archer Daniels Midland; and Vice President of Environment and Corporate Secretary at Bennett Environmental.
He has served on many boards, most recently as a Director of the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, the Ottawa Riverkeeper and CleanInnoGen.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University, a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
MARK COOPER, MBA
Business Development Officer
Mark currently sits on the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Board of Directors where he chairs the governance committee. He’s previously served on the boards of the Regina Food Bank, the Canadian Construction Association, the Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Government House Foundation and the Al Ritchie Community Association.
Mark received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Regina and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Royal Roads University. He is a certified negotiator and mediator, a Project Management Professional, and recently concluded the Director’s Education Program with the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mark has a LEAN Yellow Belt and is a trained adult educator.
Mark Cooper is the President and CEO of Prairie Clean Energy, a Saskatchewan-headquartered bioenergy company that specializes in converting agricultural waste into bioenergy fuel pellets for the world market. Previously, Mark served as the President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Construction Association, where he represented Saskatchewan’s 9,000+ construction companies. He also served as Director of Policy and Communications for the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association and worked for the governments of both Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Mark and his wife Kimberley, a high school teacher, live in Regina raising their two-year-old daughter Isabella, and trying to keep up with their dogs - Seamus and Wallace.
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Advisory Committee
RICHARD MAKSYMETZ
Principal, Alar Strategy
Prior to founding ALAR Strategy in 2018, Richard was a veteran political advisor with two decades of experience. He has held senior positions in Canadian politics and government at both the federal and provincial levels, including serving as Chief of Staff to the Federal Minister of Finance, and with the British Columbia Ministers of Finance, Health and Solicitor General. He has also served as an advisor on Western and Northern Canada in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. He is proud to have worked in 106 of the 107 Federal ridings in Western and Northern Canada (he’s been everywhere, man). This first-hand experience has provided Richard with a unique understanding of the Canadian political and public policy landscape.
VIRGINIA WILKINSON
BJ, BSc
Virginia Wilkinson is a strategic thinker with nearly 30 years experience in leading corporate communications, stakeholder relations, and public relations initiatives for a range of public and private sector organizations. She is also a communications/media relations coach, who has worked with senior executives, senior leadership teams and front-line managers for nearly 15 years. As a communications executive, Virginia has worked in both the public and private sectors, in areas such as health care, social programming, innovation, education, and many others.
GARY BOSGOED
President/CEO, Bosgoed Project Consultants Ltd.
Gary Bosgoed is the President and CEO of Bosgoed Project Consultants Ltd. (BPC), a management consulting, consulting engineering and project management company. With over forty years of consulting experience, Gary specializes in project delivery, business advisory services and corporate governance. Before restarting BPC in 2015, Gary was the Senior Vice-President and General Manager of the WorleyParsons Edmonton Office, a team of over 2,600 personnel delivering projects around the world. The team provided engineering, procurement and construction management services on oil & gas, mining, infrastructure, and power projects both in Canada and internationally. He has also held executive positions at Waiward Steel and FT Services (AECOM). As well, Gary was a founding Director of Circle Energy (CEN:TSX) a Calgary-based oil and gas exploration company. In 2013, he chaired the Alberta Capital Region United Way Campaign, and co-chaired the Alberta Trans Canada Trail Fundraising Committee. He sits on the Norquest College Workforce Advisory and Indigenous Advisory Committees.
DONNIE MACKAY
Advisory Committee
Donnie is a former Managing Director of Greystone Managed Investments which is now a part of TD Asset Management.
Before retiring in July 2015 he served Greystone in several capacities including equity portfolio management, member Asset Allocation Committee, lead Canadian Equity team, and as a member of the firm’s management committee. Greystone’s management committee oversaw the evolution of client investment solutions from traditional portfolios towards a suite of Alternative asset classes.
Donnie’s Greystone career started in 1992 and saw him an active member in Fixed Income, equity trading, and serving clients as a relationship manager. Donnie is a believer and builder of team-based investment management, and a corporate culture with deep commitments to its people and the communities it serves.
Born and raised in Regina, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan, later awarded the Charter Financial Analyst designation. He continues to be an active participant in the financial markets, adding his efforts to a select few start-up businesses. Passions include sports, travel, volunteering and acting as a catalyst in the lives of family, friends and his community.
RAYMOND SIMARD
Advisory Committee
Ray Simard is currently the President and CEO of Boulevard Consultants Inc., a firm that specializes in consulting in Project management and property tax assessment. Ray is Manitoba born and raised and presently lives in Winnipeg Manitoba. Ray has previously served as Chairman of the Caisse Populaire de Saint-Boniface, Vice-Chair of the Federation des Caisses populaires du Manitoba, and as a member of UNEVOC Canada National Advisory Committee and the National and Regional Advisory Committee.
Ray was first elected to the House of Commons as a MP for Saint Boniface in the May 2002 by-election. He served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister responsible for Internal Trade, Democratic Reform, Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister Responsible for Official Languages. He also acted as the Party’s deputy whip and was sworn in as a member of the Queen’s Privy Council under Prime Minister Paul Martin.
Ray is married and holds a BA from College university of Saint Boniface and a B Comm from the University of Manitoba.
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