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Board of Directors

H. David Graves
Robert Courteau
Carey Diamond
William Fraser, F.C.A.
Blaine Hobson
David Leslie, F.C.A.

H. David Graves
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Graves is a director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of IMRIS and the Chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Graves has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since our formation in May 2005. From 1998 until 2005, Mr. Graves was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Centara Corporation, a venture capital firm. Prior to that, Mr. Graves was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Broadband Networks Inc., a leading-edge developer of wireless telecommunications systems that was acquired by Nortel Networks Corporation in 1998. Mr. Graves is a graduate of the University of Manitoba faculty of Engineering and the Executive Marketing program at Queen's University and is a registered professional engineer. Mr. Graves serves on the board of directors of Great West Lifeco. Inc., Manitoba Health Research Council and CancerCare Manitoba Foundation. Mr. Graves has previously served on the board of directors of numerous technology companies and other civic and volunteer groups.

Robert Courteau
Director

Mr. Courteau is a director of IMRIS. For the past 20 years, Mr. Courteau has held senior management positions in the technology industry in Canada, the United States and internationally. Mr. Courteau has been the President and Managing Director of SAP Canada Inc. since January 2004. Prior to joining SAP Canada, Mr. Courteau was the Executive Vice President responsible for Canadian sales and consulting services for EDS Corporation from 2002 to 2003. Mr. Courteau is on the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement, is Vice Chair of the Information Technology Association of Canada, is a member of the Advisory Board of the Directors College at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business, and is on the Board of First National Financial Income Fund. Mr. Courteau holds a B. Comm. degree from Concordia University.

Carey Diamond
Director and Chairman of the Compensation Committee

Mr. Diamond is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee, a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and a director of IMRIS. Mr. Diamond has held senior management positions at Whitecastle Investments Limited, an investor in venture and later stage private companies, since 1989, and since 1998 has been its President and Chief Executive Officer. Since 2004, he has been Managing Director of Whitecastle Private Equity Partners and President of its General Partner. In addition to sitting on the boards of various private companies, Mr. Diamond is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Vice Chair of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and past Treasurer of Kids Help Phone. Mr. Diamond holds a B.A. (Economics) degree from the University of Western Ontario and an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

William Fraser, F.C.A.
Director

Mr. Fraser is a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and a director of IMRIS. Mr. Fraser is an independent corporate director. Mr. Fraser was the President and Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS) from 1994 to 2006, and successfully led the transformation of the provincial crown corporation to a publicly traded corporation, and the third largest telecommunications company in Canada. Mr. Fraser was the Vice President Finance of MTS from 1986 to 1994, and prior to that was the Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance for the Government of Manitoba (1981-1986). Mr. Fraser is a Director and is the Chairman of the audit committee of Manitoba Hydro; and is the Vice Chair and member of the finance committee of the Board of Directors for St. Boniface Hospital Foundation. Mr. Fraser has been a director of a number of other corporations and charitable organizations during his career. Mr. Fraser is a Chartered Accountant and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 2002.

Blaine Hobson
Director

Mr. Hobson is a member of the Compensation Committee and a director of IMRIS. Mr. Hobson is a private equity investor and has been the Managing Partner of Whitecap Venture Partners (WhiteCap), a private equity investment company, since November 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Hobson was the Chief Executive Officer of several WhiteCap investee companies, including Photonami Corp. and Avo Photonics. Mr. Hobson is a telecommunications and business executive with over 20 years of experience in start-ups and business turn-arounds in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Hobson has successfully led a number of entrepreneurial ventures and teams in the automobile, manufacturing, medical supply, telecom and investment industries. Mr. Hobson originally joined Whitecap Venture Partners in 1995 where, as an Executive Vice President, he led the Technology Practice, and held the role of "Entrepreneur in Residence". Since 2004, Mr. Hobson has also been a Managing Director of Whitecastle Private Equity Partners LP.

David A. Leslie, F.C.A.
Director and Chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

David A. Leslie, F.C.A. Mr. Leslie is the Chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and a director of IMRIS. Mr. Leslie is an independent corporate director. Mr. Leslie was formerly the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst and Young LLP from 1999 to 2004, and was a partner and held various senior management positions with the firm from 1977 to 2004. Mr. Leslie is a director of CanWest Global Communications Corp.; Enbridge, Inc.; Enbridge Gas Distribution, Inc.; Sobeys Inc.; Empire Inc.; a Trustee of the Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust; and is the Chairman of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Mr. Leslie has been a member of the board or advisory committee of several community and public service institutions, including Chairman of the Mississauga Hospital Foundation; a Member of the Dean's Advisory Council, Faculty of Arts, University of Toronto, and Chairman of the United Way of Peel Region. Mr. Leslie is a Chartered Accountant and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1991.

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