Kenneth Tessis

Professional Profile:

Involved actively in the insolvency for over 55 years - Co- author of: (all published by Carswell Thompson) i. The Canadian Guide to Troubled Businesses and Bankruptcy (CD ROM and loose leaf publication) ii. Identifying and Advising Businesses in Trouble, and iii. Restructuring and Accounting for Businesses in Trouble. -Member, CAIRP — Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Practitioners - Past Board member, Executive Board Member and former Treasurer; OAIRP — Ontario Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Practitioners

-Previous Member; Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants

-Member; Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

-Member; Judicial Liaison Committee. A joint committee of OAIRP and Ontario Bar Association (OBA), which was instrumental in the appointment of a Deputy Registrar for the Bankruptcy Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. (Now dissolved) - -Previous Member; BORC — Bankruptcy Court Operation Review Committee. A joint committee of the OBA, OAIRP, Attorney General’s office and the judiciary, to improve the operations at the Toronto Bankruptcy Court. -Previous Member of the CRA Insolvency Liaison Committee -Fellow; CICAM — Canadian Institute of Certified Administrative Managers

- Founder (1982); and executive member since inception of the Toronto Area Insolvency and Restructuring Discussion Group - Was Chairman; Working Group 1 — Administrative Process-for the Personal Insolvency Task Force (PITF) in a joint submission to the Senate of Canada’s Standing Committee on Banking Trade and Commerce with respect to the CAIRP’s and Insolvency Institute of Canada’s (IIC) Joint Submission re-insolvency reform – 2003

-Made submissions to the Personal Insolvency Task Force (Report dated August 2002) -Mentored and sponsored numerous success candidates who have become highly respected LIT’s