Mr Jardine has 25 years of experience in managing accounting and financial compliance for public companies trading on various Canadian and US exchanges.

For the past 18 years he has served as president of JW Jardine & Company, an accounting firm providing services to public and private companies, specializing in compliance financial reporting, company tax planning and tax preparation.

From 1988 to 1989, Mr Jardine was vice president of finance for Samoth Financial in Vancouver, in charge of accounting department supervision and public company and real estate transactions.