Governance and Committees
Board of Trustees
Slate Grocery REIT’s majority independent Board of Trustees brings together a strategic combination of skill-sets with vast real estate, finance, and cross-border experience. Our board is committed to best-in-class corporate governance, and is comprised as follows:
Slate Grocery REIT – Board/Committee Composition
| Name | Independent | Audit | Investment | Compensation, Governance and Nominating |
| Andrea Stephen (Chair) | Yes | Member | Chair | Member |
| Colum Bastable | Yes | Chair | Member | Member |
| Patrick Flatley | Yes | Member | ||
| Marc Rouleau | Yes | Member | Chair | |
| Mary Vitug | Yes | Member | Member | |
| Christopher Chee | Yes | Member | ||
| Blair Welch | No | Member | ||
| Brady Welch | No |
Committees
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is comprised of independent members of the Board of Trustees, appointed on an annual basis for the purpose of overseeing the REIT’s financial controls and reporting in addition to monitoring whether the REIT complies with financial covenant and legal regulatory requirements governing financial disclosure matters and financial risk management.
Members of the Audit Committee include Colum Bastable (Chair), Marc Rouleau, Andrea Stephen, and Mary Vitug.
Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committees
The Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committees is comprised of independent members of the Board of Trustees, appointed on an annual basis. The committee is charged with overseeing board effectiveness, trustee selection, considering questions of management succession, administering securities-based compensation plans and assessing the overall performance and compensation of management of the REIT, among other responsibilities.
Members of the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee include Marc Rouleau (Chair), Colum Bastable, Andrea Stephen, and Mary Vitug.
Investment Committee
The Investment Committee has the overall responsibility to ensure that the REIT’s investment decisions are consistent with the Investment Guidelines and Operating policies as set forth in the REIT’s Declaration of Trust. The committee will carry out its responsibilities with a view to achieving the REIT’s strategic objectives of assembling a portfolio of high quality assets and delivering the benefits of such real estate to unitholders.
Members of the Investment Committee include Andrea Stephen (Chair), Colum Bastable, Christopher Chee, Pat Flatley, and Blair Welch.