The Brunello Estates Project Team has extensive development experience and expertise. The Following is an introduction to our Team:
Canadian International Capital Inc.
Developer
Robert Dexter, Q.C. is President of Nine Mile River Investments. Mr. Dexter is the Chairman and CEO of Maritime Travel (Group) Limited operating under trade name "Maritime Travel" and "LeGrow's Travel" which has 81 travel shops and sales in excess of $170 million; Chairman of Empire Company Limited and Sobeys Inc.; and Chairman of Canadian International Capital Inc. As well, he serves as a director on: Bell Aliant Inc., High Liner Foods Inc., Wajax Income Fund; and a non practicing partner of Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales, and a member of Atlantic Advisory Committee to Black & MacDonald Limited.
Glen Dexter, BSC (Physics), MA (Mathematics) & LLB, President and CEO of Canadian International Capital Inc. with overall responsibility for its business. This company has raised over $500 million under Canada's immigrant investor programs. Mr. Dexter, along with two other partners, founded what is now the largest sail manufacturing firm in Nova Scotia. Mr. Dexter practiced corporate law for 15 years with the law firm, Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales. Mr. Dexter is a director of Atlantic Industrial Minerals, a publicly traded company that produces and sells limestone in Nova Scotia; and is Chairman of Medusa Medical Technologies, Inc., a healthcare related software company.
Andrew Giles P.Eng., NSLS is the Vice President of Development for Brunello Estates. Prior to this, Andrew’s 14 years of experience in the local real estate development industry, enabled him to gain an expertise in all aspects of real estate development, municipal engineering design and land surveying. Andrew was instrumental in delivering numerous development projects to the Halifax area as well as other parts of Atlantic Canada. Some of these projects include Kingswood North, Royale Hemlocks and Governors Brook.
Throughout Andrew’s development career, he as maintained and developed long standing relationships with HRM and other approval agencies as well as the home building community.
Andrew’s education includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from UNB Fredericton, a Diploma in Land Survey Technology from the College of Geographic Sciences and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng), and a licensed land surveyor (NSLS).
Thomas McBroom Associates Ltd.
Golf Course Design
The Golf Course architect is Thomas McBroom Associates Ltd. of Toronto, designer of premier golf courses across Canada and around the world. Tom McBroom is particularly suited to design a course for Brunello Estates' varied topography because his designs have a reputation of capturing the unique character of the landscape so each course possesses its own personality, charm and playing experience. Tom McBroom has designed over forty completed premier courses over the past twenty years. In 2006, SCORE Golf Magazine included 12 McBroom designed courses in the top 100 golf courses in Canada. The Ridge at Manitou course in Ontario was named the best new Canadian course in 2006 by Golf Digest Magazine, and his new golf course in Kytaja, Finland was named one of the 10 best new courses in the world by Travel & Leisure Magazine in 2004.
Nov 2008 Newsflash
Golf Digest names McBroom Canada's Best for Jan 2009
Wins Best New Course for 2009
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Fairwyn Developments Limited
Development Consultant
Fairwyn was incorporated in 1991 and is one of Atlantic Canada's leading development consulting and project management firms. Under the leadership of Kirk MacCulloch, the Fairwyn group of companies has overseen the development of more than 2.5 million square feet of private and public sector projects having a value of approximately $500 million, including over a dozen successful Public / Private Partnership projects. It has a well deserved reputation for expertise and professionalism, and for delivering successful projects on time and even more importantly on budget
The Fairwyn group of companies includes Eastin Projects Limited, that specializes in project management and construction management, and Nova Learning Incorporated, owner and operator of nine Public / Private Partnership schools in Nova Scotia.
Kirk MacCulloch, B.Comm., LL.B., is President of Fairwyn Developments Limited and associated companies. He has extensive experience in all aspects of the development industry, extending over 35 years. Mr. MacCulloch's private development experience includes office buildings, apartments, condominiums, shopping centres, subdivisions, and industrial and commercial buildings. He has been recognized widely for his vision, creativity and expertise in structuring appropriate financing solutions.
Deanna Skinner
Marketing Consultant
Deanna Skinner, B.Comm., is Vice President of Marketing for Maritime Travel. Education includes studying Fashion Marketing at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, followed by obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing Major at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. Prior to joining Maritime Travel, Deanna was the owner and operator of Lady Deanna Fashions, a small upscale ladies fashion boutique, for over seven years before selling the company. Her current position includes the responsibility for the marketing, along with the design and store construction of Maritime Travel's 81 retail locations nationwide. www.maritimetravel.ca
Laura Quartermain, C.A.
Accounting
Laura Quartermain is the Chief Financial Officer Canadian International Capital Inc. After graduating with distinction from Mount Allison University, Laura spent 13 years with Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurial Services practice in Toronto assisting clients in the manufacturing, services and technology sectors, and managing Ontario's Entrepreneur Of The Year Program. She then joined Onex Corporation where she served as the Director of Finance for G.W. Schwartz' group of companies, before moving to Halifax.