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John Heaven

John Heaven, President & CEO of YANGAROO, brings over 20 years of strategic financial and entrepreneurial experience to YANGAROO. He is responsible for the company's over-all vision and financial direction. Heaven's professional history includes three successful start-ups and two successful IPO's for industry leading companies in the technology space.

Cliff Hunt

Cliff Hunt, Chairman, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, brings over 25 years of experience in the music industry, to YANGAROO. Hunt's extensive background includes a stint as a recording artist and touring musician before shifting to the business side of the industry. Hunt is responsible for driving market penetration and overall strategic development planning for YANGAROO.

Howard Atkinson

Howard Atkinson is a CFA and CIMA, and is President of BetaPro Funds Management Inc., where he focuses on management of the Horizons BetaPro Funds and Exchange Traded Funds. He brings 20 years of investment management industry experience to the board, including executive positions with Mackenzie Financial Corporation, CI Funds and Barclay's Global Investors Canada Ltd. He is the immediate Past President of the Toronto CFA Society board of directors and is a member of the S&P/TSX Canada Index Advisory Panel. Mr. Atkinson is the author of "The New Investment Frontier III: A Guide to Exchange Traded Funds for Canadians," and "Les Fonds Négocié en Bourse: Un outil de placement novateur pour l'investisseur avis". He has been a contributing writer and frequent analyst reference in many major Canadian newspapers, including The Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, and Ottawa Citizen. Howard can be seen regularly on BNN (Business News Network) and CP24.

Justin LaFayette

Justin LaFayette is a Director of YANGAROO. Mr. LaFayette is the Director of Product Strategy, Enterprise Master Data Solutions at IBM Software Group. He was a founding partner and Chairman of DWL, which IBM acquired in 2005. DWL creates and markets transactional Internet, Intranet, and Extranet applications and integrates legacy systems. He was responsible for setting the strategic direction for DWL and its product and services. Prior to forming DWL, he worked with NN Financial, one of the ING group of companies from 1993 to 1996.

Gary Moss

Gary Moss is a Director of YANGAROO. Mr. Moss has held several senior financial roles in the Entertainment industry. Currently he is the Chief Financial Officer for Concert Productions International, previously TGA Entertainment, where he moved after spending nine years with EMI Music Canada as Vice-President of Finance. He held a similar role with Sega of Canada prior to that. Gary also has experience in the Computer, Lumber and Engineering industries. Gary has been actively involved with CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) participating in various music industry initiatives. He is also an active member of CARAS (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). He earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Natal (Durban) in South Africa and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in 1984.