Meet our Directors
Historically, the Board of Directors represents the interests of
the Shareholders.
However, proactive, long term focused corporations now empower
the Board of Directors to consider the interests of a myriad of
other stakeholders when making strategic decisions.
The expanded universe of stakeholder interests include the
environment, the communities in which GreenSafe’s plants are
located, our feedstock providers and suppliers, the purchasers
of our quality by-products, our employees and the government.
At GreenSafe, the Board of Directors is actively engaged in
understanding the interests of each stakeholder and challenges
the senior management to incorporate those concerns in their
planning and business affairs. Meetings are held monthly or more
often as deemed necessary.
While each Director comes with their own educational and
experiential history to the Board of Directors, they can,
independently of the senior management, hire advisors for short
term assignments to provide added insights. These advisors may
be in the area of succession planning, compensation, benefits,
insurance and risk management, accounting, legal and tax
planning to name a few key areas.
Further, they can also establish an advisory board for longer
term input from professionals in such areas as corporate
finance, plant engineering and the environment.
GreenSafe will be establishing such an advisory board to assist
in many areas. As an advisory board, it has no executive
authority.
The Directors of GreenSafe do not receive any honorariums,
shares or options for their participation. They are reimbursed
for their out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, they are fully
protected by insurance and by a general protection by the
Company from litigation while in the lawful execution of their
responsibilities.
Our current Board of Directors include:
For a more detailed biography of each Director highlight the
above.
Clifford Kennedy, B. PE & M. Sc.
Director
Clifford has 26 years of experience in a variety of economic
development portfolios, including the government of
While in the employ of the
Clifford retired from the Provincial government in May 2004 and
started his own company under the name of BDSM Canada Inc.
(Business Development Sales and Marketing Canada Inc.). In
addition to providing business development expertise to
manufacturing clients, including cluster development under EMC
Canada (Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium Canada), Clifford
was also a contract supplier as Industrial Commissioner for the
Town of Caraquet from July 2004 to October 2007. His
primary duties were focused on investment attraction from the
North American, European and Asian marketplaces. From
November 2007 until March 2010, Clifford provided consulting
advice to the Town of
On October 31, 2008, Clifford was appointed as a Director on the
Board of GreenSafe Demanufacturing Inc.
Captain The Reverend Canon
Director
Kristine is an Officer in the Canadian Forces serving with the
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. She brings a variety of
experience in business, public relations and social services to
the GreenSafe team.
Her previous work gives her experience in business brokering and
short line railways, and she holds a patent on a staircase
device designed for both residential and commercial markets.
In addition she is a trained therapist, an ordained priest in
the Anglican Church of Canada, a Canon of Christ’s Church
Cathedral in
Her portfolio in the GreenSafe organizational chart comprises
the care of both the staff of the GreenSafe facilities and the
communities in which they are located. Kristine identifies as
her Board priority establishing GreenSafe as the employer of
choice and outstanding corporate citizen of any community in
which they are involved.
On a personal level her energies are directed towards the issues
of child hunger and child poverty.
Peter Swire, B. Comm. (Hons), CMA, O.N.
Chairman of the Board and President
Peter Swire is an honours graduate of the prestigious
Peter is an accredited Certified Management Accountant.
He was previously employed in the Finance Division of US Steel
Canada Inc for 17 years whose primarily responsibilities
included the annual construction and oversight of an $ 850
million budget and international trade dispute matters. His
public corporate finance experience spanned nearly a decade and
included the evaluation of private placement and IPO investment
opportunities for a full–service investment dealer licensed in
almost every province in
Peter has been involved with private equity markets for many
years, with much of his work focussing on bringing advanced
European technologies to the North American market. He has
decades of experience in business development in the areas of
metal fabrication, alternative energy, shortline railways and
travel; and also developed the patent on an innovative design
product for the construction industry.
Peter had served on a Board of a US listed railway holding
company.
Peter Swire was a former Director and Shareholder of ARCI –
Appliance Recycling Canada Inc which operated three refrigerator
recycling plants under two public utility contracts. The plants
were located in
The short term nature of the contracts coupled with the manual
nature of the operation generated a break even operation. As a
professional accountant, Mr. Swire realized that the existing
industry wide business model was not sustainable nor would it
attract sufficient capital to drive down costs and to make a
satisfactory return on shareholders capital.
Peter has been involved with many charities and not-for-profit
agencies for over thirty years including the United Way of
Hamilton-Burlington, Junior Achievement of Hamilton and Mission
Services to name a few.
In its inaugural year, Peter was recognized as a Bishop’s
Appointee to the Order of
