Donald Triggs

President - Arise Ventures Ltd.

Donald Triggs is currently the President of Arise Ventures Ltd. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Vincor International Inc., a leading vintner in Canada and the fourth largest wine producer in North America. Together with Allan Jackson, he established the Jackson-Triggs brand in 1993. Today, an extensive portfolio of Proprietors' Selection and VQA Proprietors' Reserve and Grand Reserve wines are produced in both the Okanagan Valley and the Niagara Peninsula.

Mr. Triggs created the Triggs Premium Vinifera Lecture Series at Brock University's Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute. He is presently a Director of the Board of Grapes for Humanity. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Ivey Business School at the University of Ontario and, in 2006, established the Donald L. Triggs Chair in International Business at the Ivey Business School. In addition, he previously served as Director and past Chairman of About Face, a former Trustee of Brock University.

Mr. Triggs has been presented with a number of prestigious awards including an Honourary Doctorate of Commerce from Ryerson in 2007, the American Marketing Association's Marketing Hall of Legends inductee in 2006, an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Brock University in 2004, and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Ontario and Canada in 2003, to name a few. Mr. Triggs holds his Bachelor of Science (Honours Economics) in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba and his Master in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.