Board of Directors
Together with Peter Hwang;
Jay Wilgar, Secretary and Director,Vice President, AIM PowerGen Corporation
Mr. Wilgar, together with Peter Hwang, founded EnWise in September 2006 and has been a Director and its Secretary since formation. Mr. Wilgar's career has spanned several entrepreneurial ventures. In 2002, he founded AIM PowerGen, Canada's leading wind power development company, and is currently Vice-President and Director. Since its inception, AIM has built and financed over 140 MW's (megawatts) of wind generation projects valued at more than $300 million and has another 30 projects at various stages of development. In 2006, AIM PowerGen was sold to a major UK based energy firm for $29.1 million. Mr. Wilgar holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Brett Whalen, Director, Investment Banking, Dundee Securities Corporation Mr. Whalen joined the Board of Directors of Enwise in January 2007. Mr. Whalen has been an investment banker at Jacob & Company Securities Inc. and Dundee Securities Corporation since 2000. He has been actively involved in a wide range of public & private financings and merger & acquisition assignments in the mining, consumer products and renewable power sectors. Prior to Dundee Securities, he worked at CIBC World Markets for two years as a research associate in both the mining and consumer products sectors. Mr. Whalen holds a BA in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University and holds a CFA designation.
Paul Massara, Director, EnWise Holdings Inc. President, Genesis CapitalMr. Massara joined the Board of Directors of Enwise in July 2008. Mr. Massara has extensive commercial experience having held senior executive roles for Centrica Plc for the last ten years. His last role with the company was as President of Canadian Operations for Direct Energy where he was responsible for the strategy and profit and loss for a business with a turnover in excess of $2.7 billion, growing it from $1.0 billion just three years earlier. He was also responsible for home services, sales and customer experience on a North American basis. He has extensive experience in deregulation, corporate finance, marketing, sales, customer experience, risk management and trading as it relates to the energy and service sectors both in Europe and North America. He has a Masters in Corporate Finance from London Business School and was voted one of the Top 40 Under 40 Canadian leaders in 2005. Mr. Massara is a Board member of the Toronto Board of Trade and also several charitable organizations.