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Mr. Wu holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Economics and Mathematics from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Entrepreneurial Masters Program from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Experience: Mr. Wu is the recently retired Chief Executive Officer of MaRS Discovery District, one of the world's largest innovation hubs with over 1,200 companies in the health, cleantech, fintech, and platform technologies sectors, at all stages of growth and scale. Under Mr. Wu's leadership, MaRS's innovation community grew by over 450% in six years, raising over 17 billion in capital and contributing over 23 billion to Canada's GDP. Mr. Wu has been recognized as one of Canada's Top 40 under 40 and for leading one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Private Companies in the nation. He is also a member of MENSA, the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D) and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

Dr. Suchan has an extensive leadership background in the U.S. defence and intelligence community with over 28 years of experience in business operations, strategy and development, acquisition integration, engineering management, and technology portfolio investments. Most recently, Dr. Suchan was the managing director at Riverside Research, where she led a team advancing critical capabilities in the U.S. Intelligence Community. Prior to Riverside Research, she was the Vice President of Technology, Strategy & Business Development for Harris Electronic Systems segment and the executive business director for Harris Geospatial Government Systems. In other prior roles, Dr. Suchan was responsible for capturing new business opportunities in the area of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and served as the deputy director for Center for Innovation, Technology and Development where she coordinated a multifunctional team involving advocacy, planning and analysis, strategic operations, corporate strategy, investment innovation development and marketing communications. Prior to joining the Harris Corporation, Dr. Suchan held a number of roles with the Raytheon Company, beginning as a senior physics engineer specializing in novel electro-optical sensors, serving as National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Technology Fellow at various government sites, holding progressively senior positions in business development and strategy, including the National Reconnaissance Office account manager with Raytheon Corporate U.S. business development. Dr. Suchan earned a B. A. Degree from the College of St. Catherine, followed by a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California.

Mr. Snarch has an extensive background in corporate law, with experience in mergers & acquisitions, corporate securities, financing transactions, regulatory matters, litigation, and general corporate and commercial law. Mr. Snarch joined MDA in April 2016 and has held various positions of increasing responsibility within MDA's Legal team. Prior to joining MDA in 2016, Mr. Snarch was a practicing corporate lawyer at a leading Canadian law firm. Mr. Snarch received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of British Columbia in 2006 and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Ottawa Law School in 2011. He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2012.

Mr. Farber holds a Quebec Diploma of College Studies from Dawson College. Experience: Mr. Farber currently serves on a number of boards and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Albion River, a private direct investment firm that focuses on aerospace, defense, and government related businesses. Previously, Mr. Farber was Co-Founder of NAWAH LLC, a Pritzker Organization enterprise focused on project finance in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Mr. Farber was formerly a special advisor to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense - Business Transformation and a member of the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force for Business and Stability Operations where he received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. Mr. Farber began his career in product engineering at Nortel Networks and Celestica.

Mr. Risley is a graduate of Harvard University's President's Program on Leadership. Experience: Mr. Risley was the co-founder of Clearwater Seafoods and serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CFFI Ventures Inc., an active investment and holding company with its major investments in renewable energy, financial services ventures and Northern Private Capital, an investment fund co-formed by CFFI Ventures Inc. Mr. Risley has been recognized with a number of awards, including Atlantic Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year and a Canada Award for Business Excellence in Entrepreneurship. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and was inducted into the Nova Scotia Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame in 1997.

Mr. Smith earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Experience: Mr. Smith held a variety of executive roles over a career spanning more than 30 years. Mr. Smith was President and Chief Executive Officer of FortisAlberta and President and Chief Executive Officer of Newfoundland Power. As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fortis Inc., as part of the company's growth strategy, Mr. Smith helped to secure its New York Stock Exchange listing and was actively involved in and led the financial strategy for a number of significant acquisitions. Mr. Smith began his career with five years at Deloitte as a Chartered Public Accountant. Mr. Smith currently serves as a member on the Board at Raleigh Solar Tech and CSA (formerly the Canadian Standards Association). He also sits on the Board of the Genesis Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland where he chairs the Audit and Risk Committee, and is Co-Chair of the St. John's 2025 Summer Games. Mr. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce (Honours) from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Ms. Johnson has had an extensive 15-year career in the robotics and space operations industry, with experience in systems engineering, business development, business leadership, operations management and strategy development. In 2022, she was appointed Vice President, Robotics & Satellites Operations at MDA Space. Prior to that, Ms. Johnson led business transformation initiatives as the Vice President of Operations at MDA Space, working with the executive leadership team to modernize and harmonize practices and systems in human resources, finance, information technology, marketing and business operations. During her tenure in the Operations group, Ms. Johnson played a key role in corporate development initiatives, including the sale of MDA Space in 2019 to a Canadian-based private equity group, the subsequent divestiture and establishment of stand-alone operations as a private company, taking MDA Space through its initial public offering and other mergers and acquisitions activity. Ms. Johnson started her career at MDA Space in 2010 as a systems engineer working on Canadarm space robotics programs, medical robotics technology and early design concepts for Canadarm3 and other large projects. Following this, she leveraged her engineering skills and industry expertise as Business Development Manager in the robotics division, where she engaged with commercial space customers to develop solutions for on-orbit robotics systems and interfaces. Ms. Johnson has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and is a member of Professional Engineers Ontario. In 2023, Ms. Johnson was named to the prestigious Best Executives list by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business, a program established to celebrate exceptional non-CEO leaders at Canadian corporations. In 2019, Ms. Johnson received a top 40 under 40 recognition and was presented with the University of Toronto Alumni Network's Early Career Award. She was also recognized for her professional accomplishments in 2016 when she received the Northern Lights Aero Foundation Rising Star Award.

