John F. Driscoll

Founder and Chairman

John F. Driscoll is the Founder and Chairman of Sentry Investments. He also founded and has been Chairman of NCE Resources Group since 1984, and was Chairman and Founder of Petrofund Energy Trust from 1988 to 2006. Mr. Driscoll founded Petrofund Energy Trust with an initial capitalization of $12 million. In 2006, Petrofund Energy Trust was sold to Penn West Energy Trust for $3.7 billion, creating the largest energy trust in North America at the time with an enterprise value of approximately $11 billion.

Mr. Driscoll was the founder of Allied Oil & Gas Corp. and Endev Energy Inc., holding the position of Chairman from 1999 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2008, respectively. He has been Chairman of Inter Pipeline Fund since October 2002, and was Chairman of C.A. Bancorp Inc. and Charter Real Estate Investment Trust from 2005 to 2011 and from 2007 to 2011, respectively. Since 1981, Mr. Driscoll has been President of J.F.Driscoll Investment Corp., a company specializing in investment management and related advisory and consulting services. During his career, Mr. Driscoll has been responsible for raising over $15 billion of capital in the Canadian equity markets.

Mr. Driscoll received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Boston College Business School and attended the New York Institute of Finance for advanced business studies. He has more than 40 years of diversified business experience. He is a member of the CFA Institute and also attained the professional manager designation with the Canadian Institute of Management. He has founded numerous public partnerships as well as public and private energy and investment-related companies. He was a member of the Royal Ontario Museum Board of Governors from January 2001 to February 2008 and served as Vice-Chair from June 2003 to February 2008.