C. Ian Ross

C. Ian Ross was appointed the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fund and Chairman of the Administrator on June 29, 2007. Ian brings all-encompassing business knowledge and experience to these positions. He is an independent Trustee and Director.

Most recently, from July 1999 to September 2003, Ian was Senior Director, Administration in the Dean's Office at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, with responsibility for managing the support functions for Canada's internationally renowned business school. 

Previously at Ortech Corporation, from 1997 to 1998, Ian served as the Governor, President and CEO. Between 1993 and 1997, he held the Chairman, President and CEO positions at Provincial Papers Inc., where he led a turnaround of the company from losses of $30 million per year to a profit of $20 million. Ian achieved equally impressive results as President and CEO of Paperboard Industries Corp., where he developed and implemented a growth strategy that led the company from $80 million in sales and $9 million in operating earnings to sales of $700 million and operating earnings of $70 million in 4 years. 

Ian is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and a graduate of the University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario. He serves as a Director of Growthworks Canadian Fund Ltd. (Chair); Pet Valu Canada Inc.; Ontario Power Generation Inc.; RuggedCom Inc.; ING Direct Asset Management Limited and Clearford Industries Inc.