On 13 October 2008, Arise Technologies Corp., based in Ontario, Canada, announced the appointment of Peter Currie to its Board of Directors. Mr Currie’s 35 year career in finance and accounting has included more than 15 years as a Chief Financial Officer, including at North American Life Assurance Co. (1992-1994), Nortel Networks Corp. (1994-1997), Royal Bank of Canada, where he was Vice-Chairman and CFO (1997-2004), and Nortel Networks (2005-2007). Mr Currie is a Director of Affinion Group Inc., Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, Canadian Tire Corp., and Intelius Inc., and is a Member, Board of Governors, Executive Committee, and Chair, Finance & Audit Committee, at York University, for which he also is a Director of York University Development Corp.