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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Paul Godfrey

79 1993 Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Jonathan Gitlin

2019 President, Chief Operating Officer

Edward Sonshine

71 2012 Chief Executive Officer, Trustee

Qi Tang

2017 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Jennifer Suess

2017 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

John Ballantyne

2010 Senior Vice President - Asset Management

Andrew Duncan

2016 Senior Vice President - Developments

Danny Kissoon

2010 Senior Vice President - Operations

Jeff Ross

2016 Senior Vice President - Leasing and Tenant Coordination

Franca Smith

2017 Vice President - Finance

Tim Roos

2017 Vice President - Operations

Jeffery Stephenson

2017 Vice President - Operations

Terri Andrianopoulos

2017 Vice President - Corporate Marketing and Communications

Stuart Baum

2014 Vice President - Human Resources

Moshe Batalion

2015 Vice President Leasing - Ontario

Stuart Craig

2013 Vice President - Planning and Development

Roberto Debarros

2013 Vice President - Construction

Anushka Grant

2018 Vice President - Sustainability and Asset Efficiency

Oliver Harrison

2010 Vice President - Asset Management

Frank Keller

2017 Vice President - Leasing

Pradeepa Nadarajah

2014 Vice President - Property Accounting

Stephen Roberts

2015 Vice President - Analytics

Jonathan Sonshine

2014 Vice President - Asset Management

Naftali Sturm

2011 Vice President - Real Estate Finance

Kimberly Valliere

2017 Vice President - Development Construction

Renato Vanin

2012 Vice President - Information Technology

Jason Wong

2018 Vice President - Corporate Tax

Kevin Miller

2013 Regional Vice President - Operations, Central Ontario

Richard Dansereau

58 2018 Independent Director

Bonnie Brooks

65 2013 Independent Trustee

Dale Lastman

61 2004 Trustee

Jane Marshall

61 2015 Independent Trustee

Sharon Sallows

68 1999 Independent Trustee

Siim Vanaselja

61 2017 Independent Trustee

Charles Winograd

70 2009 Independent Trustee

Christian Green

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Biographies

Name Description

Paul Godfrey

Mr. Paul Victor Godfrey, C.M., O.ONT., serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of Trustees of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. Mr. Godfrey is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Postmedia Network Canada Corp., a company where he has held the role of President and Chief Executive Officer since 2010. He has been a trustee of the Trust since December 1993. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Post from 2009 to 2010. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Godfrey was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club. Mr. Godfrey was appointed Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) from 2010 to 2013. From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Godfrey was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sun Media Corporation and its predecessor, The Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation, and from 1984 to 1991 he was the Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Toronto Sun. Mr. Godfrey also served as the Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto from 1973 to 1984. Mr. Godfrey serves as a Director of Cargojet Income Fund and as Vice Chair of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. In 1999, Mr. Godfrey was made a member of the Order of Canada and, in 2010, Mr. Godfrey was appointed to the Order of Ontario.

Jonathan Gitlin

Mr. Jonathan Gitlin is President, Chief Operating Officer of the company. Jonathan joined RioCan in 2005 and has been the head of the Trust's Investment team since 2007. Jonathan played a major role in the tremendous growth of RioCan, including RioCan's growth into the United States from 2009 to 2015. He was a key member of the team that negotiated and executed the sale of that portfolio which successfully repatriated approximately $1.2 billion of capital in 2016 that has supported RioCan's further growth in Canada and further strengthened its balance sheet. Jonathan is also leading RioCan's ongoing $2 billion disposition program as part of its accelerated major market strategy and execution of the Trust's residential program.