Ms. Smith earned a Master of Science in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management. Experience: Ms. Smith brings more than 25 years of experience as an international business leader, including 17 years as chief executive officer of private and public companies in the technology and information services markets. Most recently, Ms. Smith served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Allied Minds, a technology commercialization company, and prior to that she served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of DigitalGlobe Inc., a global provider of satellite imagery products and services. Ms. Smith started her career as a consultant at Bain & Company, where she rose to become Partner. She subsequently joined Sara Lee as Vice President and went on to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of SRDS, a business-to-business publishing firm, and eDial, a VoIP collaboration company. She also served as Chief Operating Officer of Micron Electronics, and co-founded Treacy & Company, a consulting and boutique investment business. Ms. Smith currently serves as a director of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. She previously served as a director of R1 RCM, Aspen Technology, Circor International Inc., Gemalto NV, Endo International, and Hexagon AB.

Mr. Pozzebon is a long-term member of MDA Space's Satellite Systems engineering and management team and is a widely respected executive in the global satellite industry. Mr. Pozzebon brings more than 33 years of experience to his current role as MDA Space's Vice-President of Satellite Systems. He is responsible for MDA Space's state-of-the art satellite design and manufacturing facilities, including its high-volume satellite production facility. In his decades-long career, he has played an instrumental role in some of the most complex satellite technology programs that have fundamentally changed the space industry in the fields of robotics, SAR, navigation, and satellite communications, in a wide range of functions including digital engineering, system engineering, engineering management, chief architect, business execution, business leadership and strategy development. Prior to working at MDA Space, he was Project Engineer at CMC Electronics where he was responsible for the design of an all-glass large-format high resolution cockpit display product, with night vision (NVIS) option, and a family of Flight Management Systems products for modern digital cockpits in fixed and rotary wing aircraft for both civil and military applications. In April 2024, Mr. Pozzebon was named to the prestigious Best Executives list by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business, a program established to celebrate exceptional non-CEO leaders at Canadian corporations. Mr. Pozzebon holds an Honours Bachelor of Engineering degree from McGill University.

Mr. Paddick holds Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Business Administration degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland (Alumnus of the Year in 2013) and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. Mr. Paddick also holds his ICD.D designation from the Rotman School of Management/Institute of Corporate Directors. Experience: Mr. Paddick is the Chief Executive Officer of Columbus Capital Corporation and the Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Columbus Communications Inc. Mr. Paddick is the former Chair of the Board of Directors of Nalcor Energy and Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation from 2016 to 2022 and is a director and member of the audit committee of Liberty Latin America Ltd. (Nasdaq: LILA), a leading telecommunications company with operations in over 40 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean. He is also a director and chair of the audit committee of Bahamas Telecommunications Corporations (BTC). Mr. Paddick has also served on the board and as a member of the audit committee of Clearwater Seafoods (formerly listed on the TSX) and Cable & Wireless Communications PLC (formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange). He has been recognized through a variety of awards, including Canada's Top 40 under 40 in 2000, induction into the Junior Achievement Newfoundland and Labrador Business Hall of Fame in 2018, and EY Canada's Special Citation Award for Master Entrepreneur in 2019 for his career body of work.

Mr. Lavoie joined MDA Space in November 2024, bringing over 20 years of financial expertise from large publicly traded and privately owned companies with proven experience as a CFO and expertise across financial and business functions, including strategic and financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, capital deployment, business transformation, and P&L ownership. Mr. Lavoie joined MDA Space from Sofina Foods Inc., a global food manufacturer, where he served as Executive Vice President and CFO and played an instrumental role in executing the company's growth strategy, including the integration of Sofina Europe. Prior to Sofina Foods Inc., Mr. Lavoie served as Senior Vice President and CFO of the Woodbridge Group, a global automotive supplier where he delivered significant free cash flow improvements for the business by executing key business projects, in addition to renegotiating financing for the company. Prior to this, Mr. Lavoie was the Vice President and CFO for Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail transportation, from 2018 to 2020 and the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Bombardier Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Lavoie is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.

