
	Mr. Beesley, 56, is a senior executive with extensive experience in financial management and strategic development across a range of leading Canadian-based companies. From 2000 to 2014, he served in a number of executive roles with Empire Company Limited, a corporation with annual sales in excess of $19 billion and operations in retailing and related real estate, including Chief Corporate Development Officer of the Sobeys Inc. unit and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Empire. While at Empire, Mr. Beesley developed strategies resulting in the acquisitions of Canada Safeway and the remaining stake in Sobeys Inc., led the creation of an Empire-related REIT, and facilitated numerous financing transactions.
	
	Prior to Empire, Mr. Beesley was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Globe and Mail Company, and previously held finance, operational and strategic planning positions with Delrina Corporation, Suncor Energy and Varity Corporation. Mr. Beesley is a Certified Public Accountant and began his career at Peat, Marwick &amp; Mitchell in Toronto. A native of Canada, Mr. Beesley holds a BSc degree from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; and an MBA from St. Mary&#39;s University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
