Aimia - About - Global Leadership

Rupert Duchesne , , , President and Chief Executive Officer

Rupert Duchesne is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aimia. Prior to his current position, Mr. Duchesne spent twelve years in strategy and investment consulting around the world before he joined Air Canada in 1996 as Vice President, Marketing and in 1999 was promoted to Senior Vice President, International. During that year, he served on the Executive team which defeated the Onex take-over bid, and was appointed Chief Integration Executive, overseeing the integration of Canadian Airlines and Air Canada. He was appointed to the position of President and CEO of Aeroplan in August 2000. Mr. Duchesne holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Manchester and a Bachelor Honours degree in Pharmacology from the University of Leeds, both in England. He is a Director of Dorel Industries Inc., and was previously a director of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. He is chair of the boards of the NeuroScience Canada Partnership and Brain Canada Foundation. He is Vice-President of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Board of Trustees, where he chairs both the Finance and Photography committees, co-chairs the Grange Park Advisory Council and is a member of the boards of Greenwood College School, Business for the Arts and the Luminato Festival in Toronto.

David L. Adams , , , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

David L. Adams is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aimia and has executive responsibility for the overall financial strategic direction, control, reporting and financial monitoring of Aimia’s operations. He also oversees the organization’s access to and engagement with global capital markets. In 2007, he was appointed Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Aeroplan. Before joining Aimia, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Photowatt Technologies Inc. Prior to Photowatt, he acted as Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of SR Telecom Inc. Mr. Adams previously held a variety of executive finance positions at CAE Inc. a global market leader in the production of flight simulators and control systems. Prior to these roles, he held a number of progressively senior roles with the Bank of Nova Scotia and Clarkson Gordon (Ernst & Young). Mr. Adams is a CA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Finance Degree from the University of Toronto and has completed the Stanford Executive Program.

Susan Doniz , , , Senior Vice President, Global Chief Information Officer

As part of Aimia’s executive team, Susan Doniz joined in the new role of global Chief Information Officer. She is responsible for defining the global internal and external Information & Technology strategy to deliver innovation and growth across and within regions.

Previous to this role she enjoyed a variety of leadership roles at Procter & Gamble such as leading a global transformational P&G strategy to ‘Digitize’ P&G from Concept Creation to Shopper; Global Shared Service executive for the $19 billion P&G Beauty & Grooming business for R&D, Product Supply and Sales; Global services leader across Purchasing, Planning, Global Master Data Shared Service, Business Intelligence & Analytics and the CIO & Shared Services (Business Analytics/Intelligence, Procurement, Project Management, Master Data, Consumer Relations, Financial Services & Accounting, Employee Services(Benefit, Payroll, Relocation, Travel), and Real Estate) leader for Procter & Gamble Canada.

Susan has enjoyed various long assignments in both developed (Europe) and developing markets (She has lived in most countries in Latin America) and speaks various languages. Her roles have centered around business transformation. She has been often tapped to lead, create and deliver multifunctional strategies for top executives.

Susan graduated from University of Toronto, Engineering and studied Graduate courses in Europe (Netherlands) and Executive Learning at Harvard. She has sponsored various cultural networks and speaks often at leadership and industry events. She serves on boards such as the CIO Association of Canada, Centre of Outsourcing & Research (CORE), Wilfrid Laurier Industry Advisory Committee, Engineers without Borders and the Salvation Army National Board.

Liz Graham , , , Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; President & CEO - US and Asia Pacific

Liz Graham currently holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Aimia, a global leader in loyalty management and is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aimia United States and Asia Pacific.

Aimia has more than 3,800 employees and operates in close to 20 countries, delivering a full-suite of loyalty offerings including Coalition, Proprietary and Loyalty Analytics services to many of the world’s best-known consumer brands.

As a founding executive of Aeroplan, the predecessor to the global entity now known as Aimia, over the last decade Liz has developed and led the full spectrum of operational support units across the enterprise and through significant corporate transformations and growth.

Prior to joining Aimia, Liz enjoyed a lengthy and successful career with Air Canada in increasingly complex and senior leadership roles in Customer Service, Business Development and Strategy culminating in her appointment, in 1998, as Vice President, Airports, where she was responsible for airport and cargo operations in North America.

Liz has been active in broadening the footprint and reputation of Aimia across the world. Deeply committed to organizational rigor and transparency, she has significantly contributed to the rapid growth and influence of Aimia in the nascent Loyalty industry in the short time between the 2005 IPO and the completion of two international acquisitions.

As a complement to her leadership experience, Liz has also successfully completed the course of study leading to the designation of Chartered Director (C. Dir). She is a Board member of Premier Loyalty & Marketing S.A.P.I. de C.V. (PLM). PLM is the owner and operator of Club Premier, a Mexican coalition loyalty program in which Aimia holds an equity interest. Liz is also a board member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and sits on the Advisory Committee of the Centre for Labour Management Relations at Ryerson University.

Mark Hounsell , , , Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Mark Hounsell is Aimia’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and has overall responsibility for the development and management of the legal framework for Aimia's various businesses, as well as leadership of the enterprise's corporate secretariat and governance portfolios. In 2006, Mr. Hounsell was Vice President & General Counsel of Aeroplan. From 1997 to 2006, Mr. Hounsell held various senior positions within the BCE group of companies, most recently as Assistant General Counsel for Bell Canada. In this role, Mr. Hounsell was responsible for managing Bell's legal commercial group to service the needs of Bell's Québec enterprise operations. Mr. Hounsell's previous work with BCE concentrated on M&A, financing initiatives and corporate governance, as well as various counsel positions at Bell Canada International Inc., including the position of Vice-President, Law and Corporate Secretary. After having received his degree in law at the Université de Montréal in 1991 and having been called to the Québec Bar in 1992, Mr. Hounsell worked in private practice as a corporate commercial lawyer specializing in securities prior to moving in-house.

David Johnston , , , Executive Vice President; President and Chief Executive Officer - Europe, Middle East and Africa

David Johnston was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer, Aimia Europe, Middle East and Africa and Executive Vice President Aimia in January 2010. In his role as President and CEO for Aimia Europe, Middle East and Africa, he has full responsibility for driving the expansion of Aimia 's businesses in Europe, Middle East and Africa including Nectar and Nectar Italia. Mr. Johnston is also responsible for RMMEL, the operator of Air Miles Middle East, and for I&C. Mr. Johnston joined Aimia from PepsiCo where he spent 13 years in Marketing and General Management. Most recently he ran PepsiCo's Quaker/Tropicana Business Unit in the UK, driving significant market share and profit growth across the portfolio. Prior to this role Mr. Johnston has had extensive global experience in PepsiCo in Europe, Latin America and in PepsiCo's global headquarters in Purchase, New York. He holds an Honours Degree in Business from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom.

Melissa Sonberg , , , Senior Vice President, Global Brand, Communications and External Affairs

Melissa Sonberg is Aimia’s Senior Vice President, Global Brand, Communications and External Affairs and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Aimia’s voice and reputation across its global markets, including branding, communications policies, corporate affairs, government and regulatory affairs and social responsibility. Ms. Sonberg previously held the position of Vice President, Corporate Services, Aeroplan. overseeing all aspects of Aimia 's human resources, corporate communications, and corporate social responsibility programs She has hands on experience in the private and public sectors. She has previously held a number of senior management positions at Air Canada, including Director of Organizational Learning and Director – Customer Service Communication, Employee Involvement and Training. Mrs. Sonberg has also had key leadership roles in Québec's health and social services sector. Mrs. Sonberg's expertise in her field has been noted in the Who's Who of Canadian Business, the Who's Who of Canadian Women, the Who's Who of Canada, as well as Women in the Lead, the directory of qualified Canadian Women for Board Appointment. Mrs. Sonberg holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from McGill University and a Master's of Administration from the University of Ottawa. She frequently guest lectures at McGill University, and other institutions. She also offers her expertise through involvement in a variety of community organizations, currently serving as a Board Member of Equitas (The Canadian Human Rights Foundation). Ms. Sonberg is a graduate of the Director's Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the designation ICD.D.

Vincent R. Timpano , , , Executive Vice President; President and Chief Executive Officer - Canada

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Aimia in Canada, Vince Timpano has full accountability for leading and growing the Canadian business, which includes delivering the full suite of loyalty management services: coalition, proprietary and analytics.

Previously, he served as President and CEO for Aeroplan, where he established and led the strategic direction of the business, while ensuring alignment across the organization to drive performance and growth.

Before Aeroplan, Vince was President, Coca-Cola Ltd. in Canada where he led the organization in the development and expansion of Canada's leading non-alcoholic beverage portfolio. Prior to holding that position, Vince served as President and CEO for The Minute Maid Company Canada Inc. where he successfully oversaw all activities associated with the company's juice and juice drinks business. In addition to his broad general management experience, Vince has a proven background in creating high value customer partnerships and stewarding globally and nationally recognized leading brands.

Vince is a member of the board of the Canadian Marketing Association. He also currently serves with the United Way, Toronto as member of the board of trustees, and he chairs the Administration and Audit Committee as well as the Operations and Technology Committee. Vince holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.

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