PETER M. ROSS 22 Four Oaks Crescent London, Ontario N6J 4B7 Telephone: /Facsimile: pmross@,uwo.

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1 PETER M. ROSS 22 Four Oks Crescent London, Ontrio N6J 4B7 Telephone: /Fcsimile: Emil: pmross@,uwo.c April 2lS', 2005 Corportion of the City of London City Clerk's Office Room 308, City Hll 300 Dufferin Avenue London, Ontrio N6A 4L9 Attn: Ms Crol Gerghty By emil only: cgerght@london.c RE: APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LONDON HYDRO INC. Der Ms. Gerghty: Plese find ttched n Appliction Form (in Word) in connection with my ppliction to City of London Bord, specificlly tht s recently dvertised for London Hydro (plese note tht the formtting ppers s 81/2" by 14"); lso ttched for considertion s prt of this ppliction is my resume, lso in Word. Thnk you for your ttention to the processing of this ppliction. Yours very truly Peter M. Ross Att: 2

2 APPLICATION FORM FOR APPOINTMENT TO CITY OF LONDON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES (Personl informtion on this form will be used to ssist the Bord of Control nd the Council in selecting ppointees for the vrious Civic bodies nd is collected in ccordnce with the Municipl Freedom of Informtion nd Protection of Prlvcy Act) 1. Appliction for ppointment to: LONDON HYDRO, INC. - Bord of Director position 2. Nme: Peter M. Ross 3. Home Address (plese include postl code): 22 Four Oks Crescent London, Ontrio N6J 4B7 Telephone Number: (Bus.) (Home) if it is esier to ttch your resume in response to questions 5,6 & 7, plese feel free to do SO. 5. Occuption: Lwyer: Legl Mnger, Reserch Western, University of Western Ontrio 6. Describe your work experience: Currently legl counsel for the technology trnsfer office t The University of Western Ontrio, involved in the commerciliztion of intellectul property nd inventions creted from university inititives. Such includes liison with industries loclly nd ntionlly, nd providing prgmtic legl nd business counsel. Previously prt of Cnd Trust, involved with ntionl rel property development progrmme, including construction, finncing, lesing nd purchse nd sle. Responsibilities included corporte governnce mtters requisite for public compny, nd interction with corporte shreholders of pension funds s mnged by the prent compny. Actively involved with sset mngement for lrge portfolio of mixed-use commercil properties, responsible for strtegic nd fiscl plnning nd implementtion 7. Eduction: LL.M. (Intellectul Property) - York University: Grdund June, 2005; Diplom, Advnced Medition nd Arbitrtion - University of Windsor LL.B. - University of Western Ontrio Honours Business Administrtion (H.B.A.) - Wilfrid Lurier University 8. Wht skills, bilities nd specilized knowledge do you hve tht will ssist this body? Experienced in negotition processes, nd hve developed the skills nd bility to generte consensus (nd medite) in conflicting situtions; Anlyticl, but ble to express myself clerly nd in lterntive wys to crete understnding: Prior bord experience, s well s prticiption on n dvisory committee for locl businesses; Strong commercil skills bsed in finnce, lw, risk mngement nd corporte governnce issues; nd An pprecition for bord governnce nd liison with shreholder requirements nd expecttions.

3 9. Why re you interested in serving the City of London on this body? This offers n opportunity to be ctively involved in n essentil service required to be delivered by the City of London, nd further provides n bility to utilize my skills, trining nd pst experience to dd vlue within the community; There re interesting chllenges tht continue from de-regultion (eg. the mtter of deposits nd the exercise of discretion by qusi-public body); nd I now hve the occsion to commit the time nd effort to such n undertking, hving completed my LL.M. on prt time bsis over the pst 2.5 yers 10. Wht contribution do you believe you cn mke to this body? A fresh perspective, but with recognition of nd n pprecition nd understnding for the contributions mde to dte; An element of public service, relying upon the pltform of skills tht my bckground nd prior bord experience cn bring; nd An bility to nlyze nd evlute the issues nd lterntives, nd to negotite with nd persude the decision mkers in representing the best interests of the citizens of the City. 11. Wht pst contributions hve you mde on similr body or orgniztion? LondonConnect Inc. - bord member nd Chir, during , rising upon its initil privtiztion until sle to third prty, intercting with members of City Council, its counsel nd the shreholder representtives; nd London Skting Club - director during 1996 through 2001, fcing chllenges from chnging demogrphics nd finncil obstcles rising from (unfounded) chllenges with Revenue Cnd. 12. Wht experience do you hve in exchnging your views with others nd in ppreciting nd respecting the skills, bilities nd knowledge of others? Mny yers of commercil negotitions nd conflict resolution; Involvement with finncil institutions nd governmentl gencies when requesting mendments or modifictions to existing policies nd procedures; I will often operte within tem environment, relying upon the skills nd expertise of others (such s ccountnts, designers, lwyers, scientists) in order to effect the desired result to ccommodte competing interest groups; Mny instnces in hosting opportunities for open dilogue nd discussion, within n cdemic forum, seminr or teching experience; nd Work experience in intercting with ll skill levels nd mngement hierrchies. BACKGROUND INFORMATION At the discretion of the Bord of Control, nd dependent lso on ech pplicnt's expression of interest, ll or some of the pplicnts my be invited to ttend short, privte interview with the Bord of Control. The purpose of such interviews is to llow pplicnts n opportunity to elborte on their ppliction. Are you interested in such n interview? YES X NO 0 The Bord of Control then submits recommendtions to the Council on ppointments. The finl pprovl of ppointments is given by the Council. All ppointments re t the plesure of Council nd ll ppointees will be sked to cknowledge this fct in written form. If you require ny dditionl informtion bout the ppointment process or if you hve ny questions bout ny of the bodies to which ppointments re to be mde, plese contct Mrs. Crol Gerghty t (519) ext

