Michael Cooney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Cooney was appointed Chairman of NEMI in March 2009 after successfully leading a contested proxy contest prior to the 2009 Annual General Meeting. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2010. He is a private investor who previously worked for 15 years as an independent market maker on both the Pacific Options Exchange in San Francisco and the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
Mr. Cooney obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1984 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from Kalamazoo College, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1983. He is a resident of Larkspur, California.
Lyle Stein, Director
Lyle Stein joined NEMI's Board in March 2009. He is President of the Toronto-based investment consulting firm Red Barn Capital Inc. which he founded in 2002. He has more than 27 years of experience in the investment business and prior to Red Barn was a Managing Director at Sceptre lnvestment Counsel Ltd. of Toronto, where he held various investment management positions and developed broad industry expertise in areas such as mining, chemicals, transportation, technology, utilities, communications and conglomerates.
He has managed top ranked mutual funds as well as being independently rated as Canada's top-ranked portfolio strategist. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant with the energy-economics firm Foster Associates lnc. Mr. Stein brings experience serving on public and private boards.
Mr. Stein earned the title of Certified Financial Analyst and is a resident of Toronto.
Todd Hooper, Director
Todd Hooper joined NEMI's board in March 2009. He is a partner in the Private Equity Services practice of management consulting firm Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA).
Mr. Hooper has 25 years of experience consulting to a range of consumer and industrial markets. He has assessed dozens of proposed mergers, developed business unit strategies, directed merger integrations, and helped design new growth platforms. Industries of experience include upstream oil and gas, consumer products, retail and financial services.
Prior to the launch of KSA's Private Equity Services practice, Mr. Hooper was the national practice leader for KSA's National Strategic Services. Mr. Hooper joined KSA in 2000 as part of its acquisition of Swander Pace & Company where he was a Managing Director and CFO.
Mr. Hooper obtained a Master of Business Administration in Economics and Marketing from the University of Chicago School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame. He is a resident of Greenbrae, California.
Alex Shaw, Director
Alex Shaw joined NEMI's Board in March 2011. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a principle of Shaw Shaw & Shaw, CPA based in Jacksonville Florida where he currently resides.
Mr. Shaw obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and in Political Science from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 1992, and a Bachelor in Accounting from Florida State University in 1996. He received his CPA license in 1997.
Andrew Williams, Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Williams joined NEMI as Chief Financial Officer in January 2011. He is a chartered accountant with more than 25 years of experience involving publicly traded and closely held companies. He lives in British Columbia.