Board of Directors

Terence Matthews
Chairman of the Board

Terence Matthews Sir Terence Matthews is Chairman of Wesley Clover and also serves as Chairman of Mitel and March Networks, two companies active in developing Internet Protocol (IP) systems for enterprise applications.

Prior to joining March Networks, he served as CEO and Chairman of Newbridge Networks Corporation, a company he founded in 1986. Providing leadership and vision for 14 years, Mr. Matthews helped Newbridge become a leader in the worldwide data networking industry. When France-based Alcatel acquired Newbridge in May 2000, the company employed more than 6,500 employees and recorded FY 1999 revenue of $1.8 billion. In 1972, before launching Newbridge, Mr. Matthews co-founded Mitel Corporation. Under his leadership Mitel grew quickly to become a world leader in the design and manufacture of enterprise voice systems and products. In 1985, British Telecom bought controlling interest in Mitel.

In 2001, Mr. Matthews purchased the worldwide Communications Systems division of Mitel, and the Mitel name, and is now owner and non-executive Chairman of Mitel Corporation, a company focused on providing next generation IP telephony solutions for broadband networks. Mr. Matthews also serves on the board of directors for a number of high technology companies and is Chairman or serves on the Board of Directors of Bridgewater Systems, Solace Systems and NewHeights Software.

In addition Mr. Matthews holds an honours degree in electronics from the University of Wales, Swansea and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by several universities, including the University of Wales, Glamorgan and Swansea, and Carleton University in Ottawa. In 1994, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded a Knighthood.

Mark Bruk
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mark Bruk A technology pioneer and the vision behind a number of early-to-market Internet applications, founded eduverse.com in 1998, an educational software company which aligned governments with advertisers to deliver Internet-based English as a second language (ESL) training materials, embedded with advertisements, to students within their school systems. Highlights of eduverse.com's partnerships include the Ministry of Education in China, the Ministry of Education in Malaysia, the Ministry of University Affairs in Thailand, AOL HK, StarTV, Sina, Acer and Procter and Gamble Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Prior to eduverse.com, Mr. Bruk served as Vice President of Applications and subsequently Vice President of Research & Development for PhotoChannel Networks, Inc. (formerly InMedia Presentations, Inc.), a multimedia software company. Under Mr. Bruk's initiative and management, PhotoChannel developed the world's first web-based 100% pure HTML slide show player and also the world's first 100% pure Java slide show player. PhotoChannel's Windows and Mac software was bundled with digital cameras manufactured by Casio, Nikon, Olympus and Kodak.

Owen Matthews
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Owen Matthews Mr. Matthews serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for CounterPath. Mr. Matthews is the co-founder and previous Chief Executive Officer of NewHeights Software Corp. which was acquired by CounterPath in August 2007.

Mr. Matthews co-founded NewHeights Software in 1998 in response to the emerging shift towards the development of commercial IP Telephony systems. Foreseeing the widespread adoption of IP PBXs and hosted IP Centrex, Mr. Matthews launched NewHeights Software to develop an intuitive, next-generation software client that would bring together the power of both the telephony and data networks in an intuitive graphic interface. This vision was realized with the NewHeights next-gen soft-client product line, which provides users with simplicity and usability in the management of their IP communications environment. Owen served as Chief Executive Officer for NewHeights.

Mr. Matthews has been extensively involved in the business of telecommunications and delivering innovation to market for over a decade and is also the son of technology magnate Sir Terry Matthews, founder of Mitel Networks and NewBridge Networks. Owen's business and technology acumen was in part seasoned under various Matthews' business holdings, including NewBridge Networks and the Wesley Clover Corporation and its portfolio of technology corporations.

Peter Charbonneau Mr. Charbonneau is a principal of the general partner of SkyPoint Telecom Fund II. Mr. Charbonneau joined the general partner, a venture capital company focused on communications and information technology, in 2001.

Prior to Skypoint, Mr. Charbonneau was a senior executive with Newbridge Networks Corporation, where he played a key role during the company's period of growth. He joined Newbridge in its early days as chief financial officer and over the next 13 years was promoted to the positions of Executive Vice-President, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Vice-Chairman. He was also a member of the company's board of directors from 1996 until 2000.

As the Chief Financial Officer of Newbridge, he led the company's successful cross-border IPO in 1989 and its second cross-border offering three years later. As Vice-Chairman, he focused on enhancing the company's relations with key external stakeholders. While at Newbridge, Mr. Charbonneau was instrumental in establishing the company's Affiliates Program and was involved in the funding of more than 40 affiliate companies and representing Newbridge as a board member for many of these affiliates.

Mr. Charbonneau is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. In June 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Institute in recognition of his outstanding career achievements and leadership contributions to the community and his profession. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Ottawa and a Master's in Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

Chris R. Cooper Mr. Cooper has eleven years of experience in management and finance in the oil and gas industry. Over the past eleven years Mr. Cooper has successfully raised over $70 million dollars primarily through brokered and non-brokered equity issues as well as debt financing.

Mr. Cooper is currently the President, CEO and founder of Northern Sun Exploration Company Inc., a junior oil and gas producer with operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the North West Territories. Mr. Cooper also co-founded Choice Resources Corp., an intermediate oil and gas producer that had production of over 1400 boepd, before it was taken over in August 2007 by Buffalo Resources Corp. He co-founded Watch Resources Ltd., another public gas producer with a joint venture with the Fishing Lake Metis Settlement in northern Alberta which underwent a takeover by Pearl Exploration and production Ltd. in December 2007. Mr. Cooper also sits on the board of a few other junior public Companies that he has assisted in their start-up phase, and assisted the Company's in raising early stage financing.