Mr. Greenley holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from the University of Waterloo, as well as an Executive Leadership Development certificate from The Wharton School. Experience: Mr. Greenley is the Chief Executive Officer of MDA Space. With over 30 years of executive experience in the defence and security business, Mr. Greenley has deep expertise in the land, air, maritime, public safety and space sectors. Prior to MDA Space, Mr. Greenley was Sector President of L-3 WESCAM. He also served as Vice President and General Manager of CAE Canada, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development for General Dynamics (GD) Canada, and Vice President, International for GD Mission Systems. Prior to GD, he was Vice President of the modelling and simulation business at CAE. Mr. Greenley is Chair of Space Canada's Board of Directors, a member of the Business Council of Canada and a member of the Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA). He has served as the Vice-Chair of the Government of Canada's Economic Strategy Table for Advanced Manufacturing, a Board member of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) and of the Ontario Aerospace Council. Previously he served as Chair of the Advisory Board for Defence and Security Export to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Canada, as a member of the Industry Advisory Boards to the Department of National Defence, Defence R&D Canada, and Public Services and Procurement Canada and to the CEO of Export Development Canada (EDC). Mr. Greenley has also served on a number of non profit boards including six years as the Chair of the Board of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), and Chair of the Board for the Elmwood School for Girls. Mr. Greenley received the 2023 Satellite Executive of the Year award at the Satellite 2024 Conference and the 2024 Innovator of the Year award and recognition as one of Canada's Top CEOs by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business. Earlier in his career, Mr. Greenley was recognized as an Ottawa Top 40 under 40 business leader, and a PROFIT 100 CEO for leading one of Canada's fastest growing companies.

Ms. Alfers holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona, a Master of Public Health from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State University. Experience: Ms. Alfers most recently served as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer for Study Group Ltd., a global higher education company based in London, England. Prior to joining Study Group, Ms. Alfers spent more than fifteen years in the commercial space and software sectors. Ms. Alfers has held various executive positions, including Chief Legal and Administrative Officer for HawkEye 360, Inc., an early-stage growth company in spectrum-based radio frequency analytics, General Counsel and VP Defense and Intelligence for Digital Globe, Inc., General Counsel for Space Imaging, Inc., as well as Chief Legal Officer for Cherwell Software.

Ms. McDonald joined MDA Space in July 2023 in a newly created executive role with a mandate to drive MDA Space's transformation strategy and initiatives. With global responsibility for MDA Space's people, culture and transformation agenda and associated functions, Ms. McDonald brings a demonstrated track record of long-term strategic planning and value creation in publicly traded companies. A seasoned executive with a background in large multinationals undergoing transformation, Ms. McDonald has served in multiple executive and leadership roles as a trusted strategic business leader. Before joining MDA Space, Ms. McDonald was the Chief Human Resources Officer at Ontex, a global private label manufacturer of personal hygiene products. Previously, she was the Senior Vice President of People & Culture at Parkland, an international fuel distributor and retailer with operations in 25 countries. Ms. McDonald also spent over 16 years in progressive leadership roles while working at Holcim, a global leader in sustainable construction. Throughout her career, Ms. McDonald has led a series of organizations through a variety of significant transformations and corporate events, including rapid scaling and growth, complex business integrations and corporate turnarounds. Ms. McDonald is a past Committee Chair and former Board Member for HR People & Strategy (HRPS), now called the SHRM Executive Network, an exclusive community of practicing senior HR leaders dedicated to revolutionizing the world of work. Ms. McDonald holds a Master of Business Administration (Academic Distinction) from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan. She is also a certified Culture Coach from the Maslow Research Center.

Ms. Baltacioglu holds a Bachelor of Law from Istanbul University, an ICD.D designation from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, as well as a Master of Arts from the Carleton University, School of Public Administration. Experience: Ms. Baltacioglu has had a distinguished public service career that spans more than 25 years within the federal government. She has directly impacted the direction of government affairs through shaping policy, directing programs and overseeing operations. Ms. Baltacioglu was the Secretary of the Treasury Board from 2012 and 2018, and under her direction, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat was recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. She has also served as Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Deputy Secretary Operations to Cabinet. Ms. Baltacioglu is a member of the Order of Canada and is the Chancellor of Carleton University.