Kinetic Capital Partners | Advisory Board

The three initial members of the Advisory Board have considerable value creation, management and acquisition experience with which to assist and advise the Investment Team in the various facets of Kinetic Capital Partner’s activities.

The Advisory Board members also bring with them a significant network of connections and access to attractive acquisition opportunities.

Mr. Robert Brodie.
Mr. Brodie founded the Merit Oil Co. Ltd. in 1959 and managed the Company until its sale to Petro Canada in 1981, at which time it had 8% of the B.C. retail gasoline market. Mr. Brodie then concentrated on his real estate investment and management companies as founder, President and Chairman of Cardiff Estates Limited, Norgal Investments Limited and Cardiff Properties Ltd. Mr. Brodie was Chairman, President and CEO of Turbo Resources Limited from 1986 to 1990 during which time he restructured the $600 million revenue public oil company. Mr. Brodie was elected a Director and Chairman of WIC Western International Communications Ltd. in 1998 and performed this role during a hostile take-over attempt, which was successfully defended and resulted in a significant gain being realized for shareholders. Mr. Brodie has been a director of BC Gas Inc. since 1978 and Trans Mountain Pipe Line Company Ltd. since 1983.

Mr. Nicholas Geer.
Mr. Geer is Chairman of the Board of Directors, President & CEO of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Prior to his retirement in 1998, Mr. Geer was Managing Director and Vice-Chairman for The Jim Pattison Group, a privately held company with $4.5 billion of sales. Mr. Geer was also Chairman, President and CEO of Westar Group Ltd. and President of Westshore Terminals Ltd. Mr. Geer played an active role in the considerable number of significant value creating transactions undertaken by the Pattison Group during his 18-year tenure, including the turnaround of the Westar Group, and was responsible for ongoing oversight of many of the Pattison Group companies. Mr. Geer currently serves on a number of corporate boards and is a member of the Advisory Board of State Street Global in Canada.

Mr. John Purdy.
Mr. Purdy has had a highly successful career acquiring, building and selling private businesses. He acquired Wesgar Industries in 1968 and has built it into a dominant supplier of custom mechanical components for the technology sector in Western Canada. Between 1986 and 1997, Mr. Purdy was a principal shareholder of Dees Communications Engineering, which was sold to Nice Systems in 1997. As part of the disposition, Mr. Purdy and others retained an interest in an investment made by Dees in Hothaus Technologies. Hothaus Technologies was a pioneer in the development of embedded digital signal processing software. Hothaus was subsequently acquired by Broadcom Corporation in 1999 for approximately $420 million.

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