Michele Buchignani is an experienced corporate director serving on public, private and not for profit boards for more than 20 years. She is strategic business leader with extensive senior level experience in private equity, law, finance, compensation and consulting including development and implementation of strategic vision. Michele was previously a partner at Stikeman Elliott, practicing corporate law in Toronto and London. She subsequently worked for seven years with CIBC World Markets and CIBC Capital Partners in Toronto and New York and for four years with Teachers' Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in Toronto. Michele is the CEO of McLean Drive Consulting Ltd. as well as the Managing Partner of a US-based property holding company. Michele currently serves on the boards of Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (WPRT:Nasdaq/TSX), Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC:TSX/ASX), TSX Trust Company, and White House Design Company Inc. On these boards she is a member of various committees including Nominating and Governance (Chair), Corporate Social Responsibility (Chair), Audit, Human Resources and Compensation, and Risk and Conduct Review. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for CAI Capital Partners V Fund and the Investment Committee for RCF Jolimont Mining Innovation Fund II. Michele successfully completed the director education program at the Institute for Corporate Directors and holds the designation ICD.D. Michele graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA Honours, English and also the University of Toronto Faculty of Law with a JD and completed the Stanford Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.