Edward Sonshine

Mr. Edward Sonshine, O.ONT., QC., serves as Chief Executive Officer, Trustee of the Company. Mr. Sonshine is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, and is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. Mr. Sonshine is a Director of Cineplex Inc. and from 2008 to April 2017, Mr. Sonshine was a Director of the Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Sonshine is active in the community and is currently a Director of Sinai Health System. In the past, he was Chair and a Director of Canada Israel Securities as well as Co- Chair of the annual campaign of the United Jewish Appeal and a member of the Top Gifts Cabinet of the United Way. Mr. Sonshine is also a past Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He was appointed Queens Counsel in 1983, a member of the Order of Ontario in 2011, and in 2013, he was honoured as Canada’s Outstanding Chief Executive Officer of the Year.

Qi Tang

Ms. Qi Tang, CPA, is a Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of the Company. From June 2017 until present Ms. Tang has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Trust. From April 2017 until June 2017, Ms. Tang was the Senior Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Trust. From September 2016 to April 2017, Ms. Tang served as Senior Vice President, Finance of the Trust. From April 2015 to September 2016 Ms. Tang was Vice President Finance and Accounting at Dream Global REIT and from 2009 to April 2015 Ms. Tang was Chief Financial Officer of Symphony Senior Living Inc.

Jennifer Suess

Ms. Jennifer Suess is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of the Company. From August 2017 to present, Ms. Suess has been the Senior Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the Trust. From 2013 to 2016, Ms. Suess was the Head of Legal & Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer of Alcon Canada Inc., a Novartis company.

John Ballantyne

Mr. John Ballantyne is a Senior Vice President - Asset Management of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From January 2010 to present, Mr. Ballantyne has been Senior Vice President, Asset Management of the Trust.

Andrew Duncan

Mr. Andrew William Duncan is a Senior Vice President - Developments of the Company. From May 2016 to present, Mr. Duncan has been the Trust’s Senior Vice President, Developments. From January, 2015 to May 2016, Mr. Duncan was Vice President, Development Engineering of the Trust. From May 2013 to December 2014, Mr. Duncan acted as Assistant Vice President of Development Engineering. From April 2006 to April 2013, Mr. Duncan occupied the position of Director of Engineering and Design at Lowe’s Companies Canada.

Danny Kissoon

Mr. Danny Kissoon is a Senior Vice President - Operations of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From January 2010 to present, Mr. Kissoon has been Senior Vice President, Operations of the Trust.

Jeff Ross

Mr. Jeff Ross serves as Senior Vice President - Leasing and Tenant Coordination of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From June 2016 to present, Mr. Ross has been Senior Vice President, Leasing and Tenant Coordination. From January 2008 to June 2016, Mr. Ross has been Senior Vice President, Leasing of the Trust.

Franca Smith

Ms. Franca Smith is Vice President - Finance of the Company. From July 2017 to present Ms. Smith has served as the Vice President, Finance of the Trust. From March 2015 to September 2015 Ms. Smith was the Vice President Finance and Accounting for Dream Office REIT. From October 2015 to April 2017 Ms. Smith was the Vice President Finance and Accounting for Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust.

Tim Roos

Mr. Tim Roos is Vice President - Operations of the Company. From January 2017 to present, Mr. Roos has served as the Vice President, Operations of the Trust. From January 2009 to December 2016, Mr. Roos was the Assistant Vice President - Operations, Eastern Ontario of the Trust.

Jeffery Stephenson

Mr. Jeffery Stephenson is a Vice President - Operations of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From November 2017 to present Mr. Stephenson has been the Vice President, Operations of the Trust. From March 2013 to November 2017, Mr. Stephenson was the Vice President Leasing of the Trust.

Terri Andrianopoulos

Ms. Terri Andrianopoulos is a Vice President - Corporate Marketing and Communications of the Company. From October 2017 to present, Ms. Andrianopoulos has been the Vice President, Marketing and Communications. From February 2016 to September 2017, Ms. Andrianopoulos was the Vice President, Corporate Marketing for the Trust. Prior to joining RioCan, Ms. Andrianopoulos was Vice President Marketing at Town Shoes, Ltd. from January 2013 to February 2016. From 2007 to January 2013, Ms. Andrianopoulos held various marketing and purchasing functions at Cara Operations, Ltd.

