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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.