Board of Directors

Kevin Dodds

Kevin is a Chartered Professional Accountant who brings 25 years of experience in finance and operations within multifaceted international businesses across diverse industries. Mr. Dodds is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Noram Engineering and Constructors, Ltd. and is a director and officer of its operating subsidiaries. He previously held financing positions with Export Development Canada and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.

James Tunkey

James has 29 years of experience in global risk advisory, including on behalf of manufacturers and innovators in green energy with operations in the U.S. and Asia.  He is the Chief Operating Officer of an international investigations and security consulting company named I-OnAsia with a focus on supply chains, customers and intellectual property as it relates to strategic transactions, financings and investments.  James has valuable entrepreneurial experience in international market development, trade compliance and corporate governance.  He was a Hong Kong based director of Kroll Associates and Pinkerton Business Intelligence & Investigations before joining I-OnAsia and returning to the United States in 2004.  James holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from TRIUM and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Buffalo in Chinese studies.  James is a Qualified Risk Director and Certified Fraud Examiner.

David Toyoda

David practices law in the corporate and securities area, focusing on companies listed on Canadian stock exchanges. He also teaches corporate governance and public financing at Simon Fraser University and the TSX Venture Exchange. He is the Past Chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch) and was a member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee for the B.C. Securities Commission. David holds Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of British Columbia.

Roger Buckeridge

Dr Buckeridge has been a leading unlisted equity funds manager in the Asia Pacific region for 37 years and has been a Responsible Manager under various Australian Financial Services Licences since 2004. One of these fund managers invested AU$280 million of institutional venture capital funds in some 60 early-stage technology-based businesses, between 1997 and 2013. During his career as an investment fund manager, Roger has served on listed company boards (ASX and TSX) and provided extensive consulting services to enterprises and government. Earlier, he served 6 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, in the US, Asia and Australia. He holds a PhD degree in Chemistry

Management Team

Kevin Dodds

President & Chief Executive Officer

Kevin is a Chartered Professional Accountant who brings 25 years of experience in finance and operations within multifaceted international businesses across diverse industries. Mr. Dodds is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Noram Engineering and Constructors, Ltd. and is a director and officer of its operating subsidiaries. He previously held financing positions with Export Development Canada and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.

Tricia Pederson

Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Tricia Pederson is a Chartered Professional Accountant who brings over 18 years of public and private company financial experience, having held several senior financial positions over a wide range of industries, with a focus on financial reporting, risk management, compliance, and corporate governance.  Ms. Pederson held the role of Senior Director, Finance and Operations for a U.S. domiciled beverage manufacturing and wholesale company, Manager, Operational Accounting with Amica Mature Lifestyles, a TSX listed company which was acquired by BayBridge Seniors Housing, and Financial Officer for Grieg Star Shipping and Squamish Terminals a privately owned subsidiary of a break-bulk owned vessel company and owner of a shipping terminal.  Additionally, during her career, Ms. Pederson was an independent financial consultant assisting several public TSXV listed companies predominately within the junior mining industry.