board of directors

Reza Satchu is a director of the Company. He is Managing Partner and co-founder of Alignvest Management Corporation ("AMC"), a private investment firm. Previously, Mr. Satchu was the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of AQY, where he participated in sourcing, evaluating and executing the qualifying acquisition. He has co-founded, built and/or managed several operating businesses from inception, including AMC; SupplierMarket, a supply chain software company that was sold to Ariba Inc.; StorageNow, which became one of Canada's largest self- storage companies prior to being sold to lnstorage REIT; KGS-Alpha Capital Markets L.P., a U.S. fixed income broker dealer, that was sold to BMO Financial Group; and Alignvest Student Housing, Canada's largest owner-operator of purpose-built student housing with over 7,500 beds nationwide, sold to Forum REIIF for $1.7 billion. Previously, Mr. Satchu was a General Partner at Fenway Partners, a US$1.4 billion private equity firm, and a Financial Analyst at Merrill Lynch in the High Yield Finance and Restructuring Group. He currently serves as Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches several courses, including The Entrepreneurial Manager and The Founder Mindset. He is also the Founding Chairman of Next Canada, an entrepreneurship Programme for Canadian entrepreneurs. He has received Canada’s “Top 40 Under 40” Award, the 2011 McGill University Management Achievement Award, the 2025 McGill University Distinguished Leader Award and the 2025 King Charles III Coronation Medal. Mr. Satchu has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from McGill University and an MBA from Harvard University.