Leadership

Senior Executive Board of Directors  
Senior Executive

Ted Lattimore
Chief Executive Officer

Ted Lattimore
Ted Lattimore joined Carmanah as Chief Executive Officer in October 2007. Mr. Lattimore brings more than 20 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience in the mobile telecommunications industry, beginning with his involvement in the launch of the industry in Canada in 1985, to most recently as the President and Chief Operating Officer for Vodafone Romania (formerly Connex - MobiFon, part of Montreal-based TIW), a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc., the world's largest international mobile telecommunications group. His achievements with Connex - MobiFon / Vodafone include growing the company’s customer base from 700,000 to 5.5 million subscribers in six years.

At Connex - MobiFon, in the developing Eastern European country of Romania, Mr. Lattimore implemented a complete reorganization and financial focus of the company that resulted in uninterrupted customer and financial growth for the parent company, Canada's TIW, while concurrently improving employee and customer satisfaction. The company generated $286 million in shareholder dividends to year end 2004, sold a $225 million high-yield bond—the first ever in Romania—and managed a $300 million loan restructuring, the biggest private placement in Romanian history. The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development named it one of its top 10 investments of all time. Business Central Europe, a publication of The Economist, named it "Best Company in Romania" for three years in a row. Connex - MobiFon’s sale to Vodafone in 2005, the larger part of a US$4.5 billion transaction, was the largest corporate sale in Romania.

A native of Ontario, Canada, Mr. Lattimore earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, and completed executive finance training at the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Lattimore brings with him a history of delivering exceptional operational and organizational performance and company profitability in a rapidly growing, global technology industry.


Philippe Favreau
Chief Operating Officer

Philippe Favreau

Mr. Favreau is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Company's day-to-day operations. He brings to Carmanah more than 20 years experience in operations, including product development, manufacturing, supply chain, sales and human resource management.

Prior to joining Carmanah, Mr. Favreau's served as General Manager Global Operations, Workflow and Prepress Equipment for Kodak Graphics Communication Group, a leading provider of graphic communications solutions worldwide with 11,000 employees and annual revenues of approximately US$3.6 billion. In this capacity, Mr. Favreau successfully integrated the Canadian and Israeli operations of CREO, Inc. (legal, IP, HR, facilities, manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing and IS) post acquisition.

Before its purchase by Kodak, Mr. Favreau served as Corporate Vice President of Operations for CREO, Inc., a global leader in prepress equipment with 4,200 employees worldwide and annual revenues of approximately US$700 million. He has also held a number of other executive positions within CREO, including including Vice President of Manufacturing & Supply Chain as well as Operations Manager.

Before CREO, Mr. Favreau held the position of Operations Manager, Electrical Enclosures for Schneider Electric, a global leader in electrical distribution, industrial control and automation products, systems and services with 61,500 employees and annual revenues of approximately US$11.6 billion.

Mr. Favreau holds a Master's Degree in Commerce and Administration from the University of Paris, France, as well as a Master's Degree in Nuclear Sciences from Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada. Mr. Favreau also has a degree in Physics Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique Grenoble, France.


Roland Sartorius
Chief Financial Officer

Roland Sartorius

As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Sartorius leads all aspects of Carmanah's financial activities, including accounting and reporting, strategic planning and analysis, treasury, tax, audit, and investor relations.

Prior to joining Carmanah, Mr. Sartorius served as Chief Financial Officer, Director and Corporate Secretary at Infosat Communications, a subsidiary of Bell Canada and a leading North American provider and integrator of satellite communication solutions. While at Infosat, Mr. Sartorius led several strategic acquisitions and investments in North America and Asia, developed financial and operational policies and controls, reorganized the finance, IT and administration departments, and was instrumental in strengthening the organization's financial position through strong management of working capital and significantly increasing EBITDA.

Mr. Sartorius' background also includes tenures as CFO, Director and Corporate Secretary with several European & North American based high growth industrial & technology focused international public & private companies, where he completed numerous acquisitions, guided the organizations through public offerings, several equity financings and restructuring of operations. As well, Mr. Sartorius spent eight years with KPMG in Corporate Finance and Audit.

Mr. Sartorius is a Certified General Accountant (CGA) and holds a Bachelors of Commerce & Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia.