Directors & Management

Board of Directors, Officers and Management Team

Our Board of Directors includes executives who have been responsible for compiling superior performance records in fiercely competitive cyclical industries. Our board members have personally invested to purchase shares of Conifex and own considerable equity in our company. The directors are responsible for managing or supervising the management of the business and affairs of the Company. Directors do not conduct day-to-day management of the Company; that is the responsibility of the Officers. The Directors shall at all times act in the best interests of the Company.  Our directors are:

George Malpass

George is the former CEO of Primex Forest Products, a coastal BC operator. George served as a director of International Forest Products and Riverside Forest Products.

Dave Roberts

Dave recently retired from Raymond James Ltd. where he headed up that firm’s institutional equity business based in Toronto.

Jim Shepherd

Jim is the former CEO of Canfor Corporation and Slocan Forest Products Ltd. Jim is the former President of Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. and Finlay Forest Industries Limited.

Ken Shields

Ken is the CEO of Conifex and the former CEO of Raymond James Ltd. Ken is a former director of Slocan Forest Products Ltd., Timber West Forest Corp. and Raymond James Financial Inc.  Ken is currently a director of Mercer International Inc.

John Bae

John is the Corporate Development Manager of L J Resources Co. Ltd., a privately owned Vancouver based company involved in global log and lumber trading.  John has over fifteen years of experience in global softwood lumber marketing.

Jim Jia

Jim is the President of L J Resources Co., Ltd.  Jim has over seven years of lumber sales and marketing experience in China and other Asian countries and also has experience in wood working machinery sales and marketing in Japan and China.

Our officers are:

  • Ken Shields, Chairman of the Board, CEO, President
  • Kevin Horsnell, Chief Operating Officer
  • Yuri Lewis, Chief Financial Officer
  • Tony Madia, Vice-President, Corporate Development
  • Lorraine Ducharme, Vice-President, Human Resources and Public Relations
  • Kalin Uhrich, Vice-President Fibre
  • Adam Infanti, Corporate Controller
  • Ron Mouw, Operations Controller
  • Arnie Federink, General Manager Operations

Our management team has extensive experience and have proven their ability to perform effectively in a company focused on optimizing the profitability of the lumber business. Conifex’s leadership team has an extraordinary commitment to the company, as well as financial and reputational incentives to ensure we are successful.