Donald Kirkwood, Chair

Donald and his wife, Penny, arrived at Mulgrave from England in January 2003. They have been strong supporters of the School and have three children in attendance, with their fourth expected to start in the fall of 2008. 

Donald was educated in the United Kingdom, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Management from the University of Birmingham. He has worked in sales and project management for both a major oil company and a major consulting firm. In 1995 he co-founded the Axon Group, a management consulting company, and served on its board of directors after it was taken public on the London Stock Exchange.  Since 2003, he has worked as an entrepreneur in property development and the technology sector.

Munir Ali

Munir and his wife, Alida, have two children (now in Grades 7 and 8) who are in their sixth year at Mulgrave. Originally from Bangladesh, Munir was schooled in India, England, Canada (Toronto, where he graduated with honours) and at Indiana University.  He returned to Bangladesh where he was Director of Marketing at Olympic Industries and CEO of Asia Commodity Limited. As Director of the Aga Khan Educational Service for six years, he was involved in establishing an IB school that now has an enrolment of over 1000 students.  While in Bangladesh, one of his achievements was the introduction of the Terry Fox Run to Bangladesh and organizing the personal attendance of Terry’s mother at the event one year.

Munir is involved in a broad range of business interests, including manufacturing, international trade and investment management. He and Alida have been strong supporters of the School and he looks forward to the opportunity of joining the Board this year.

Tony Allard

Tony and his wife, Kim, have a son in grade 11 and a son in grade 8 and have been a part of the Mulgrave community since 1996. Tony was a member of the Board of Trustees between 1996 and 1999, during which time he acted as Vice-Chair and was very active in the planning and development of the new school. He rejoined the Board in 2002 and has served as Chair up until November 2007.

Tony currently chairs the Land Committee.  He is a lawyer by profession and is President of Hearthstone Investments.

Grant Ayers

Grant and his wife Kate have been active volunteers and generous supporters of Mulgrave for 11 years and now have a son who graduated last year and a daughter in grade 10. Grant has been in business in the Lower Mainland for almost 30 years. Since 1981 he has been CEO of Edgemont Moving & Storage and his company's trucks are a frequent sight around Mulgrave, providing moving assistance for the School's latest projects. Grant makes a significant commitment to volunteering, recently being recognized by the North Shore News as a "Local Hero".

He joined the Mulgrave Board in February 2004 and is a director on the Provincial Board of BC Summer Swimming, past president of the North Van Cruisers, Regional Director of the Vancouver & District of BC Summer Swimming, Vice President of Lower Mainland ringette and is a civilian instructor for Army cadets.

Mark Beddis

Mark and his wife Alice are enjoying their sixth year at Mulgrave, with daughters in grade 10 and grade 4. Mark has a degree in pure mathematics. Over the past 25 years, he has worked in commercial organizations and, during the 1990's, served as the Executive Director of the stock exchange in Hong Kong. He is a business consultant, specialising in the design and development of financial market infrastructure, with a particular focus on equities.

Brenda and her husband, Jon McLean, have a son in grade 10 and a daughter in grade 8 who have attended the school since 2000. She was elected to the Mulgrave Board of Trustees in 2002 and now serves as its Treasurer, Chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Advancement Committee.

Brenda is a chartered accountant and serves as the Secretary and Controller of TimberWest Forest Corporation.

Dee Dhaliwal

A veteran of the publishing industry, Dee Dhaliwal's many years of experience include a stint as Personnel & Training Manager for a London, England based communications and publishing company. Dee joined the North Shore News in 1995 as Manager, Human Resources. She is now Sales and Marketing Director for North America's most successful community newspaper. Dee's contributions to the community are considerable. Her involvement includes serving as Chair, North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce (2002-2003); Chair, Business Excellence Awards; and Director, Lions Gate Hospital Foundation and BC Chamber of Commerce. Her fundraising and volunteer efforts have benefited Lions Gate Hospital, Family Services of the North Shore, the North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped and Mulgrave School. Dee joined the Mulgrave Board in 2003. She and her husband, Amar, have one daughter in Grade 11.

Sharon Glover 

Sharon Glover holds an MBA in Finance from Queen’s University and has a strong background in management and finance.  She is currently the Executive Director of the Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals, the body which regulates BC’s 5,300 forest professionals.  Prior to assuming this position, she was the Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.  Sharon has also operated her own public policy research consulting firm, and has been Executive Director of The Brewers of Ontario and Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Membership of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Sharon and her husband, David Guscott, have two children, James (Grade 6) and Paige (Grade 8) who have both attended Mulgrave since January, 2007.  Sharon is looking forward to working with the board and contributing to the school's long term success.

Alan Hetherington

Alan and his wife, Mary, are starting their seventh year at Mulgrave. They have three children, the youngest of whom is in Grade 6 and was fortunate to start her kindergarten year in the new school on Cypress Lane.

Alan was born and raised in Vancouver and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from UBC. He owned a distribution business which he started in 1978 and sold to a large conglomerate in 2000. Alan now owns and manages an office furniture dealership in Vancouver. He has also had experience in building, owning and financing residential and commercial real estate. Alan has served on the Board of an international office products corporation, and has been involved with numerous school and community organizations.

Sherrin Lim

Sherrin Lim is a business entrepreneur.  In the past twelve years, she has provided advisory services for strategic growth and development of numerous dynamic emerging companies in North America, ranging from software development, financial services, human resource services to alternative energy providers.  In November 2007, as part of the Asia Pacific Trade Mission to China with the Minister of State for Mining to expand business opportunities in Asia, she has established her Asian focus with mineral resource opportunities within Canada and Asia.  She is a facilitator for North American/Chinese negotiations in acquisitions, joint ventures and operations.  She has been a member of Mulgrave’s Nominating Committee since 2002.

Sherrin and her husband have been supporters and participating members of the Mulgrave community for 10 years. They have two daughters in Grade 6 and in Grade 9.

Pierre Martin 

Pierre Martin has a background in finance and real estate.  Originally from Montreal, he worked for Panel Kerr Forster in the hospitality and real estate group, for National Bank of Canada as a commercial real estate lending manager and for Marleau Lemire Securities Inc. where, as Vice-President, Corporate Finance, he was involved in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions.  In 1995, he made a jump to private business, forming Ocean Land Investments Inc. with a partner.  Over the next 11 years his company acquired and operated a portfolio of commercial ocean front properties in South Florida and developed a number of luxury residential condominium developments in that region.  He holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and a Master of Science degree in Development Economics from Oxford University.   Pierre currently devotes the majority of his time to his family.

Pierre and his wife, Manon, have two boys at Mulgrave, Philip (Grade 2) and Charles (Grade 4).  They joined Mulgrave in September, 2006.

Martha Warren

Martha Warren currently sits on the Board of the Directors of the BC Safety Authority.   Martha also sits as a Panel Member and Panel Chair for the Employment Assistance Appeal Tribunal of BC.  She has lectured in legal subjects ranging from corporate law to international business law at universities in Canada, the UK and Cyprus, holding both permanent and fixed-term lectureships and administrative positions.  Martha has carried out legal research for the European Commission, published on tort law and human rights, and has a particular interest in corporate governance. Martha is looking forward to contributing to the Mulgrave community as a member of the board.

Martha’s two children, Alexander and Penelope Neocleous (Grades 1 and 4), joined Mulgrave in September, 2006.