Total Compensation: $ 3.05 M
Mr. Lazaridis, 47, has served as a director of the Company since 1984 and is the co-founder, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Lazaridis holds an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and is currently the University's Chancellor. In recognition of his leadership and innovation, Mr. Lazaridis was named by the Globe and Mail as Canada's Nation Builder of the Year for 2002. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. Mr. Lazaridis has more than fifty patents issued and has been granted dozens of industry and community awards for his innovations in wireless radio technology and software. Mr. Lazaridis has founded two research institutions of international significance, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo.
Total Compensation: $ 3.05 M
Mr. Balsillie, 47, has served as a director of the Company since 1993 and is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Balsillie is a Chartered Accountant and received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Balsillie also holds several Honorary Doctorate degrees. In addition, Mr. Balsillie holds an FCA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Prior to joining and investing in the Company in 1992, Mr. Balsillie was Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of Sutherland-Shultz Limited in Kitchener, Ontario. In 2002, Mr. Balsillie founded the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a research institute focused on the restructuring of international governance practices, with a particular emphasis on financial and economic institutions. Mr. Balsillie is also the Chair of the Canadian International Council.
Total Compensation: $ 640,070.00
Brian Bidulka was appointed as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer and is the Company's senior financial officer overseeing all financial reporting and compliance activities.
Total Compensation: $ —
Ms. Robin Bienfait who was Senior Vice President of AT&T Global Network Operations, Network Security and Disaster Recovery, previously Chief Compliance Officer, EH&S and prior to that was Vice President Service Assurance, E-Mtce & IP/Data Systems at AT&T Labs.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Kerr, 64, has served as a director of the Company since July, 2007. Mr. Kerr is Managing Partner of Edper Financial Corporation, a financial management company. From July 2002 to August 2006, Mr. Kerr was Chairman of Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda Inc.) and prior to that he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Falconbridge Limited. Mr. Kerr is a director of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., CanWest Global Communication Corp., Sustainable Developments Technology Canada, Sun Life Financial Inc., the Toronto Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, and the Special Olympics Canada Foundation. In the past five years, Mr. Kerr also served as a director of Shell Canada Limited.
Total Compensation: $ —
Ms. Stymiest, 51, has served as a director of the Company since March, 2007. Ms. Stymiest has an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario and FCA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Ms. Stymiest has been Chief Operating Officer of RBC Financial Group since 2004. Prior to this, Ms. Stymiest held positions as Chief Executive Officer at TSX Group Inc., Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer at BMO Nesbitt Burns and Partner of Ernst & Young LLP. Ms. Stymiest is currently a Director of Symcor Inc., Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Foundation, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and the Royal Ontario Museum.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Wetmore, 58, has served as a director of the Company since March, 2007. Mr. Wetmore has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and graduated from the Advanced Executive Program at the Kellogg School, Northwestern University. Mr. Wetmore is the former President and Chief Executive Officer and also the former Chief Financial Officer of IBM Canada. He also held various finance positions at IBM Americas. Mr. Wetmore is currently a director at Loblaw Companies Limited, and is a trustee of Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Estill, 51, has served as a director of the Company since 1997. Since September 2004, Mr. Estill has been the Chief Executive Officer of SYNNEX Canada Limited ("SYNNEX"). SYNNEX, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation, is a leading distributor of technology products. Prior to the acquisition by SYNNEX of EMJ Data Systems Ltd. in September 2004, Mr. Estill was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of EMJ Data Systems. Mr. Estill is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and holds a Bachelor of Science, Systems Design Engineering.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Richardson, 73, has served as a director of the Company since 2003 and has been the lead director of the Company since March, 2007. Mr. Richardson has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto, an MBA from Harvard Business School and an FCA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Mr. Richardson was appointed Chairman of the Ontario Pension Board in July, 2004 and retired from that position at the end of his three year term in June, 2007. Mr. Richardson was previously a Senior Partner of Clarkson Gordon & Co, Executive Vice President, Lonvest Corporation (now London Insurance Group Inc.), President of Great Lakes Power, Deputy Chairman of London Insurance Groups Inc., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wellington Insurance, and Chairman of London Guarantee Insurance Company. Mr. Richardson was a past board member with The Insurance Bureau of Canada, and the Facility Association. Mr. Richardson is currently the Chairman of Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. and a trustee of Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund and Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund.
Total Compensation: $ 1.07 M
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Total Compensation: $ —
Dennis Kavelman has been Chief Financial Officer at Research In Motion since 1995. During his tenure at RIM he has overseen the company's $35 million CDN private placement, $100 million CDN initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, listing on the NASDAQ, and $735 million US follow-on offering. RIM is part of the TSX 100 and 300 indexes. Dennis is a Chartered Accountant, finishing first in Canada on the CICA Uniform Final Examination, and holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. Prior to joining RIM in March 1995, Dennis held various positions in the corporate finance group at KPMG.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Cork is the Managing Director of Sentinel Associates Limited, a consulting firm in corporate direction. Mr. Cork graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Toronto. Mr. Cork was the Chairman and President of E-L Financial Corporation from 1991 to 1997, and was the Vice Chairman from 1997 to 2003. In addition, Mr. Cork was the Senior Vice President-Treasurer with Noranda Inc. from 1980 to 1987, and held various other financial positions at Noranda Inc. from 1959 to 1988. Mr. Cork currently sits on a number of boards including United Corporations. Mr. Cork, advised the Board that he would not stand for re-election at the upcoming annual general meeting of the Company and tendered his resignations from all committees of the Board. He has been appointed to the honorary position of Director Emeritus of the Board.
Total Compensation: $ 1.11 M
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Total Compensation: $ —
Dr. Wright is the President Emeritus of the University of Waterloo. Dr. Wright is a former President of the University of Waterloo, and was the first Dean of Engineering at the University. Dr. Wright is a director of several companies in Canada, the United States and Britain including Geometrica Inc. and Comdev. Dr. Wright, advised the Board that he would not stand for re-election at the upcoming annual general meeting of the Company and tendered his resignations from all committees of the Board. He has been appointed to the honorary position of Director Emeritus of the Board.
Total Compensation: $ —
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Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. David Yach who prior to January 2008 was Senior Vice President, Software and Vice President, Software of the Company.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Martin, 51, has served as a director of the Company since July, 2007. Mr. Martin is Dean and Professor of Strategy at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Mr. Martin was formerly a director of Monitor Company, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based consulting firm, and is Chair of the Ontario Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity, and Economic Progress. Mr. Martin also serves as a director on the board of Thomson Reuters Corporation and the Skoll Foundation, is Vice-Chair of Tennis Canada and is a trustee of The Hospital for Sick Children.
