Rupert J. Duchesne serves as Independent Director of the Company. He is a resident of Toronto, Canada, is an independent director and corporate advisor. He served as Group Chief Executive and as a director of Aimia Inc (TSX:AIM), as the founding CEO, from June 2005 to May 2017. Through Mr. Duchesne’s stewardship Aimia grew from its carve-out as a division of Air Canada in 2002, the initial public offering as the Aeroplan Income Fund in 2005, conversion to corporate status as Groupe Aeroplan Inc. in 2008 and the re-branding of the Corporation as Aimia in 2011. Mr. Duchesne helped build Aimia into the world’s leading loyalty company with operations in 20 countries, more than 4,000 employees and many well-known brands such as Aeroplan, Nectar, Club Premier, and Air Miles Middle East. Previously, he joined Air Canada in 1996 as Vice-President of Marketing; he then served as Senior Vice President of International in 1999, and then Chief Integration Executive responsible for overseeing the integration of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International. Prior to Air Canada, Mr. Duchesne served as Vice President and leader of the global Aviation Practice for Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) from 1994 to 1996. Earlier, Mr. Duchesne was an owner and director of LCB Consultants of London, England. He is a Director of Mattamy Group Corporation, the largest privately-owned homebuilder in North America, and was previously on the Boards of Alliance Atlantis and Dorel Industries. Mr. Duchesne is a Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of Ontario, and Vice Chair of the Board of the Luminato Festival, and was previously Chair of the Brain Canada Foundation. Mr. Duchesne earned a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Pharmacology from the University of Leeds and an M.B.A. from the Manchester Business School, both in the United Kingdom. Mr. Duchesne was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2016.
Rupert Duchesne is 60, he's been the Independent Director of Monaker Inc since 2019. There are 3 older and 6 younger executives at Monaker Inc. The oldest executive at Monaker Group Inc is Donald Monaco, 67, who is the Chairman of the Board.
Rupert's mailing address filed with the SEC is 1560 SAWGRASS CORPORATE PARKWAY, SUITE 130, SUNRISE, FL, 33323.
Over the last 10 years, insiders at Monaker Inc have traded over $0 worth of Monaker Inc stock and bought 398,906 units worth $648,866 . The most active insiders traders include Mark A Wilton, Donald P Monaco Investment ... y Simon Orange. On average, Monaker Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 176 days with the average trade being worth of $98,668. The most recent stock trade was executed by Timothy James Sikora on 12 March 2020, trading 1,000 units of MKGI stock currently worth $1,370.
Monaker Group is an innovative technology-driven company with plans to build a next-generation company through acquisition and organic growth, leveraging the strengths and channels of its existing technologies with those that Monaker acquires, creating synergy and opportunity in the leisure space. Monaker Group is a party to a definitive agreement (subject to closing conditions, including shareholder approval for the transaction) to acquire HotPlay Enterprise Limited, an innovative in-game advertising and AdTech company. Following the completion of the proposed HotPlay acquisition, Monaker Group plans to transform into NextPlay Technologies, an innovative global technology company focused on consumer engaging products in the video gaming and travel verticals with innovative Ad Tech, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain solutions.
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