WesternOne Equity’s Trustees, directors and management team have a breadth of experience in corporate finance, private equity and asset management. The team is well connected in the Western Canadian market with ties to business owners in a variety of sectors.

Darren Latoski, Chief Executive Officer, Trustee & Director

Since founding the company in June 2006, Mr. Latoski has been serving as trustee, director and CEO of WesternOne.  He is also a co-founder and the president of Sunstone Realty Advisors Inc., which has raised more than $350 million through its commercial real estate opportunity funds and acquired commercial real estate in excess of $800 million throughout Canada and the US since 2002.  In 2007, he co-founded Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET) which trades on the TSX Venture Exchange. PIRET has raised over C$200 million and has acquired 60 industrial assets across Canada. Mr. Latoski worked as Vice-President of Macluan Capital Corporation, a Vancouver based private equity firm, from 1997 to 2001, and has an MBA from Simon Fraser University.

Carlos Yam, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Yam is a Chartered Accountant (British Columbia) and a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois). In 2003, Mr. Yam joined Intrawest ULC (formerly Intrawest Corp.) and from 2004 to 2007 was Director of
Financial Planning with Intrawest Placemaking, the resort real estate development division. Prior to this, Mr. Yam worked in the Financial Advisory Services Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver. His experience included working with public companies and private businesses to perform acquisition, divestiture, refinancing, forensic and litigation support related services.

Geoff Shorten, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Shorten joined WesternOne Equity on February 19, 2008 in conjunction with WesternOne Equity’s acquisition of Deerfoot Equipment Rentals located in Calgary, Alberta. In June 2008, Mr. Shorten expanded Deerfoot Equipment Rentals into Lethbridge, Alberta, and was instrumental in completing WesternOne Equity’s recent acquisitions, including SureFire Propane Ltd. and Davis Heater Service Ltd. (an equipment rental, construction heat and propane distribution business with locations in Edmonton and Calgary) and On*Site Equipment (an aerial and material-handling equipment rentals business with its head office in Calgary and branches in Lethbridge, Red Deer and Edmonton).

Robert King, Trustee and Director, Chair of WesternOne Equity Income Fund

Mr. King is President of King Pacific Capital Corporation, a financial services company involved in mortgage finance and real estate investment. Mr. King is also a principal of Westbridge Capital Group, a full-service commercial mortgage brokerage company. Since March 2006, Mr. King has served on the Board of Directors of Wall Financial Corporation, a real estate investment and development company whose shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. King is a Trustee of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. King earned his MBA from Dalhousie University in 1992 and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in 1989.

Douglas Scott, Trustee

Mr. Scott is currently a financial consultant who has been advising companies in Canada for over 30 years. Previously, Mr. Scott served as the Chief Financial Officer of First Majestic Resources Corp. and First Silver Reserve Inc. Mr. Scott was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Coast Wholesale Appliances Income Fund and its predecessor from 2003-2005, and was instrumental in its initial public offering of 2005. In addition, Mr. Scott was a Partner with FinancExec Associates, working primarily in the roles of director and chief financial officer for a number of large to medium-sized public and private companies. Mr. Scott has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with Distinction from the University of Alberta and is a Chartered Accountant.

Stephen Evans, Director

Mr. Evans is Managing Director and co-founder of Sunstone Realty Advisors Inc. and its related companies. Mr. Evans is a Co-founder and Co-CEO of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr Evans is also an independant trustee of Huntingdon REIT whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Exchange.

Jon Gordon, Director 

He is currently the founder and co-managing partner of Palladian Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm. From 1999 to

2002, Mr. Gordon was Managing Director of Lehman Brothers’ Transaction Development Group. During his tenure, he initiated several mergers and acquisition (‘‘M&A’’) assignments with financial sponsors and executed transactions totalling over $2 billion.

Prior to Lehman Brothers, from 1997 to 1999, Mr. Gordon was a Director in the M&A department at Credit Suisse First Boston (‘‘CSFB’’) where he provided M&A coverage for financial sponsors. At

CSFB Mr. Gordon executed M&A transactions totalling over $3 billion. Previously, Mr. Gordon was also a Vice President at Lehman Brothers in 1996 and a Director in investment banking at Furman Selz Inc. from 1989 to 1996, where he provided a broad range of corporate finance services to mid-market companies.

Mr. Gordon is a graduate of Harvard College where he received an AB magna cum laude and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business

School.

Rick Turner, Director, Chair of WesternOne Equity GP

Since 1995, Richard Turner has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TitanStar Investment Group Inc., a private company engaged in the provision of private equity capital to midmarket businesses and capital for real estate developments and acquisitions.

His current board positions include Board Chair and Trustee of Pure Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust; Trustee of WesternOne Equity Income Fund; Board Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of DVPC Inc., a Capital Pool Corporation; Director of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority; and Director of Sora Group Wealth Advisors Inc.

Mr. Turner is also a Director of the Organizing Committee of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee; Governor of the B.C. Business Council; a past Board Chair and Director of the Insurance Corporation of BC; and past Chair and Governor of the Vancouver Board of Trade. From 1988 to 2005, Mr. Turner served as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the operating subsidiary of IAT Air Cargo Facilities Income Fund, a business which is involved in the development and management of real estate at airports. Mr. Turner also served as Board Chair and Director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation from 2001 to 2005.

Mr. Turner served as Trustee of Sun Gro Horticultural Income Fund from 2002 to 2009 and as Trustee of Sunrise Senior Living REIT from 2004 – 2007. He also serves as the Honorary Consul for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Vancouver. In 2003, Mr. Turner received H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee Award for public service in Canada. Mr. Turner holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of British Columbia and is a Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.