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Our Team

NRStor’s team brings a unique combination of breadth and depth of experience in developing and delivering innovating energy storage solutions.

Annette Verschuren, O.C.

Chair & CEO

Joseph Arcuri

Chief Financial Officer

Jason Rioux

Chief Development Officer

Scott Matthews

Vice President, Projects

Inês Ribeiro Canella

Director of Asset Operations

Mihskakwan James Harper, EIT

Manager, Business Development

Shivani Chotalia, P.Eng.

Director, Development & Partnerships

Ahmad Alameddine

Analyst, Finance

Richard Medal, P. Eng.

Director Engineering

Homaira Siddiqui

Manager, Development & Partnerships

Fariha Husain

Director, Project Development

Allison Blunt

Office of the Chair & CEO

Colton Martin

Executive Assistant & Office Manager

Mike Schnarr

MPOWER Energy Solutions
Managing Director

Stacy Uschner

MPOWER Energy Solutions
Project Manager

Manav Joshi

MPOWER Energy Solutions
Project Manager

Paula Pereira

MPOWER Energy Solutions Sales Support Specialist

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Annette Verschuren, O.C.

Chair & CEO

Annette Verschuren is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of NRStor Inc. The company develops and manages energy storage projects.

Prior to this, Ms. Verschuren was president of The Home Depot Canada. She oversaw the growth of the company’s Canadian operations from 19 to 179 stores from 1996-2011, increasing revenue from $600 million to $6 billion.

After Home Depot, she took a year off and went around the world. In her travels, she saw energy as a global issue, with enormous business potential, and many benefits to developing economies. Back in Canada, Ms. Verschuren
founded NRStor in 2012 with an investment from Northwater Capital.

Her career began at the Cape Breton Development Corporation. She then worked with Canada Development Investment Corporation to help privatize crown corporations. Her next stop was as a Vice President of Corporate Development at Imasco Ltd., one of Canada’s largest holding companies. Ms. Verschuren then launched Michaels of Canada, a chain of arts and crafts stores before landing at the helm of Home Depot Canada.

Ms. Verschuren has been appointed to numerous government advisory roles. Among them: Economic Advisory Council, during the economic crisis in 2008, the Canada-U.S. Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders and the Advisory Council for NAFTA. Recently, Ms. Verschuren participated in our Government’s Roundtable on Decarbonization.

Ms. Verschuren sits on the corporate boards of Liberty Mutual, CNRL, Air Canada and Saputo. She is Chair of the MaRS Discovery District Board. Chair of the Ontario Energy Association and member of the IESO Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC).

Ms. Verschuren is the Chancellor of Cape Breton University and is on the Board of the Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, (VCSEE).

Annette Verschuren has received several Honourary Doctorates from Canadian universities including her alma mater, St. Francis Xavier University. She supports many causes but focuses on mental health, education and indigenous programmes. She is a founding member of the Rideau Hall Foundation. She co-chairs the Smart Prosperity Initiative, which is mapping out a course to a stronger, cleaner economy for Canada.

Annette Verschuren is a Companion of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. She champions volunteerism and
was named to the Order of Canada for her contributions to the retail industry and corporate social
responsibility.

Ms. Verschuren wrote the book Bet On Me, about succeeding in business and in life. Annette Verschuren and her husband, Stan Shibinsky, often return to her home province of Nova Scotia and her family home.