Mattamy Homes Wednesday announced the appointment of Margaret Whelan to its Board of Directors.
“We’re very excited to have an individual with Margaret’s background, expertise and network joining Mattamy’s Board of Directors and look forward to benefiting from her advice on a range of strategic and business issues,” said Peter Gilgan, Mattamy’s founder and CEO. “In particular, Margaret has a wealth of experience in global capital markets, having worked with many North American home builders in a banking and financial advisory capacity. Her diversity of skills and experience will be invaluable on our Board as we continue to significantly grow our business across North America.”
Whelan currently serves as CEO of Whelan Advisory LLC, which she founded in 2014 to provide strategic and financial counsel to public and private companies. Previously Ms. Whelan ran the finance group of Tricon Capital Group, a publicly traded $1 billion market cap real estate private equity firm. She also spent 18 years on Wall Street, largely focused on the real estate sector. This included roles at JP Morgan (as a Managing Director and Senior Coverage Partner in the Real Estate and Lodging group) and UBS (as a Managing Director and stock analyst).
Though Toronto-based Mattamy is a private company, it chose to establish an external Board of Directors of knowledgeable advisors in 2010 as a governance best practice. In addition to Whelan, the other external members include Dave Williams (Lead Director), former non-Executive Chairman of Shoppers Drug Mart, and former CFO and President, Eastern Canada Operations, of Loblaw Companies Ltd.; Rupert Duchesne, former Group Chief Executive of Aimia; and David H. Wilkins, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