Stuart Baum

Mr. Stuart Mitchell Baum is a Vice President - Human Resources of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From September 2014 to present, Mr. Baum has served as Vice President, Human Resources of the Trust. From 2011 to 2014 Mr. Baum was a Principal at Mercer Human Capital and from 2001 to 2010 was Principal for Ulysses Management Consulting

Moshe Batalion

Mr. Moshe Batalion is a Vice President Leasing - Ontario of the Company. From December 2015 to present, Mr. Batalion has served as Vice President Leasing – Ontario. From January 2008 to December 2015, Mr. Batalion served as Assistant Vice President, Leasing of the Trust.

Stuart Craig

Mr. Stuart Craig is a Vice President - Planning and Development of the Company. From January, 2013 Mr. Craig has been the Vice President of Planning and Development for the trust. From January, 2009 to December 2012, Mr. Craig was Assistant Vice President of Planning and Development of the Trust.

Roberto Debarros

Mr. Roberto Debarros is a Vice President - Construction of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From January 2013 to present Mr. De Barros has been the Vice President Construction of the Trust. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. De Barros was the Assistant Vice President Construction, Central Canada for the Trust.

Anushka Grant

Ms. Anushka Grant is Vice President - Sustainability and Asset Efficiency of the Company. From January 2018 to present Ms. Grant has been the Vice President Sustainability and Asset Efficiency for the Trust. From January 2017 to December 2017 Ms. Grant was the Assistant Vice President, Sustainability and Strategic Initiatives for the Trust. From Jan 2016 to December 2016 Ms. Grant was the Assistant Vice President Organizational Effectives for the Trust. Prior to Ms. Grant’s role with RioCan she was the Manager Human Capital for Deloitte.

Oliver Harrison

Mr. Oliver Harrison is a Vice President - Asset Management of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From January 2010 to present, Mr. Harrison has been the Vice President, Asset Management of the Trust.

Frank Keller

Mr. Frank Keller is Vice President - Leasing of the Company. From October 2017 to present, Mr. Keller has been the Vice President Leasing for the Trust. From 2013 to October 2017 Mr. Keller was the Vice President Leasing at Oxford Properties.

Pradeepa Nadarajah

Ms. Pradeepa Nadarajah is a Vice President - Property Accounting of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From January 2014, to present, Ms. Nadarajah has served as Vice President – Property Accounting of the Trust. Prior to that role Ms. Nadarajah held the position of AVP Accounting (2012-2013) at RioCan Management Inc. of the Trust.

Stephen Roberts

Mr. Stephen Roberts is a Vice President - Analytics of the Company. From December 2015 to present, Mr. Roberts has been the Vice President, Analytics of the Trust. From 2007 to December 2015 Mr. Roberts was Assistant Vice President Asset Management of the Trust.

Jonathan Sonshine

Mr. Jonathan Sonshine is a Vice President - Asset Management of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From January 2014, to present Mr. Sonshine has served as Vice President, Asset Management of the Trust. From January 2010 to December 2013, Mr. Sonshine was the Assistant Vice President, Asset Management of the Trust.

Naftali Sturm

Mr. Naftali Sturm is a Vice President - Real Estate Finance of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From November 2011 to present, Mr. Sturm has been the Vice President, Real Estate Finance of the Trust.

Kimberly Valliere

Ms. Kimberly Valliere is Vice President - Development Construction of the Company. From July 2017 to present, Ms. Valliere has served as Vice President of Development Construction of the Trust. From July 2015 to June 2017, Ms. Valliere served as Assistant Vice President of Construction for the Trust. From July 2007 to September 2015 Ms. Valliere was Director of Construction for the Trust.