4 NOTE: BY SIGNING OR TRANSMllTlNG THIS APPLICATION FORM, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE RELEASE OF IT, INCLUDING ANY RESUME YOU MIGHT SUBMIT WITH IT. TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE MEDIA. Plese mil to: City Clerk's Office Room 308, City Hll 300 Dufferin Avenue, P.O. Box 5035 London, Ontrio N6A 4L9 Or fx to: (519) Or e-mil to: April 20Ih, Dte "Peter M. Ross" Signture of Applicnt

5 PETER M. ROSS e-mil: Tel: (519) /Fx: (519) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS s Member of senior mngement tem, ctive in trnsction driven, entrepreneuril, development environment; engged in brod spectrum of sophisticted commercil rrngements through vrious industry segments. Employment history nd detils ttched. CORPORATElCOMMERCIAL: Directed privtiztion nd corporte restructuring of publicly-trded, rel estte compny; Creted n in-house legl deprtment to co-ordinte corporte secretril nd governnce ctivities, risk mngement nd environmentl complince; Directed negotitions for shre nd sset cquisitions, dispositions, mergers, joint ventures nd strtegic llinces; Provided generl dvice in rel property trnsctions, intellectul property, licensing, litigtion nd direction of externl counsel; nd Directed problem solving inititives through medition. FINANCING AND RESTRUCTURING: Directed nd co-ordinted negotitions, processes nd completion of n initil public offering; Negotited work out situtions to enhnce security nd recover investment; Co-ordinted tx driven butterfly trnsction to restructure 1 billion joint venture; Mnged finncing rrngements in joint ventures for seprte nd project mortgges; nd Directed privte plcement of equity injection for cross border, strt up compny. ASSET MANAGEMENT: Directed third prty mngement of portfolio ofmixed use commercil properties in excess of 2.5 million squre feet; nd Co-ordinted implementtion of strtegic plnning inititives. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Actively involved in domestic nd interntionl licensing; technology trnsfer; strtegic llinces; nd cretion of spin off compnies ssocited with sponsored reserch ctivities in bio sciences, softwre pplictions nd pplied engineering; nd Co-ordintion of globl ffilition for registrtion of e-commerce certifiction progrmme.

6 PETER M. ROSS Pge 2 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY RESEARCH WESTERN, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO 2000 to Present Legl Mnger Co-ordintion of commercil ctivities nd legl support for intellectul property nd technology trnsfers, including domestic nd interntionl licensing, securitiztion, strtegic llinces, ptents, trdemrks, ethics review nd cretion of spin off technology corportions from sponsored reserch inititives through public nd privte funding. THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1998 to 2000 Counsel, TD Relty Assisted in negotitions for refinncing 500 million for mjor mixed use projects. Negotited cretion of two tier joint venture for mjor office/retil/hotel project, through tx-driven butterfly trnsction, nd co-ordintion of ncillry documenttion nd closing. CANADA TRUST/TRUSCAN REALTY 1985 to 1997 Assistnt Vice President, Investments Assistnt Vice President, Lw Vice President nd Generl Counsel, Trusen Directed privitiztion nd corporte restructuring of property investment subsidiry, for sle purposes nd to chieve upstrem tx svings of 80m for the prent corportion. Directed portfolio mngement of 2.5 million squre feet of investment properties: pprovl of nnul operting, lesing nd cpitl budgets; monitoring of property mngement; nd providing strtegic plnning for enhncement of sset vlue. Integrl prt of the senior mngement tem for Truscn throughout its significnt growth to ssets of 1 billion, completion of n initil public offering nd its subsequent stbiliztion. Directed negotitions for: shre nd sset cquisitions; sle of investment properties; ll mtters ffecting the 500+ brnch network for Cnd Trust ntionlly, contrct resolution inititives, including medition; mngement of ntionl legl deprtment nd of externl counsel. Provided legl dvice in mtters of intellectul property; lesing; insurnce; debvequity finncing; joint venture greements; nd implementtion of strtegic plnning inititives. BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, NORTH AMERICAN CORPORATE BANKING GROUP Legl Counsel Structured collterlized lon rrngements nd documenttion on ssets throughout North Americ, for Cndin, Americn nd offshore corportions. Assisted in workouts for insolvent compnies indebtedness nd those operting under receivership. THE CADILLAC FAIRVIEW CORPORATION LIMITED Legl Counsel Primry responsibility for ll contrctul nd lesing mtters ffecting Toronto Eton Centre. Involvement in shopping centre lesing ctivities ntionlly, including the preprtion nd negotition of leses, remedies enforcement nd bnkruptcy proceedings.

7 PETER M. ROSS Pge 3 EDUCATION:. 0 FACULTY OF LAW, OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL [Cndidte for LL.M., Intellectul Property, June FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF WLNDSOR Certificte progrmmes in Advnced Alterntive Dispute Resolution LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA Cll to Ontrio Br FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO Bchelor of Lws SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY Honours Business Administrtion (Finnce) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: FEDERATED PRESS Speker t Intellectul Property Licensing Forum MARTINDALE-HUBBELL COUNSEL TO COUNSEL FORUM Co-Chir, Toronto KELLOGGSCHULICH EXECUTIVE MBA Guest Lecturer in Intellectul Property LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY Member Guest speker for commercil licensing seminr LONDONCONNECT INC. (City of London s deregulted telecommunictions entity) Chir, nd Director LONDON SKATING CLUB Director President MAGI SEAL CORPORATIONMAGI SEAL INTERNATIONAL Member of Advisory Committee Present 2003, Present