Mr. Cooper received his B.A. from Hofstra University and his M.B.A. from Dowling College, both in New York State.

William Jin
Director

William Jin Mr. Jin is Senior Vice-President of Covington Capital, a venture capital investment company, based in Toronto. Covington Capital is one of Canada's largest providers of venture capital investment funds managing over $400 million in assets and is an indirect, wholly owned, affiliate of Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (NYSE: AMG).

Mr. Jin joined Covington Capital in November 2002 and his responsibilities include the assessment, execution and management of existing investments and management of exit investment opportunities. Mr. Jin focuses on transactions in the service, distribution, manufacturing, and software sectors.

He represents Covington on the board of directors of a number of investee companies and is currently involved with the following investments: Acorn Energy Inc., MoProducts Inc., NexGen Financial, Gatehouse Capital Inc., Firan Technology Group and GreenArm Development Partners Inc.

Prior to joining Covington, Mr. Jin was a partner with a Toronto based investment banking boutique, with over 11 years financial industry experience specializing in M&A advisory and valuations. There he was responsible for providing fairness opinions and formal OSC 9.1 valuations for public and private companies. He provided advisory services to companies such as: Brookfield Asset Management (including former subsidiaries), Com Dev International Inc., MD Funds Inc., Reuters PLC, Instinet Inc., Public Storage and NBS Technologies. He holds an HBA and an MBA degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business. Mr. Jin is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts.

Donovan Jones
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Donovan Jones As President and CEO of CounterPath, Donovan Jones is responsible for all corporate and operational initiatives including the development and execution of the Company's corporate strategy. Donovan's leadership is instrumental in establishing CounterPath as a technologically innovative and high-growth company with a strong corporate culture.

Since joining CounterPath in 2005, Donovan has led the integration of three acquired companies, expanded CounterPath's portfolio to serve the expanding mobile VoIP market and grown the company's global customer base to over 280 Service Providers and enterprise vendors. Prior to CounterPath, Donovan worked in the investment banking industry and at TELUS, Canada's second largest telecommunications company. During his time with TELUS, Donovan held increasingly senior positions in Corporate Development and Client Solutions where he planned and executed a series of merger, acquisition and divestiture activities in the Telecommunications, Application Development and Data Network Integration space. He also was responsible for a $200M business unit focused on selling, implementing and managing enterprise voice, data and IP infrastructure.

In January of 2007, Donovan was awarded a regional top 40 under 40 award recognizing British Columbia's "brightest young business stars" under the age of 40. Donovan holds an MBA from the University of Calgary and an Economics degree from the University of Alberta.

Greg Pelling
Director

Greg Pelling Mr. Pelling is a 20-year technology and IT industry veteran, whose career includes Senior Industry Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, management roles in leading Systems Integration and Consumer Software Development companies, and most recently as part of Cisco Systems Inc's strategic leadership team where he was responsible for managing executive relationships, delivering $250M/year in new business development and building out the company's Global Development Centers.

Prior to his role as CEO of New Heights (acquired by CounterPath), Mr. Pelling was Global Managing Director, Advanced IT Services of Cisco Systems, Inc.; prior to which he was Managing Director, Asia Pacific/Japan, Internet Business Solutions Group from January 2001 to August 2004. Before joining Cisco, he was a Senior Industry Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers ("PWC") from 1995 to 2001. Prior to joining PWC, Mr. Pelling held executive positions in several Canadian and MNC companies and co-founded Richmond Technologies.

As the Managing Director Asia Pacific and Japan for Cisco Systems Internet Business Solutions Group, he was a trusted advisor to governments and Fortune 500 executives providing strategic advice on achieving competitive advantage from IT and the Internet to the top corporations and governments in the region. Mr. Pelling's international experience spans 20 years, most recently having Asia-wide executive responsibilities while based in Singapore between 1997 and 2004. Prior to Cisco, he was Asia's Senior Partner for PWC's Technology Consulting Practice.

Considered a thought leader, Mr. Pelling is also the author of "Cisco Net Impact: Competitive Advantage from Internet Innovators in Asia Pacific and Japan". Mr. Pelling is a graduate of UBC and holds an executive MBA in International Management.

Larry Timlick Mr. Timlick has over 23 years of management and technical sales experience, the last 13 years of which were spent at Cisco Systems Canada. At Cisco, Mr. Timlick and his Canadian office were the recipient of numerous awards: Region of the Year, Americas International - 2004, where under Mr. Timlick's leadership sales increased from $25 Million to $115 Million in two years; Western Region Service Providers, Top Customer Satisfaction, Americas International - 2002; Top Canadian Regional Performance - 2001; Top Americas International Performer, Regional Manager - 2000; and Highest Regional Percentage of Goal, Americas International - 2000.

As the first Cisco Systems employee in Western Canada, Mr. Timlick expanded the business and opened offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg.

Mr. Timlick is a director of Stage Capital Corp and VP of Corporate Planning for The Kingsway Group of Companies is a multi-faceted corporate vehicle for real estate investment and development throughout North America.


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