Renato Vanin

Mr. Renato Vanin is a Vice President - Information Technology of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From November 2011, Mr. Vanin has been leading the Information Technology department formally transitioning into the Vice President of Information Technology of the Trust in May 2012. From January 2008 to April 2011 Mr. Vanin held various Information Technology Leadership roles within Shoppers Drug Mart becoming Vice President of IT Business Services. Prior to his role at Shoppers Drug Mart, he spent a number of years as a consultant leading and participating in large Information Technology and Business Transformation projects.

Jason Wong

Mr. Jason Wong is Vice President - Corporate Tax of the Company. From January 2018 to present, Mr. Wong has served as Vice President, Corporate Tax. From June 2013 to December 2017 Mr. Wong served Assistant Vice President Corporate Tax.

Kevin Miller

Mr. Kevin Miller is a Regional Vice President - Operations, Central Ontario of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. From August 2013, to present Mr. Miller has served as Vice President - Operations, Central Ontario of the Trust. From January 2009 to 2013, Mr. Miller was the Assistant Vice President - Operations, Western Ontario of the Trust

Richard Dansereau

Mr. Richard Dansereau is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Dansereau has over 30 years of real estate experience. He is currently a Managing Director at Stonehenge Partners, a New Yorkbased real estate company which owns and manages an important portfolio of residential apartments in Manhattan. Prior to joining Stonehenge, Mr. Dansereau was President and Chief Operating Officer of Cadim, a real estate division of Caisse de depot et placement du Québec, from 2000 to 2009 and, prior to that, he was Vice-President of Acquisitions for Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust from 1997 to 2000. He currently serves as a trustee on the board of Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust and previously served as Chairman of the Board of Agellan REIT. Mr. Dansereau also served on the investment committee of Fiera Real Estate and the boards of other private and public companies, including MCAN Mortgage Corp., Lemay Associates and Ecosystem. Mr. Dansereau has a certificate in marketing from the Business School of the University of Montreal.

Bonnie Brooks

Ms. Bonnie R. Brooks serves as Independent Trustee of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. Ms. Brooks is a corporate director and has more than 30 years of experience in the retail sector across all Canadian markets and internationally. Until recently, Ms. Brooks served as Chair, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, an agency of the Province of Ontario. From February 2014 to December 2016, she served as Vice Chairman of Hudson’s Bay Company (Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord and Taylor USA, Kaufhof Germany and Hudson’s Bay Canada). Prior to that she was President, Hudson’s Bay Company from 2012 to 2014 (International) and was CEO and President, Hudson’s Bay Department Stores from 2008 to 2012. Ms. Brooks has been a Trustee of the Trust since June 2013. From 1997 to 2008 Ms. Brooks served as an executive officer, including as President, of the Lane Crawford Joyce Group based out of Hong Kong with over 500 Asian retail locations in both department store and franchise operations. Prior to that she served as Executive Vice President/General Merchandise Manager and Senior Vice President of Marketing at Holt Renfrew in Canada. Ms. Brooks is a director of Rogers Communications Inc., Chico’s FAS, USA, and Ambercrombie & Fitch, USA. She served on the Federal Finance Minister’s Economic Advisory Board and the Ontario Provincial Jobs and Prosperity Board. Ms. Brooks has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario and holds three honorary Doctorate Degrees. She was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for her philanthropic work and in 2016 was appointed to the Order of Canada.

Dale Lastman

Mr. Dale H. Lastman is an Trustee of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. Mr. Lastman is the chair and a partner at Goodmans LLP. He practices corporate, commercial and securities law and provides counsel in connection with public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and business restructurings. He has been a trustee of the Trust since June 2004. He is a Director of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. and Roots Corporation, is an Alternate Governor for the NHL and NBA and the CFL Governor of the Toronto Argonauts. Mr. Lastman also sits on the board of the CAMH Foundation. In 2017, he was named a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2014, Mr. Lastman was appointed by the Minister of National Defence as an Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Navy. He has also been awarded the rank of an Honorary Detective by the Toronto Police Service.

