Board of Directors

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.

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.

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.

Mr. Lawson is Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development & Acting Chief Sustainability Officer at Cenovus Inc. (“Cenovus”) and brings a wealth of expertise in both domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, investments, and corporate restructurings. Before joining Cenovus in 2023, he spent 15 years at Peters & Co. Limited, where he held senior finance roles, including Managing Director of the Corporate Finance group and membership on the Executive Committee. Prior to that, Mr. Lawson’s 14-year tenure as a securities lawyer at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP (BD&P) saw him co-heading the Securities Group and serving on the Executive Committee. His outstanding contributions led to being named one of Canada’s top 40 lawyers under 40 twice during his time at BD&P. In addition to his legal career, Jeff has made significant contributions as a board member for various public and private companies, as well as charitable organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta.

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.

Mr. Smith is a co-founder of DCBank and is the Chief Executive Officer & Director. 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).

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.

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).