Management
Marin has pursued a strategy of outsourcing the use of talent long before the term became commonplace in the business world. The intent has always been to maintain a "thin shop" at the holding company level and dedicate the resources to the operations being invested in. The key personnel at Marin's head office in Vancouver are:
Charles E. Young - President & CEO
Charles began with Marin in 1982.In his early years he worked on the Company's real estate investments before moving to Washington State in order to assist management with an invested company that manufactured components for the aeronautical industry. Later, projects included the divestiture of Finning Tractor and then leading the team for Marin and its partner in acquiring Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation. As President of Whistler Mountain, Charles led the financial turnaround of the Company and the subsequent merger with Intrawest in 1997.
In addition to his role at the Board level with a number of private companies, Charles was a director of Intrawest and subsequently Creo Products, another significant private equity investment for Marin. Charles also participates on a number of Board of Directors for non-profit organizations. He has furthered his academic education by attending the Stanford Executive Management Course and the three-year Executive Management Course offered by the Harvard Business School. Charles has been married to his wife Dale for twenty eight years and together they have four grown children.
Victor F. Grundy, CA - Chief Financial Officer
Victor obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1982. After articling with the firm of Ernst & Whinney (now KPMG) he obtained his chartered accountant designation in 1985 and progressed within the firm to the senior manager level. His client base was a broad mix of private owner-operated businesses and small to mid-size publicly traded companies. In 1988 Victor left public practice and joined Marin Investments. Since that time he has provided accounting, tax, valuation, estate planning and business acquisition/divestiture services for Marin and its invested entities. He is involved at the board level with a number of the private companies that Marin has invested in. He has also held board responsibilities for various non-profit sports related organizations in addition to having been a volunteer coach and organizer for basketball and baseball teams in the community. Victor has been married to his wife Leslie for twenty four years. They have two teenage sons.