R. Scott Hutcheson - Chairman & CEO

R. Scott Hutcheson is Chairman & CEO of Aspen Properties, a fully integrated privately held real estate company based in the city of Calgary. Together with investment partners, Aspen owns 2,000,000 square feet of office space and 2,117 parking stalls in the cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The portfolio consists of 6 buildings in downtown Calgary, which includes the recently constructed 300,000 square foot Palliser South office tower and 2 office towers in downtown Edmonton. Within the portfolio an additional 1,000,000 square feet of "AAA" LEED Gold office space has been approved for development (adjacent to the Calgary Tower, which Aspen owns).

Prior to joining Aspen Properties, Hutcheson served as President of a real estate partnership in Florida that was financed by an ivy league university endowment fund. He was also previously employed as an investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York and San Francisco.

In addition to his position as Chairman of the Board of Aspen Properties, Hutcheson is currently a Board member of two publicly traded companies; Huntingdon Capital Corp. (TSX:HNT) and Whistler Blackcomb (TSX:WB). He is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts, a board member of Norquay Ski Area, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Realpac and is a member of the Advisory Council for U of C, Haskayne School of Business, Real Estate & Entrepreneurial Studies Program. Hutcheson is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Winterstart, an organization which operates both the men's and women's Alpine World Cup ski races at Lake Louise and has served on Winsport Canada's Board of Directors and currently serves on Winsport's Finance & Audit Committee. He is a former member of Young President's Organization (YPO) and is currently a member of World President's Organization (WPO). Hutcheson is a former member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, and was a first team All-America NCAA athlete.

Hutcheson earned a Master of Science degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Utah, and has been named one of Alberta's 50 most influential people by Alberta Venture Magazine.

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Greg A. Guatto - President & Chief Operating Officer

Veronica D. Bouvier - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Bouvier joined Aspen Properties in 2000, following Aspen's acquisition of shares of Consolidated Properties Ltd, a previous TSX publicly traded real-estate company. Prior to this she was with Fairweather Properties Inc., a Winnipeg-based real estate management and development company and Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Chartered Accountants.

As an Officer, Director and Principal of Aspen, her responsibilities include financial reporting and forecasting, performance measurement, financial due diligence and analysis, mortgage financing, human resources and corporate governance.

Ms. Bouvier is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Chartered Secretaries of Canada. She has a Bachelor of Commerce with Honors from the University of Manitoba.

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Rob Blackwell joined Aspen Properties in October 2004 as Leasing Manager of the Calgary office portfolio. He was promoted to Director of Leasing in January 2007 and Vice President, Leasing in May 2011. He is responsible for the leasing of the Calgary and Edmonton portfolios. Prior to joining Aspen, Mr. Blackwell specialized in downtown Calgary office leasing with Avison Young Commercial Real Estate. Since starting with Aspen, Rob has completed more than 375 transactions totalling 2.8 milion square feet.

Rob is a regular speaker at the Calgary Leasing Conference and is an annual contributor to the Enbridge Mentorship program at the University of Calgary. Mr. Blackwell is a graduate of the University of Calgary with a Degree in Commerce (Finance). He is the chairman of the Charitable Contributions Committee at Aspen Properties.

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Jay Cowan joined Aspen Properties in March 2006 to oversee operations, leasing, and construction for the Calgary East Business Unit. With bottom line responsibility, Mr. Cowan is an integral part of the management team.

His background includes 12 years of real estate experience with Cadillac Fairview Corporation and GWL Realty Advisors in the leasing and asset management disciplines, and Brookfield Properties where he worked in the property management and leasing divisions.

Mr. Cowan has been involved in many large and high profiled transactions over the years and has achieved a high degree of success with each of the above organizations.

He is a graduate of the University of Guelph with a double major BA in Management and Economics. He is also a Certified Advertising Agency Practitioner.

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Murray Lange joined Aspen Properties in July 2004. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the leasing, operations and administration of the Edmonton portfolio as well as identifying and executing value add strategies and acquisition opportunities.

Prior to joining Aspen, Mr. Lange spent a decade working in various real estate roles including operations, property management, leasing, and brokerage with Oxford Properties, Sun Life Financial and Avison Young.

Mr. Lange is a graduate of NAIT where he earned an Honors Diploma in Business Administration and he is currently a candidate member of the Certified Commercial Investment Member(CCIM).

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Kelly Wildeman joined Aspen Properties in June 2002. His responsibilities include accounting, financial reporting, tax planning and compliance, budgeting, forecasting, treasury and cash management.
 

Mr. Wildeman is a Certified Management Accountant with seventeen years of extensive experience. Prior to Aspen Properties, Kelly spent three years as Assistant Controller for a large Western-Canadian construction company. Previous experience included the energy industry in Calgary and public practice in Saskatoon.

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