John Kidder
Board Chair
John Kidder is the Chairman of APRIO’s Board of Directors. Over the last 25 years, Mr. Kidder has been a Director or Secretary of numerous boards in various sectors, including public and private businesses, business, technical and political associations and cultural not profits. In addition, he has run public and private technology companies, has managed two organizations through ISO-9001 quality certifications and US Food and Drug Administration approvals, and has led one company through an IPO. Mr. Kidder founded APRIO to bring modern technologies to board work, to assist to systematize processes and quality control for governance management.

Mr. Kidder is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries. He is a Director of APRIO Inc. Past Board service includes Coldswitch Technologies Inc. (Chair), the Canadian Photonics Consortium (Vice-Chair), the Vancouver Quadra Federal Liberal Riding Association (President), the Employee Ownership Incentives Association of Canada, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society (Chair), the British Columbia Medical Device Development Association, and the Canadian Advanced Technology Association. He holds 5 patents in fibre optic technology.

Alan Guest
Mr. Guest brings more than 25 years of progressive experience in high technology industries. He has served on a variety of boards as a director, committee member and chairperson. As an entrepreneur he has founded two companies and as an organizer has founded three industry associations and special interest groups. His long association with the National Research Council of Canada has given him exposure to many small companies in various industries and deep insights into what it takes to be successful in growing from start up to profitability. As an early investor in APRIO he has a keen interest in ensuring that the company exceeds its targets through the adoption of the best possible strategies and he has been a trusted advisor to the CEO for many years. As comfortable with a balance sheet as with an oscilloscope Mr. Guest is able to bridge the gap between business and technology.

Isabel Meharry
Isabel Meharry is the Chief Financial Officer for Green Shield Canada that specializes in group and individual health and dental programs administration.

A Chartered Accountant since 1980, Ms. Meharry has more than 25 years in senior financial and operating roles. Prior to joining Green Shield Canada, she held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Executive International Canada. She has also served as the Executive Consultant to the Chairman and CEO of Sun Life Financial of Canada in Hong Kong, as an Executive Vice President Operations of Aviva Insurance Company, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and as the Chief Auditor at North American Life Insurance Company (now part of Manulife).

Ms. Meharry is a frequent speaker and panelist at financial and governance conferences and meetings. She is a faculty member of Director's College in Niagara-on-the-Lake and has served as an instructor at several academic institutions. She is also a member of the Board of Directors and chairs both the Audit Committee and Credit Committee of Infrastructure Ontario. She has been elected to and serves on the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Active in her community, Ms. Meharry is the Chair of the Board of Director's of Kerry's Place Autism Services and sits on the Board of Directors of the Scarborough General Hospital.

She holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business and was recently awarded her FCA.

Eric Sorensen
Mr. Sorensen has had an accomplished career—particularly in consumer packaged goods—with a number of prominent Canadian and international brands.

Most recently he was CEO and President of Sun-Rype Products Ltd., a leading juice and food company trading on the TSX, and APRIO client. He was President of Warner-Lambert Canada (now Pfizer), one of Canada’s largest pharmaceutical, health and confectionery organizations and held executive positions with Kraft Canada and the Nabob Coffee Company. He is currently the CEO and managing partner of Del Sur Brands, a consulting firm enabling foreign brands to develop business in Canada.

Respected for his business acumen, leadership and commitment to improved corporate governance, he has served in a number of director roles including with BC Lottery Corporation and the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission. An avid sportsman and active community supporter, he was Chairman of the Penticton Vees BC Junior ‘A’ Hockey League franchise. Mr. Sorensen was also appointed by the Province of British Columbia to the UBC Okanagan President’s Advisory Council.

As a graduate in marketing management from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), he was recognized by the Alumni Association in 2009 with a Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Leadership. He also completed the Executive Program for Smaller Companies at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.