Al Mawani

Trustee

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Mr. Mawani is a Principal of Exponent Capital Partners Inc., a private equity investor and real estate advisory firm. He has over 40 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry and is an independent Trustee of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (“First Capital”) and an Independent Director of Extendicare Inc. (“Extendicare”). Mr. Mawani is Chair of the Governance and Sustainability Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee at First Capital and at Extendicare, he serves as a member of the Audit Committee, Chair of the Investment Committee and member of the Human Resources Committee.

Previously, Mr. Mawani served as the Independent Lead Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (“SmartCentres”). Mr. Mawani has held several executive officer positions in his career including President and Chief Executive Officer of Rodenbury Investments Limited, a private real estate owner-operator, and President and Chief Executive Officer of SmartCentres. In addition, he spent 23 years at Oxford Properties Group, Inc., including over 11 years as Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Mawani is a Chartered Professional Accountant and Chartered Accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto and a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. He holds ESG-focused GCB.D designation from Competent Boards and completed the Institute of Corporate Directors’ multi-module course on Board Oversight of Climate Change.