Richard B. Clark
Chief Executive Officer, Brookfield Office Properties Inc.
Richard B. Clark has served as a trustee/director since 2002 and and has been Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Office Properties since 2002. Mr. Clark was President and CEO of Brookfield’s U.S. operations 2000-2002 and held senior management positions in U.S. operations for Brookfield and its predecessor companies including Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director of Leasing.
Colum Bastable
President & Chief Executive Officer, Cushman & Wakefield LePage Inc.
Colum Bastable has served as a trustee since August 2010. Mr. Bastable joined Royal LePage Limited in 1976 as Vice President, Finance. In 1981, he became Chief Financial Officer and in 1987 became Executive Vice President responsible for all of Royal LePage's commercial operations. In 1993, Mr. Bastable was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal LePage Limited and Managing Partner, Commercial Real Estate Services, Brascan Corp. In 2005, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of Cushman & Wakefield LePage Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
Thomas F. Farley
President and Global Chief Operating Officer, Brookfield Office Properties Inc.
Tom Farley was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees and named President and Chief Operating Officer of Brookfield Office Properties in 2011. He had been Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Office Properties Canada and its predecessor company, BPO Properties, since 2004. Affiliated with the company since 1993, Mr. Farley has held positions in various senior management roles, most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Farley has been involved with several major property acquisitions including Bankers Hall, Petro Canada Centre and Fifth Avenue Place in Calgary. Tom holds a CRF designation from the Real Estate Institute of Canada and a degree from the University of Victoria.
Roderick D. Fraser, Ph.D., O.C.
President Emeritus, University of Alberta
Roderick D. Fraser has served as a trustee since August 2010. Mr Fraser was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta 1995-2005; held various positions at Queen’s University in Kingston including Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science and Vice-Principal (Resources); is an Officer of the Order of Canada; a Director, Canada-US Fulbright Program and Aga Khan University. Mr. Fraser was awarded Order of the Rising Sun, Japan, in 2006.
Paul D. McFarlane
Paul McFarlane has served as a trustee since August 2010. Mr. McFarlane retired from CIBC in 2002 after more than 40 years of service in numerous branch, regional and head office positions, most recently as Senior Vice President, Special Loans Head Office, from 1994 until retirement.
Michael F. B. Nesbitt
Chairman, Montrose Mortgage Corporation Ltd.
Michael F. B. Nesbitt has served as a trustee/director since April 2000. A resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mr. Nesbitt is President of Montrose Investment Co. Ltd., an investment company.
Jan Sucharda
President and Chief Executive Officer, Brookfield Office Properties Canada
Jan Sucharda has served as a trustee since June 2011. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Office Properties Canada in 2011; prior to that position he was President and Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to these positions, he was Senior Vice President, Investments – responsible
for overseeing acquisition and disposition initiatives and arranging various
forms of financing. Prior to that, Jan was Senior Vice President, Asset
Management, with O&Y Properties and O&Y REIT. In addition, Jan has held
positions in underwriting, restructuring and asset management with a major
financial institution and project management with a Toronto-based construction
management company. Jan has an engineering degree from Queen’s University and an
MBA from York University.