Reappointment to the Board

We are pleased to announce that on December 1st 2009, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable John Baird, reappointed Mr. Tom Calkin, of Bedford, Nova Scotia, as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority, for a period of two years.

Mr. Calkin holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He is a certified management consultant and a member of the Nova Scotia Association of Professional Engineers. Since 1988, Mr. Calkin has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Duncan Thomas & Associates, a company that specializes in corporate restructuring and merchant banking services. From 1980 until 1988, Mr. Calkin served as Vice-President, Western Region, of Stevenson Kellogg Ernst & Whinney, a management consulting firm. Mr. Calkin’s extensive board experience includes a term as Chair of the Nova Scotia Enterprise Development Board and he is currently Chair of the Halifax Harbour Bridges.