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Alex Davidson is a Director of JC Clark Ltd. and formerly the Portfolio Manager of the JC Clark Canadian Value Fund. Alex received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor in 1966 and an MBA from McMaster University in 1967. Prior to joining JC Clark, Alex spent more than thirty years involved with the startup, ownership, and management of several businesses involved in the manufacturing and resource sectors. Alex currently serves as a Chancellor for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as well as a director of JDRF’s affiliated Canadian Clinical Trials Network.

Rick is a former senior partner of Norton Rose Fulbright where he handled capital market transactions and mergers and acquisitions for private and publicly traded corporations, provided ongoing corporate and securities law advice to issuers and financial intermediaries, advised boards of directors and special board committees, and mediated shareholder disputes.

Rick has a LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School (1975) and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He is recognized in Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2012-2013 as one of the most frequently recommended in the area of Corporate Mid-Market.

Michael Arthur Meighen, Q.C., is a Canadian senator (retired), lawyer and philanthropist. A graduate of McGill University and University Laval (cum laude), Michael has practiced litigation and commercial law in both Montreal and Toronto.

Michael was appointed to the Senate of Canada by former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1990 representing Ontario, where he chaired the Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. He also served on the National Security and Defence Committee and chaired its Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs. He was a member of the Senate Special Joint Committee on Canada’s Defence Policy (1994) and the Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada. From 1985 to 1987, Michael acted as Co-legal Counsel on the Deschenes Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals.

Michael is the Chancellor of McGill University, chairs the T.R. Meighen Family Foundation, and is a director of the Peter Cundill Foundation, and Sentry Investments. In January 2007, he was appointed as a Commissioner of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park by the Canadian Government.

Michael was appointed to the Order of Canada in December 2014 and has long been active in the community, including chairing the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, the Salvation Army Metro-Toronto Advisory Board and the Canadian Unity Council.

Jennifer Doherty is Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer and joined the Firm in 2001. Jennifer is responsible for the firm’s compliance and day-to-day operations and client service. Jennifer has completed the Canadian Securities Course (1998), the Conduct & Practices Handbook Course (1999), the Partners, Directors and Officers Qualifying Exam (2001), Trader Training Course (2002), Chief Compliance Officer Qualifying Exam (2008) and the Chief Financial Officers Exam (2012). Prior to joining JC Clark, Jennifer served as Operations and Client Services Manager at Connor Clark & Co. where she worked closely with John Clark for more than fourteen years.