R. Scott Hutcheson - Chairman & CEO

 

 

R. Scott Hutcheson is Chairman & CEO of Aspen Properties Ltd., a fully integrated privately held real estate company based in the city of Calgary. Together with investment partners, Aspen owns 1.1 million square feet of office space and 1,380 parking stalls in the city of Calgary. The portfolio consists of 5 buildings in downtown Calgary which includes the recently constructed 300,000 square foot Palliser South office tower and approximately a million square feet of "A" class office space to be developed in the Calgary downtown.

Prior to joining Aspen Properties, Hutcheson served as President of a real estate partnership in Florida that included 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. Hutcheson previously held senior executive positions on two publicly traded companies listed on the TSX: Director, President & CEO of Consolidated Properties from 2000 to 2005; and Director & COO of CML Global from 1999 to 2005.

In addition, he is currently a member of two publicly traded companies; the Board of Trustees of Huntingdon REIT (TSX: HNT.UN) and a member of the Board of Directors of Whistler Blackcomb (TSX:WB).

Hutcheson holds a Master of Science degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Utah. Scott was named one of Alberta's 50 most influential people in 2010 by AlbertaVenture Magazine.

 

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Greg A. Guatto - President & Chief Operating Officer

 

 

Greg Guatto is the President, Chief Operating Officer, a Director and a Principal of Aspen Properties. He is responsible for acquisition, disposition, asset management, property management and leasing for the company.

Mr. Guatto previously worked with TrizecHahn Properties Ltd. and Knowlton Realty Ltd. He received an HBA in Business Administration, with Honours, from The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 1990.

 

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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 — Vice President, Leasing
 

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 then Vice President, Leasing in May 30 2011, and 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.

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—Vice President, Real Estate
 

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 J. Lange - Vice President, Real Estate

 

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 growth 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). He also serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement and is involved in various other fundraising efforts for youth related charitable organizations.

 

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Kelly J. Wildeman - Controller

 

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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R. Scott Hutcheson - Chairman and Director
 

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Greg A. Guatto - Director
 

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Veronica D. Bouvier - Director
 

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