Jane Marshall

Ms. Jane Marshall serves as Independent Trustee of the Company. Ms. Marshall has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of real estate and business management. She is the President & Chief Executive Officer of GoodLeaf Farms Inc., a Canadian vertical farming enterprise. Previously, she served as Chief Operating Officer of Choice Properties REIT, a publicly traded REIT majority owned by Loblaw Companies Ltd. Ms. Marshall played a key role in the establishment of Choice Properties and its IPO in 2012-2013 as Executive Vice-president of Loblaw Properties and Business Strategy. While at Loblaw, she was responsible for the acquisition, development, construction and management of its portfolio of more than 65 million square feet of owned retail, warehouse and office space as well as all its leased locations. Ms. Marshall was the leading executive in charge of Loblaws’ acquisition of T&T Supermarkets in 2009 and later, other businesses that today form the core of its ethnic food retailing business. She also led the 2004 purchase and comprehensive joint redevelopment of Maple Leaf Gardens (MLG) with Ryerson University culminating in world class facilities for both in 2011-12 respectively. MLG is now the inspiration behind the current conventional store network. Ms. Marshall holds the ICD.D designation and has a degree from the University of Toronto. She is a volunteer member and investor in Scale Up Ventures Ontario.

Sharon Sallows

Ms. Sharon H. Sallows serves as Independent Trustee of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. Ms. Sallows is currently a member of the board of directors and Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of Home Capital Group Inc., a director of Chartwell Retirement Residences REIT and the Chair of the Governance Committee at AIMCo. In the past, Ms. Sallows served as a director on a substantial number of public and private companies including the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board where she served both as Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Governance Committee at different points in time. Previously, Ms. Sallows was a principal in Ryegate Capital Corporation, a company engaged in the provision of merchant banking and advisory services to institutional and corporate clients. Ms. Sallows is a former Executive Vice President of MICC Properties Inc. and, prior to that, held various positions at the Bank of Montreal, including Senior Vice President, Real Estate, Corporate Banking. Ms. Sallows received a B.A. from Carleton University, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, a Ph.D. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and also holds the ICD.D designation.

Siim Vanaselja

Mr. Siim A. Vanaselja, CPA is Independent Trustee of the Company. Mr. Vanaselja, Corporate Director, served as the Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, from 2001 to 2015. Prior to joining BCE Inc., he was a Partner with KPMG Canada in Toronto. Mr. Vanaselja is currently a Director and Chair of TransCanada Corporation and serves as a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Great-West Lifeco Inc. Mr. Vanaselja previously served as a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. He also previously served on the Finance Minister’s Federal Advisory Committee on Financing, on Moody’s Council of Chief Financial Officers, the Corporate Executive Board’s Working Council for Chief Financial Officers and on the Conference Board of Canada’s National Council of Financial Executives. Mr. Vanaselja is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds an Honours Bachelors of Business degree from the Schulich School of Business.

Charles Winograd

Mr. Charles M. Winograd is an Independent Trustee of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. Mr. Winograd is Senior Managing Partner of Elm Park Capital Management, a mid-market lending limited partnership. He is also President of Winograd Capital Inc., an external consulting and private investment firm. Mr. Winograd retired from RBC Capital Markets in December 2008, where he was Deputy Chairman from 1996 to 1998, President and Chief Operating Officer from 1998 to 2001 and then President and Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2008. Mr. Winograd began his career at Richardson Securities in 1971 as an investment analyst and had several progressively senior positions with Richardson Greenshields and predecessor companies becoming President and Chief Executive Officer in 1987 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1991 until it merged into RBC Dominion Securities in 1996. Mr. Winograd is Director and Chairman of TMX Group Limited, Director of James Richardson and Sons Limited, Spin Master Corp and Titan Holdings. Mr. Winograd is a Director of Sinai Health System. He is also a Management Advisor with RP Investment Advisors and was on the Advisory Council for Promoting Women on Boards. Mr. Winograd is past Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. Mr. Winograd received his MBA from the University of Western Ontario in 1971 and earned a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1979.

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