Management Team
DAVID J. BRUNDIGE K.C.
President and Chief Executive Officer
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.
He was honoured in 2010 by the Global Directory of Who’s Who, and has been recognized by the prestigious Martindate Hubbell International Rating Service for his competence and professional ethics in the legal profession.
MICHAEL MCSWEENEY
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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, Michael held leadership roles in both the private and public sectors. His 35-year work experience includes:
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Special Assistant to Pat Nowlan, Member of Parliament, Annapolis Valley Hants
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Elected City and Regional Councillor, City of Ottawa (Canada’s Capital);
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Executive Assistant to the Leader of Canada’s Official Opposition;
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Special Assistant to Canada’s Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
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Special Assistant to two of Canada’s Ministers of Defence
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CEO, Standards Council of Canada
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Chief of Staff and VP Business Development, Archer Daniels Midland (Decatur, Illinois)
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Vice President Environment and Corporate Secretary, 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.
CAMMY OUELLETTE
Chief Financial Officer
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.
DARREL ZWARYCH
Acting Chief Investment Officer and Chair of Credit 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.
WAYNE MORSKY
Chief Business Development 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.
RONALD MCCULLOUGH
Regional Development Coordinator
Ron has had a diverse career spanning both the private and public sectors. He spent a total of 10 years working in the private sector, primarily in the banking industry and as a self-employed entrepreneur. He has over 35 years of experience working in senior leadership positions with local governments across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
Ron has a particular passion for sustainable development, which he believes is essential for the long-term well-being of communities. He is guided by five key sustainability principles: financial sustainability, physical environment sustainability, natural environment sustainability, social/cultural sustainability, and governance sustainability. He understands that achieving sustainability requires a holistic approach that takes into account not only the economic and environmental factors but also the social and cultural aspects of a community.
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.
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