BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Manfred Gingl(1)
Director since April 27, 1995
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tesma International Inc.
Executive Vice Chairman, Magna International Inc.

Mr. Gingl is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tesma and the Executive Vice-Chairman and a director of Magna. From February 1995 to May 2002, Mr. Gingl also served as the President of Tesma. Between June 1993 and February 1995, Mr. Gingl served as Managing Director of Blau International Ges.m.b.H. and as President of Blau Autotec Inc., two companies which developed and supplied automotive fueling and cooling components and which were acquired by Tesma in July 1995. Prior to June 1993, Mr. Gingl served as President and Chief Operating Officer (since December 1981) and Chief Executive Officer (since April 1988) of Magna, during which time he coordinated Magna's strategy of becoming a world-class "systems" supplier to the automotive OEMs and established Magna's operating groups (now systems corporations) which are organized on a product line basis.

Vincent J. Galifi(3)
Director since 2004
Chief Financial Officer, Magna International Inc.

Mr. Galifi is Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Magna International Inc. Mr. Galifi is also a director of Intier Automotive Inc. and Decoma International Inc. From 1982 to early 1989, Mr. Galifi worked as an associate at the international accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Galifi joined Magna International in 1989 as a Manager of Taxation. He subsequently held a number of positions in the taxation and financial areas and became Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer in 1997.

Oscar B. Marx, III(5)
Director since July 31, 1995
Vice-President, TMW Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Marx is the Vice-President, Automotive Sector of TMW Enterprises, Inc. ("TMW"), a private investment firm. He also serves as the Chairman of Amerigon Incorporated, which designs, develops, markets and manufactures proprietary high technology electronic components and systems for sale to automotive OEMs and their first tier suppliers. Mr. Marx is a Director of Parametric Technologies, Inc. ("PTC"), a publicly traded product development software company, and Pullman Industries, Inc., a privately held metal-forming supplier to the auto industry. Prior to his involvement with TMW (and its predecessor Electro-Wire Products, Inc.), which commenced in June 1994, Mr. Marx had a 32-year career with the Ford Motor Company where he served in a variety of capacities including Vice-President of the Ford Automotive Components Group (now Visteon Corporation).

Hon. David R. Peterson, P.C., Q.C.(5)(6)
Director since February 13, 2002
Chairman, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Mr. Peterson is a senior partner and the Chairman of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, a Toronto, Ontario based full service law firm with over 180 lawyers. Mr. Peterson also serves as Chairman of Cassels Pouliot Alexander Noriega, an international affiliation of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Mexico City law firms. In 1975, Mr. Peterson was elected as a Member of the Ontario Legislature, and became the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1982. He served as Premier of the Province of Ontario between 1985 and 1990, overseeing a very active period of reform and played a major role in Canada's constitutional discussions. Mr. Peterson also serves on the boards of directors of: BNP Paribas (Canada); Industrial-Alliance Life Insurance Company; INSCAPE Corporation; Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc.; The National Life Assurance Company of Canada; Rogers Communications Inc.; and Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. Mr. Peterson also serves as a director of a number of charitable, educational and environmental organizations. Mr. Peterson also serves as a trustee of Halterm Income Fund and Oceanex Income Fund.

Judson D. Whiteside(2)(7)
Director since July 31, 1995
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Miller Thomson LLP

Mr. Whiteside is a senior partner and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Miller Thomson LLP, a Toronto, Ontario based full service law firm with more than 350 lawyers across Canada and the United States. Mr. Whiteside also serves on the boards of directors of: Addison Estates Limited; Answorth Leasing Corporation; GN Hearing Care Canada Ltd.; DOT Adventures Canada; Nihon Kenko Zoushin Kenkyukai Canada; The Pampered Chef-Canada, Ltd.; RSI Canada Marketing Inc.; Shaklee Canada Inc.; Teranet Land Information Services Inc.; the Miller Thomson Foundation; and Direct
Sellers Assn. of Canada.

Siegfried Wolf
Director June 6, 2002
Executive Vice-Chairman, Magna International Inc.

Mr. Wolf is a director and the Executive Vice Chairman of Magna. Prior to his appointment to the Magna board of directors in March 1999, Mr. Wolf served Magna in a number of increasingly senior capacities dating back to the commencement of his employment with Magna's European operations in 1994. Mr. Wolf served as President of Magna Europe between 1995 and 2000, overseeing a period of enormous growth of Magna's European operations. Prior to his appointment as Executive Vice Chairman of Magna, he served as President & CEO of Magna Steyr between 2001 and October 2002.

Hon. M. Douglas Young, P.C.(4)(6)
Director since July 31, 2002
Chairman, Summa Strategies Canada Inc.

Mr. Young is a lawyer and businessman and currently serves as the Chairman of Summa Strategies Canada Inc., a government relations agency based in Ottawa, Ontario and as counsel to Patterson Palmer, an Atlantic Canada law firm. Mr. Young was elected to the federal and provincial (New Brunswick) levels of government in Canada between 1975 and 1997. During this period, he served as Canada's Minister of Transport, Minister of Human Resources Development, and Minister of National Defence and Veterans Affairs. During his tenure at Transport Canada, Mr. Young negotiated the Canada-US Open Skies Agreement, privatized the Canadian National Railway Company, and introduced the Canada Transportation Act and the National Marine Policy. Mr. Young also serves on the boards of directors of: ARG; Conner's Bros.; Genesee & Wyoming Inc.; Heating Oil Partners; and Magellan Aerospace Corporation.

(1) Chairman of the Board
(2) Chairman of the Audit Committee

(3) Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
(4) Chairman of the Environmental, Health and Safety Committee
(5) Member of the Audit Committee
(6) Member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
(7) Member of the Environmenal, Health and Safety Committee


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