Mr. Rosenfeld has 17 years of experience in the finance, oil & gas and engineering industries.  He joined Ayrshire in 2017 as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Ayrshire, Mr. Rosenfeld was Chief Financial Officer of Beringer Energy Inc., a private equity backed junior oil & gas company.  At Beringer he managed all financial operations, treasury, corporate planning, and corporate development.

Prior to joining Beringer, he spent eight years in investment banking, most recently as Director with RBC Capital Markets, where he provided advice and led execution on mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt financings. Prior to investment banking, Mr. Rosenfeld was a wireline logging engineer with Halliburton Energy Services.

He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree with a minor in Aerospace from McGill University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business.  He is a CMA charter holder.

Phil Swift was one of the founders of ARC Financial Corporation in 1989 and has held senior management positions in the company including President, CEO and Executive Chairman before assuming his current role of Founder and Director.  ARC Financial Corporation is recognized as one of Canada’s leading energy private equity firms and has over $5.3 billion of capital under management. Phil has extensive equity investment, corporate advisory and direct investment management experience.

Mr. Swift’s private investment holding organization is the Ayrshire Group. A large focus of Ayrshire’s business has been investment in commercial real estate. Ayrshire has invested in over $395 million in real estate in Alberta since 1999.

Mr. Swift holds a Bachelor of Science (Math) degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia.  Mr. Swift has served on the board of directors of approximately 20 corporations.  He is past president for Alberta, and past international director, of the North American Society for Corporate Planning.  He is a past member of the advisory board of the University of British Columbia Business Faculty.  He is a recipient of the Warren Bennis Award for Leadership Excellence as well as the Pinnacle Award for achievement in entrepreneurship.  Phil has spoken at numerous energy and private equity conferences in Canada and internationally.  He has co-authored a book published by McGraw Hill entitled “In Search of Leadership – How Great Leaders Answer the Question “Why Lead?”

Mr. Swift has also been active in the community and philanthropy and has served on a number of community organizations and foundation boards.  He is a co-founder and Chairman of the Pacific Impact Investor Network (PIIN) at UBC Sauder School of Business.  He is a Past-Chairman of the Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine and has been increasingly involved in philanthropic projects overseas through the Swift Family Foundation.

Mr. Kennedy joined Ayrshire in 2009 as President. During his tenure, his focus has been to create value in Ayrshire’s real estate portfolio and to reduce portfolio liabilities. As a result of these efforts, Ayrshire’s real estate projects have created $65+ million of value for investors and have repaid $110+ million of debt. With Ayrshire’s growth, Mr. Kennedy’s focus is business and organizational development in order to create and sustain exceptional returns for our portfolio.

Prior to joining Ayrshire, Mr. Kennedy was a founding team member in an organization that acquired and managed a large privately held real estate portfolio. With this organization Mr. Kennedy was involved with the acquisition and management of over $1.0 billion of commercial real estate and a portfolio of over 70 properties. Mr. Kennedy has Bachelor of Arts from Wilfred Laurier University and a Law Degree (LLB) from the University of Calgary.

Mr. Gooch joined Ayrshire in 2014 as VP Investments and oversees deal origination and underwriting.

Prior to joining Ayrshire, Mr. Gooch was Director of Portfolio Investments at GWL Realty Advisors where he contributed to underwriting due diligence and associated board documentation for $1.5 billion of transactions and developments. Together with senior management, this team also held national accountability for property management, asset management, leasing, valuation and reporting initiatives on a $6.0 billion portfolio of operating assets.

Mr. Gooch also worked at Forum Partners in London. Forum is a global real estate investment and asset management firm recognized for investing in and alongside public and private real estate companies. He is a Masters of Business Administration Alumni of London Business School and Hong Kong UST with undergraduate experience at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia.