Mr. Griffiths was appointed to the Board effective April 15, 2008. He is a member of the board of directors of Fairfax Financial Holdings and is its Lead Director. Mr. Griffiths is currently an independent business consultant and corporate director. He is a director of Northbridge, Crum & Forster and OdysseyRe. He is also the Chairman of Russel Metals Inc. and Novadaq Technologies Inc. and a director of Vitran Corporation Inc., PreMD Inc. and Jaguar Mining Inc. Mr. Griffiths serves on the Audit Committees of Northbridge, Crum & Forster, OdysseyRe, Novadaq, Jaguar and PreMD. Mr. Griffiths was the Chairman of Mitel Corporation, a telecommunications company, from 1987 to 1993, and from 1991 to 1993, he assumed the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer in addition to that of Chairman. Mr. Griffiths is a member of Fairfax's Audit Committee, the Chair of its Compensation and Governance and Nominating Committees.