Board Members
Meet Our Board Members
The Committees are an integral part of Killam's governance structure as they facilitate effective Board of Trustees' decision-making by providing recommendations to the Board of Trustees on matters within their respective responsibilities. The Board of Trustees has three Committees: the Audit Committee, the Governance & ESG Committee, and the Compensation & HR Committee. Each Committee consists of a minimum of two trustees, one of whom is designated the Chair, as appointed by the Board of Trustees. A summary of the activities and responsibilities of each of the Committees is set out below.
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Philip Fraser
President & Chief Executive Officer, Trustee
Philip has held his position at Killam since the company was founded in 2000. He brings 29 years of real estate expertis...
e to his role, and holds a Masters of Business Administration from St. Mary's University, a Masters of Urban and Rural Planning and a Bachelor of Commerce from Dalhousie University. Philip is a member of the Board of Governors of St. Mary's University and serves on the Board's executive, advancement and honorary degree committees.
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Robert Richardson, FCPA, FCA
Executive Vice President, Trustee
Mr. Richardson is the Executive Vice President and a founding Director, now Trustee, of Killam Apartment REIT (TSX: KMP....
UN) since 2000. He is also the President of Freehold Commercial Realty Limited, a commercial real estate management company based in Halifax. Most recently, Robert co-founded Sustane Technologies Inc., an advanced recycling company building a biomass pellet and syn-diesel plant in Chester, NS. Mr. Richardson has worked in real estate for over 35 years and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University and is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant.
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Manfred Walt, CPA, CA (S.A.)
Trustee, Audit and Governance & ESG
Mr. Walt is President and Chief Executive Officer of Walt & Co. Inc., a private investment and management company. M...
r. Walt was associated with the Bronfman family (Brookfield Asset Management) from 1980 – 1998 and the Reichman family (Retirement Residences REIT) from 1998 – 2020. He has served in various executive roles in the abovementioned families’ private and public companies over these years. Mr. Walt holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Certificate in the Theory of Accountancy from the University of Cape Town and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.
Trustee Since: 2007
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Aldéa Landry
Trustee, Governance & ESG (Chair) and Compensation & HR
Ms. Landry is a lawyer, business executive and corporate director with significant legal, government and corporate gover...
nance experience. She practiced law with the New Brunswick Department of Justice prior to co-founding a law firm. She later served as a Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier of New Brunswick. She is currently President of Landal Inc., a consulting firm offering integrated services in organizational and business development, and Vice-President of Diversis Inc., a consulting firm specializing in immigration and diversity.
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James Lawley
Chairman of the Board and Trustee Since: 2000
Mr. Lawley has over 40 years of experience in the multi-residential real estate sector, serving as the President and co-...
owner of Salters Gate Developments Limited. He has
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Karine MacIndoe
Trustee, Audit (Chair) and Compensation & HR
Karine MacIndoe has over 25 years of professional experience, mostly in real estate and capital markets, and ten years o...
f public board experience. She is currently also on the boards of Dream Office REIT (TSX: D.UN) and Dream Impact Trust (TSX: MPCT.UN). Prior to being on these boards, Ms. MacIndoe was a top-ranked Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst at BMO Capital Markets, covering Real Estate & REITs across all property types (retail, office, industrial, multi-residential, seniors housing and hotels). Ms.
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Laurie MacKeigan, CPA, CA, CPA (IL)
Trustee, Audit and Compensation & HR
Laurie MacKeigan is the President of Backman Vid-Comm Ltd. ("Backman-Vid"), a commercial audio-visual integrator located...
in Halifax, NS. Prior to purchasing Backman-Vid in 2014, Ms. MacKeigan had a career in public accounting, banking and investments. She has experience in public financial reporting for banking and real estate. She spent 11 years in Bermuda and was appointed Vice-President, Finance of the Bank of Bermuda. Ms. MacKeigan has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant in both Canada and the United States.
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Doug McGregor
Trustee, Compensation & HR (Chair) and Governance & ESG
Mr. McGregor was the Group Head, RBC Capital Markets and RBC Investor & Treasury Services, Chairman and CEO of RBC C...
apital Markets, and was a member of RBC’s Group Executive. As Chairman and CEO of RBC Capital Markets, Mr. McGregor had global oversight of the firm’s Corporate & Investment Banking and Global Markets activities conducted by its approximately 7,500 employees worldwide. He also directly led the investment bank’s real estate lending businesses. As Group Head of RBC Investor & Treasury Services, Mr.
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Shant Poladian, CPA, CA, CPA (DE)
Trustee, Audit
Mr. Poladian has been actively involved as a senior real estate and capital markets professional for more than two decad...
es. He is Managing Director of Springhurst Capital Corp, a real estate advisory firm, and CEO/co-founder of Junction Realty Partners Inc., a boutique private equity and real estate firm exclusively focused on developing mini-midrise residential rentals in Toronto. Mr. Poladian is also currently on the Board of Directors of two capital pool companies. Mr.
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Andrée Savoie
Trustee, Governance & ESG
Andrée Savoie has over 25 years’ experience in the construction and real estate sector. She is the President and Managin...
g Director of the Acadian Properties Ltd., a commercial property owner, manager, and developer active in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for almost 50 years. Until 2015, she was the CEO of Acadian Construction (1991) Ltd., a construction general contractor. Ms. Savoie has served on the National Bank of Canada Board and served as a member of the Assumption Life board, a mutual insurance company from 2011 – 2022 and as Chair from 2019 - 2022.