Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-052437
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Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 15
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Michael Mazan

Michael Mazan, age 57, has served as one of our independent directors since February 2023. Mr. Mazan has over 30 years of experience in investing, management consulting and investment banking. He currently serves as a founding partner of KingsPeak Partners, a boutique private equity investment firm focused on investing in and developing market-leading small to mid-size businesses. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2018, Mr. Mazan was a partner at Birch Hill Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm, where he was responsible for all parts of the investment lifecycle, with a focus on portfolio company building and governance. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Mazan was an investment banking associate at Credit Suisse First Boston, one of the world’s premier investment banks. From 1995 to 1997, he was Director of Finance and Corporate Development at Rogers Wave, a pioneering division of Rogers Communications. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Mazan was a consulting associate at McKinsey & Company, the world’s leading management consulting firm. He also has extensive experience serving as a director for various private and publicly listed companies, having served on 12 boards across various industries during his career. Mr. Mazan has a bachelor of commerce degree from Carleton University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Western Ontario.

John McLernon

Mr. McLernon, age 84, has served as one of our independent directors since our IPO in April 2014 and was the Chairman of our Board of Directors from our IPO in April 2014 to February 2023. He has been president of McLernon Consultants Ltd. since November 2004. From 1977 to 2004, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Macaulay Nicolls Maitland and Co. and its successor, Colliers International, a global real estate services company. Mr. McLernon started his career with Canadian Pacific Railway Limited in 1964 before joining its property development arm, Marathon Realty Company Limited, in Vancouver. In 1977, he became president and chief executive officer of Macaulay Nicolls Maitland and Co., a Vancouver real estate brokerage company, and in 1985 was instrumental in the employee purchase of the company and the formation of Colliers International. From 1977 to 2004, Mr. McLernon guided Colliers