Board of Directors

As a graduate of the University of Alberta (1975), with a Degree in Business Administration and Commerce, Chuck has had a successful career in the Retail Industry which spans over 45 years. His core competencies and expertise are in Operations and Retail Financial and Strategic Management, including Real Estate and Franchising. From 2009 until he sold the Company in May 2024, Chuck was the principal owner of Papa M Pizza Canada Inc., which held the Master Franchise rights for Papa Murphy’s in Canada. From 1990 to 2009, Chuck served as the President and CEO of Rogers Retail (a division of Rogers Communications Inc.). As the head of Rogers Retail, he was responsible for expanding the network of Company Stores from 33 to over 400 locations. Prior to Rogers, Chuck was the Vice President-Eastern Canada for Silcorp (former owner of Mac’s Convenience Stores), where he had overall responsibility for the Operations and Real Estate management for the Store Network in Eastern Canada.

From 2004 to 2015, Chuck served as an Independent Director of Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc. His guidance assisted in the successful sale of the Company in late 2015.

Chuck has also devoted his time and expertise to several nonprofit organizations including the Vancouver Aquarium, Peace Arch Hospital, and BC Special Olympics. He also served on the Retail Advisory Board for Ryerson University and he is a past Chair of the Retail Council of Canada and the BC Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.

Mr. Cervino is the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of the US Value-Add Funds for BentallGreenOak, drawing on more than 16 years in acquiring/disposing and asset managing office, industrial, multi-family, retail and hospitality real estate assets across the U.S. Mr. Cervino’s leadership at BentallGreenOak includes an active role in driving the firm’s ESG and diversity and inclusion missions and is keenly involved in the mentorship and development of the next generation of investment professionals at the firm. Mr. Cervino serves on the board of directors for the Institute for Community Living (ICL) where he also chairs the Real Estate committee for the non-profit organization.

Amy is a Partner at Ewing Morris Investment Partners, an alternative asset manager with both equity and credit strategies. In her role, Amy spearheads the funds engagement investment opportunities. Amy was previously CEO of Kingsdale Advisors, a leading shareholder services and advisory firm specializing in strategic and defensive advisory, governance advisory, proxy and voting analytics and investor communications. Prior to Kingsdale, Amy spent over 15 years in capital markets as an investment banker with global firms including Stifel and Morgan Stanley in both Toronto and New York. Amy currently serves as a director of Canaccord Genuity Group (TSX:CF) and Mandalay Resources Corporation (TSX:MND)). Amy holds an MBA and JD from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Evans has over 25 years of real estate experience in both Canada and the U.S. with an extensive track record in all areas of commercial real estate. His public companies have raised over Cdn$1.8 billion of equity over the past decade. Mr. Evans was a co-founder, CEO and Trustee of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (“PIRET”), which was a publicly-listed real estate investment trust on the TSX with a diversified portfolio of income-producing industrial properties in major markets across Canada and the U.S. Since it’s initial public offering in 2007, PIRET grew from a small portfolio to a dominant industrial platform of industrial logistics assets and was successfully sold to Blackstone Property Partners for C$3.8 billion in 2018. Mr. Evans was also a co-founder, CEO and director of Pure Multi-Family REIT LP (“Pure Multi”), which was a publicly-listed real estate investment trust on the TSX and owned and operated a portfolio of high quality apartment communities in the U.S. sunbelt growth markets. Since its initial public offering, Pure Multi grew to over 7,000 apartments and was ultimately sold to an affiliate of Cortland Partners, LLC in September 2019 for approximately Cdn$1.6 billion. Mr. Evans is the principal of Sunstone, which has acquired, redeveloped and drove asset management of over C$800 million in retail, industrial, residential and hotel properties in Canada and the U.S. Mr. Evans also co-founded the REIT.

Mahmood Khimji is a Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Highgate, a fully-integrated real estate investment and hospitality management company. Prior to founding Highgate in 1988, Mr. Khimji practiced law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Mr. Khimji is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), the Real Estate Forum and a member of the Board of Directors of Sagicor Financial Corporation Limited and Playa Hotels & Resorts. Mr. Khimji also serves on the National Committee of Aga Khan Foundation USA and on the Boards of Aga Khan Museum and the Asia Society. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Visitors for Columbia Law School. He attended the University of British Columbia, holds a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of Houston, and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.

John O’Neill, 60, has been in the hospitality industry for over 35 years.

After graduating from the University of British Columbia (B.Comm 85), John held senior positions with Coast Hotels & Resorts Ltd. between 1985 – 1991. For the past 29 years, John has been CEO of O’Neill Hotels & Resorts Ltd. (OHR), a Vancouver based Hotel Management, Development and Investment firm.

John has been recognized as an industry leader, having been named Canadian Hotelier of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, and Top 40 under 40.

John is a co-founder of American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (AHIP) and was AHIP’s Chief Executive Officer from 2018 – 2020.

John was a Director of Pure Multi Family REIT from 2013 to 2019.

John was a co-founder of Canadian Hotel Income Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CHIP REIT) in 1997, and also served on the Board of Directors (1999 – 2001).

He has also served as a member of the Minister’s Council on Tourism, a former director of Tourism Whistler, is a past Chair of the BC Chapter of Young President’s Organization, and former member of Sauder School of Business (UBC) Faculty Advisory Board.

John is currently a Director of the Fraser Institute, and Chair of the Collingwood School Foundation.

Josef Vejvoda acts as a special advisor to K2 & Associates Investment Management Inc. Previously, Mr. Vejvoda was a portfolio manager at K2 from August 2013 and became K2’s Chief Compliance Officer in March 2017 and Chief Executive Officer in October 2018, until stepping back from administrative duties in March 2021 to focus solely on special projects. Josef has over 25 years of extensive capital markets experience and has held senior management roles at a number of the country’s largest financial institutions including Merrill Lynch Canada, National Bank Financial and TD Securities. Mr. Vejvoda has served on numerous public company boards and has contributed to the realization of significant increases in shareholder value. Mr. Vejvoda graduated from Queen’s University with a bachelor degree in computer science. He has also earned the Chartered Investment Manager designation from the Canadian Securities Institute and is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors having achieved the ICD.D designation.

Jonathan joined American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP as Chief Executive Officer in October 2020. Previously, Mr. Korol was President at SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts (“SilverBirch”). At SilverBirch, Jonathan oversaw one of Canada’s largest hotel owner/operators with a portfolio of close to 5,000 guest rooms operated under internationally recognized brands. Before becoming President at SilverBirch, he led their Investment & Portfolio Management team as Senior Vice President, where he managed all of the firm’s acquisition, disposition, development and asset management activities. Before joining SilverBirch, Mr. Korol co-founded Amadeus Property Partners, a private real estate investment fund focused on investing in select-service hotels and retail and multi-family properties in gateway markets throughout North America. He spent the formative part of his career at Apollo Real Estate Advisors (now Ares Management), where he was a Vice President focusing on equity and debt investing in all property types. Jonathan started his professional career as an Investment Banker with Merrill Lynch. He holds a B.Comm from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.