About

Daniel Drimmer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Starlight Group, a Canadian real estate asset management company focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of multi-family and commercial properties across Canada and the U.S., with a portfolio of approximately 66,000 multi-family suites and over 7,000,000 square feet in commercial properties. In addition to the formation of Starlight Group, Mr. Drimmer is currently a director and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of TSX-V listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 2) Core Plus Fund, a trustee and Chief Executive Officer of Starlight U.S. Residential Fund, Chief Executive Officer of Starlight Western Canada Multi-Family (No. 2) Fund, and a trustee of TSX-listed Northview Residential REIT. Mr. Drimmer was previously a director and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 1) Core Plus Fund, a director and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 1) Value-Add Fund and a director and the Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 5) Core Fund. Mr. Drimmer also established TSX-listed True North Apartment REIT and was the creator and sponsor of TSX-listed TransGlobe Apartment REIT. Over the last ten years, Mr. Drimmer has completed more than $50 billion worth of acquisitions and dispositions in multi-family and commercial real estate (including nine initial public offerings). Mr. Drimmer obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, and both a Master of Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Contemporary European Policy Making from European University in Geneva, Switzerland and is a third generation real estate investor.

Alon Ossip is the Co-Founder and Principal of The Almada Group, a private equity group which is active across such diverse verticals as aircraft leasing, real estate, software and consumer products. From January 2012 to January 2021, Mr. Ossip was the Chief Executive Officer of The Stronach Group, a privately-held consortium that owns, operates and manages a number of leading businesses in a wide range of industries, including thoroughbred racing and gaming, real estate, electric vehicle technologies, and agri-business. Mr. Ossip was formerly a trustee of TSX-listed True North Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust and TransGlobe Apartment REIT. From August 2013 to August 2016, Mr. Ossip was a Consultant and Advisor of TSX-listed Magna International Inc., where he was also an Executive Vice President from October 2006 to August 2013. Mr. Ossip was previously a Partner at Goodman and Carr LLP and Associate Counsel at Miller Thomson LLP, and he was also formerly a director, officer and founding shareholder of Workbrain Corporation (a TSX-listed public company that was sold to Infor Global Solutions European Finance, S.a.R.L. in 2007) from June 2003 to June 2007. Mr. Ossip has a Bachelor of Laws from York University (Osgoode Hall) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto.

Lindsay Brand is the Chief Investment Officer of Concert Properties. She most recently served as the Chief Investment Officer of TSX-listed Dream Unlimited Corp. and Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust (now Dream Impact Trust) from May 2018 to February 2021. Prior to this, Ms. Brand served as the VP of Investments of TSX-listed Dream Unlimited and Dream Hard Assets Alternatives Trust (now Dream Impact Trust) from August 2014 to August 2018. In addition, Ms. Brand served as the Senior Analyst for Dream Global REIT (which was purchased by Blackstone in 2019) from April 2011 to May 2013. Ms. Brand originally joined Dream Office REIT in 2011 when it was one public company and over the ten years she spent at Dream Office REIT, she participated in the growth to five public companies. Ms. Brand was responsible for managing the Dream Hard Asset Trust comprised of 21 income properties, 35 mortgages and 10 developments in various stages. In her role as Chief Investment Officer, Ms. Brand led over $2 billion of acquisitions and structured over $3 billion of development partnerships. In addition, she led the acquisition, asset management and development teams across these assets. Prior to the Dream Group of Companies, Ms. Brand was employed by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce holding positions in their Real Estate Commercial Banking Group and the Corporate Development Group. Ms. Brand holds a Bachelor of Arts & Honours Business of Administration (HBA) from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario. In addition, Ms. Brand holds a Masters of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York City. Ms. Brand is a trustee of the UJA Foundation, a member of the programs committee for NAIOP, Inc., a member of the finance committee for Neuchatel Junior College and a strategic advisor to the real estate start up ‘addy’.

Lora Gernon is an accomplished and innovative business leader with more than 25 years of experience assisting companies to grow and scale their business.  Ms. Gernon has held several key executive roles during her 18-year tenure at Microsoft Corporation where she was committed to continually advancing and improving the impact of software technology for businesses, and consistently exceeded goads and had the opportunity to arrange a first meeting between Mr. Bill Gates and Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Based on Ms. Gernon’s experience from multi-billion companies to start-up companies, she has been described by her clients as a visionary, with the ability to take undefined businesses, develop a mission, set measurable objectives, focus on key priorities and deliver exception results in three core areas: (1) business transformation; (2) executive coaching; and (3) advisory services.  Ms. Gernon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Honours Physics from the University of Waterloo.

Martin Liddell is the Chief Financial Officer of Starlight Group Property Holdings Inc. Mr. Liddell joined Starlight in January 2012 and has played a key role in the growth of Starlight’s Canadian and U.S. residential businesses. Mr. Liddell is currently the Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of TSX-V listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 2) Core Plus Fund, the Chief Financial Officer of Starlight U.S. Residential Fund, and Chief Financial Officer of Starlight Western Canada Multi-Family (No. 2) Fund. Mr. Liddell was previously the Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 1) Core Plus Fund, Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 1) Value-Add Fund and Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of the formerly TSX-V-listed Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 5) Core Fund.  Mr. Liddell has participated in over $12B in real estate debt and equity financings including 12 initial public offerings. Prior to joining Starlight Group, Martin was the Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation (TSX: LW​.TO) from 2006 until 2011. Previously, Mr. Liddell held the position of Chief Financial Officer of NBS Technologies Inc. (TSX:NBS). Between 2000 and 2005, Mr. Liddell served in a variety of increasingly senior corporate development and financial management roles at Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC), and prior to that from 1995 to 2000, provided strategic corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions advice to clients at KPMG LLP in the United Kingdom and Europe. Mr. Liddell holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in accounting and finance from Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, and received his Chartered Accountant designation in 1995. Mr. Liddell is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Sandy Poklar is the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Capital Markets & Strategic Developments of Firm Capital Corporation and the Executive Vice-President & Managing Director of TSX-listed Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation, a mortgage investment corporation. Mr. Poklar is also the Chief Financial Officer and a trustee of TSXV-listed Firm Capital Property Trust, a real estate investment trust, and the President, Chief Executive Officer and a trustee of TSXV-listed Firm Capital Apartment REIT. Prior to joining Firm Capital Corporation, Mr. Poklar was employed at Macquarie Capital and TD Securities where he was a Vice President and an Associate in their Real Estate Investment Banking Groups, respectively. Mr. Poklar is a CPA, CA, graduate of the University of Toronto, the Directors Education Program, and has received his ICD.D designation.

Tracy Sherren is currently a corporate director. She retired as President and Chief Financial Officer of the REIT and the President, Canadian Commercial of Starlight in June 2023.  Ms. Sherren was previously the Chief Financial Officer and Group Head, Commercial of Starlight. Ms. Sherren is currently a trustee of Starlight Western Canada Multi-Family (No. 2) Fund and is a former director of TSX-listed VM Hotel Acquisition Corp. and TSX-listed Tricon Capital Group Inc. Ms. Sherren was the Chief Financial Officer of Pacrim Hospitality Services Inc. from January 2005 to September 2012 and the Chief Financial Officer of Holloway Lodging Corp. (TSX: HLR.UN) from its inception in 2005 until July 2011, where she was responsible for construction and long-term financing of commercial properties, operations management, financial reporting, investor relations and corporate tax planning. With over 25 years of experience, Ms. Sherren has participated in over $1 billion financings and led asset management teams, acquisition due diligence, real estate development and has extensive experience in transaction structuring and risk management. Ms. Sherren is a CPA, CA and obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University.