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Susan M. Anderson

Co-Founder, Director & Chairwoman

Committees: Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance, Conduct Review & Risk Policy
Director Since: 2007

Ms. Anderson is a serial fin - tech entrepreneur and a mentor to both start up and scale up entrepreneurs.She and a co-founder started DirectCash Payments Inc., a publicly traded financial services company in 1997. DirectCash Payments grew from two employees to be the second largest ATM company in the world with revenue over $400M and 425 employees worldwide until its sale in January 2017. In 2008, Susan co- founded Digital Commerce Bank, a private Canadian chartered financial institution and was its founding President & CEO for over 7 years and is currently the Chair of the Board. As well, Susan is a co-founder of Bitvo, a leading crypto currency exchange in Canada. Currently, she is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cannonball Capital Inc., which is an active institutional investor in venture companies, private and public equities as well as commercial real estate and multi family apartments. She is the Chair of the Board of Endeavor Canada which selects and mentors scale up companies. Susan is on the board of directors of the My First Bicycle Foundation, Cannonball Sport and Education Foundation, Canada’s Sport Hall of Fame, Hockey Canada Foundation and Digital Commerce Bank. She is on the strategic advisory board of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the President’s Advancement Council at the University of Alberta. In 2010, Susan received an Alumni Honour Award from the University of Alberta. Ms. Anderson was also honoured as one of the “most powerful women” in Canada by the Women’s Executive Network in 2010. She was the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Prairies Region) award in 2005. Ms. Anderson graduated with distinction with a commerce degree from the University of Calgary in 1984 and in 1988 obtained a law degree from the University of Alberta. She has two grown sons and is an avid traveller, hiker, golfer and pickleball player.

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Catherine A. Butler

Director, Conduct Review & Risk Policy Chair

Committees: Audit, Conduct Review & Risk Policy
Director Since: 2007

Ms. Butler is Director, Business Development of Wilmington Capital an investment company focused on oil and gas and real estate. Ms. Butler is also a partner & director of Beltline Brownstones Inc. Prior thereto, Ms. Butler was Analyst, Merchant Banking of the Blackstone Group, Analyst, Avenir Capital, a venture capital fund. Ms. Butler has been a registered portfolio manager with the Alberta Securities Commission and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, with a B.A. degree in Economics from Queen’s University.

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Gary H. Dundas

Director, Audit Committee Chair

Committees: Audit
Director Since: 2007

Mr. Dundas is an independent business person and was the Vice President Finance, C.F.O., and a Director of Avenex Energy Corp. (and predecessors, “Avenex”), a publicly-traded oil & gas exploration and production corporation, from January 2003 to March 2013. Prior to joining Avenex, Mr. Dundas held positions of C.F.O., Vice President Finance, General Manager Corporate Development and Marketing and Controller, respectively, at Maxx Petroleum Ltd., a publicly traded junior oil and gas corporation over a seven-year period. Mr. Dundas has been a director of a number of private and publicly listed corporations and income trusts over the past 14 years. A Chartered Professional Accountant, CMA, Mr. Dundas obtained his Bachelor of Commerce and MBA degrees from the University of Calgary.

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Jeff G. Lawson

Director, Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Chair

Committees: Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance
Director Since: 2007

Mr. Lawson joined Peters & Co. Limited, Canada’s first investment banking firm focused exclusively on the oil, natural gas and oilfield services industry, in January 2009. Mr. Lawson is a Principal and Director in the Corporate Finance group, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Prior to Peters & Co., Mr. Lawson was Co-Head of the Securities Group and Member of the Executive Committee of the law firm of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP. He was twice named one of the top 40 lawyers under 40 in Canada, and has been recognized as one of Canada’s most creative lawyers and top cross-border corporate lawyers. Mr. Lawson has served on the board of directors of a number of public issuers, private companies and certain charitable organizations. He is currently the Chair of the President’s Think Tank at the University of Alberta, member of the Advisory Committee for the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta, on the Board of Governors at the Calgary Petroleum Club, and a member of the Financial Sector Advisory Committee for Calgary Economic Development.

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Arie B. Prins

Director

Committees: Conduct Review & Risk Policy
Director Since: 2013

Mr. Prins is an independent business person and was the Chief Financial Officer of Elbow River Marketing Ltd. (“Elbow River”) from 2009 to 2017. Mr. Prins has more than 20 years of well-developed financial acumen, strategic analysis and planning, and change management expertise. Prior to Elbow River, Mr. Prins experience extends to industries including power generation, energy sales and financial services, where he has held a number of senior financial positions including Chief Financial Officer of various TSX-listed public companies. Mr. Prins earned his Chartered Accountants designation with KPMG in 1992 and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta.

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Jeffrey J. Smith

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Committees: -
Director Since: 2007

Mr. Smith is a co-founder of DCBank and is the President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Smith is an entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in operating, financing, growing and managing large scale international financial services businesses. Mr. Smith was the President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and co-founder of DirectCash Payments Inc., a publicly traded financial services company with operations in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Mexico. Mr. Smith has extensive experience in business valuation, the public equity and debt capital markets. Mr. Smith has sourced, negotiated, financed and integrated numerous acquisitions in Canada and internationally. In 2013, Mr. Smith was honoured as Industry Person of the Year – Prepaid & Payments by Payments eXchange, and in 2005, he was the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Prairies Region).

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R. Bradley Hurtubise

Director

Committees: Audit
Director Since: 2019

Mr. Hurtubise is an independent business person and was the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Eaglewood Energy Inc. (“Eaglewood”), a publicly traded oil and gas corporation from 2008 to 2014. Prior to joining Eaglewood, Mr. Hurtubise held positions of Managing Director, Global Head of Investment Banking at Tristone Capital Inc. and Executive Managing Director, Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Nesbitt Burns. Mr. Hurtubise has over two decades of experience and has been a Director of a number of private and publicly listed corporations. Mr. Hurtubise holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and an MBA from The Schulich School of Business in Toronto and is a Chartered Financial Analyst® charterholder.

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Ronald G. Waxman

Director

Committees: Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance
Director Since: 2010

President of LRJ Consulting, a private security and banking consulting firm, since 2009. Mr. Waxman is a director of several Canadian companies involved in various industries. Previously he held various positions with Stanley Security Solutions, including Chief Operating Officer for Canada and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives. Before that he was a co-founder of Frisco Bay Industries Ltd. (“Frisco Bay”) in Montreal, Quebec acting as its Chief Operating Officer for over 20 years. Frisco Bay operated Canada’s third largest non-bank ATM Network until its sale to Stanley Security Solutions in 2004. Mr. Waxman holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia).

Committees

Audit Committee

Committee Chair - Gary Dundas

Committee Members - Catherine Butler, Gary Dundas, R. Bradley Hurtubise

The Bank’s Audit Committee’s general purpose is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight of the integrity of the Bank's financial statements, the external auditor's qualifications and independence, the performance of both the external auditor and the Bank's internal audit function, the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, the Bank's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements including the Bank's compliance with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing legislation, and the integrity and policies of liquidity, banking and capital management.

Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Committee Chair - Jeff Lawson

Committee Members - Susan Anderson, Jeff Lawson, Ronald Waxman

The Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for overseeing and assessing the functioning of the Board and the committees of the Board and for the development, recommendation to the Board, implementation, and assessment of effective governance principles and for the nomination of appropriate candidates to serve the Board as directors, as chair of the Board, as committee members and as committee chairs for the Board. In addition, the Committee shall undertake on behalf of the Board such other governance initiatives as may be necessary or desirable to enable the Board to provide effective governance for the Bank. The Committee shall also review and/or approve any other matters specifically delegated to the Committee by the Board.

Conduct Review and Risk Policy Committee

Committee Chair - Catherine Butler

Committee Members - Catherine Butler, Susan Anderson, Arie Prins

The purpose of the Conduct Review and Risk Policy Committee is to ensure that management has established policies and procedures relating to the compliance with the self-dealing provisions of the Bank Act and to direct and oversee risk management of the Bank, ensuring that management has in place policies and processes to manage the significant risks to which the Bank is exposed, including compliance applicable laws and regulations. The Committee is to understand the significant risks to which the Bank is exposed, under the Bank's risk framework, and the policies, procedures and controls used by management to assess and manage these risks. The Committee reviews actions taken to ensure a sound and consistent risk profile and risk appetite.