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MEET OUR TEAM

Introducing you to the leaders at Sultech

Innovative. Focused. Experienced.

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Sultech Global Innovation Corp. is an Agribusinees innovation and technology company based in Alberta, Canada. Sultech’s Leadership Team is dedicated to the development, production and supply of superior micronized Sulphur crop nutrition.

Sultech’s founders, inventors and business development strategists bring a broad range of experience and skills to the company. They share a keen entrepreneurial drive, a deep understanding of the markets and strong backgrounds in the energy and agricultural sector.

Sultech Management Team

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Murray MacKinnon, MET

FOUNDER, CEO

Murray Mackinnon is a Project Management Professional with a proven track record in managing and delivering multi-disciplinary oil and gas major projects in the $10 million range. Prior to co-founding Sultech, Murray was Global Manager of Hydration Systems at ABB where he was responsible for managing and delivering multi-discipline projects by using project management methodologies and best practices, along with an engineering background. During his time with ABB, Murray led Polymer Hydration projects for the successful delivery of turnkey polymer packages for tertiary recovery to EnCana, CNRL, Murphy Oil and Northern Blizzard.

EDUCATION

A graduate of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), in “Mechanical Engineering Technology”

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Conor Wrafter CFA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Conor Wrafter has a proven track record in the evaluation and assessment of domestic and international Corporate Development initiatives and Acquisition & Divestiture opportunities. Prior to joining Sultech, Conor held progressive positions with energy infrastructure companies Enbridge Inc and TransCanada Corp, as well as internationally with Trinergy Renewable Asset Management.

EDUCATION

A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Conor holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Business Studies and Accounting and is a CFA® charter holder.

Board of Directors

The members of Sultech’s Board of Directors are:

• Murray MacKinnon, Chair, Non-Independent

• Conor Wrafter, Non-Independent

• Tom Griffin, Independent

• Mark Rossano, Independent

Independent Board Members

Tom Griffin

In the last 25 years, Tom Griffin has been a global entrepreneur with proven success, a seasoned advisor and investor. A well-respected aviation, finance and business development executive, he places emphasis on profitability and growth, which his partners and stakeholders trustfully embrace. In 2019, he was awarded with the “Pioneer Award” by the prestigious “5th China Capital Forum.” Mr. Griffin has recently relocated back to the US from Asia.

In 2004, he founded (and still owns) Baryon International, which has subsidiaries in aviation, energy, finance, and communications. He has provided advisory services in the form of recapitalization plans, management consulting, communications, and investment banking consulting to companies in the United States, China, Middle East and South-East Asia. Mr. Griffin has 15 exits with 11 by IPO in 5 different countries.

His experience focuses on growth stage and turn-around businesses. His cross-cultural communications skills, combined with a strong sense of intuition, have been very rewarding. He has had great success developing growth strategies for operations of medium-sized, state-owned, and multi-national organizations. He has worked for the governments of Indonesia and Thailand for various projects. Tom is from Houston, TX and has lived in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Bangkok.

Tom studied Economics while playing baseball at Vanderbilt University. He leveraged his baseball background to consulting, managing, and ownership roles in sports, most notably ownership interests in minor league baseball franchises and an NBA D-League team, and consulting roles with the Basketball Sport Association of Thailand and NBA China.

Mark Rossano

Mark Rossano is a financial industry veteran and renowned expert on global financial markets and supply-chain analysis. As Founder and CEO of C6 Capital Holdings LLC, he provides investment and consulting services to clients across multiple sectors with a pronounced focus on global product flows.

Mark’s deep-dive supply chain expertise is in high demand—he serves as a consulting executive to several international businesses, is an equity partner in several others, and has been a frequent contributor to Bloomberg TV after serving as a Bloomberg Energy Industry Analyst.

That expertise has been crafted over many years in a variety of roles, including Senior Energy Analyst and Macro-Economist positions at Elevation, Candlewood Investment Group, and South Ferry Capital Management, as well as his formative experiences as a Portfolio Manager at FNY Capital and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he managed an eight-person team focused on developing a global trade platform to invest in rates, foreign exchange, commodities, and equities.

Mark received his bachelor's degree in economics from Loyola College in Maryland and his MBA in Finance from Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management. During that time, he was a founding member of Syracuse's Net Impact organization—an international non-profit that focuses on building businesses with socially and environmentally sustainable processes.

Sultech Board of Advisors

Dr Rigas Karamanos

Advisor - Knowledge Leader Soil Health | Crop Nutrition

Ray Dowbenko

Advisor - Knowledge Leader Soil Health | Crop Nutrition | Market Development Consulting

Graeme Manning

Advisor - Knowledge Leader Commercial Horticulture | Market Development Consulting

Carolyn Lemoine

Advisor - Branding | Marketing & Communications Consulting