James A. Richardson
President & Director, Westmead Limited

Winnipeg, MB

Jim Richardson is a retired Vice President of James Richardson & Sons Limited and the current President and Director of Westmead Limited.  A graduate of Queens University, Jim has a broad business background and is an investor in several technology and oil and gas companies. He is extremely active in the community being Senior Manitoba Director of Ducks Unlimited, Past Chair of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (Manitoba Region), a trustee of the Richardson Foundation Inc. and the University of Winnipeg Foundation.  He was Chair of Sport for the 1999 Pan American Games, Past President of Big Brothers of Canada, a former Regent of the University of Winnipeg and has served on the boards of numerous other community organizations.

Jim is on the Board of Directors of several private Canadian companies including LibreStream Technologies Inc., Monteris Medical Inc., PSI Peripheral Solutions Inc., Telpay Incorporated, NetSecure Innovations Inc., Tundra Oil and Gas Ltd, Lombard Realty Limited, and James Richardson & Sons Limited.  In addition, Jim is a member of the Investment Committee of the Lex Capital Partners LP Fund, and the Lex Energy Partners Funds I, II, and III.