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Gary L. Redhead2019

Gary is a visionary “Level 5” leader with a wealth of knowledge due to over 50 years in the industry. Highly respected by his peers, employees, customers and suppliers, Gary has built his company from its humble beginnings to its current position as a dominant player in Saskatchewan’s heavy equipment industry.

Gary L. Redhead

Gary L. Redhead was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. The son of Gordon and Dorothy Redhead, Gary attended Balfour Collegiate High School and the University of Regina where played for the Cougar Men’s Basketball team and met his future wife, Laura Medland.

Gary’s father Gordon was an employee for W.F. Fuller Machinery Limited, a Champion Motor Grader dealer in Regina, established in 1948. In 1968 Gordon purchased the business and renamed it Redhead Equipment Ltd. At the time, Gary was taking Business Administration classes at the University of Regina, but at the urging of his father he joined the company in 1969. Gary worked in various capacities with his father, honing his skills in all areas of the business including finance, marketing and sales management.

In 1980, Gary purchased the business from his father and since then has served as the company’s Chief Executive. Over the years, Gary has continued to diversify his company, adding what are now the company’s flagship brands: Case Construction Equipment, Mack Trucks, Case IH Agricultural Equipment, and Volvo Construction Equipment.

An integral part of Gary’s business is giving back to the communities where his customer’s live. Redhead Equipment and the Redhead family have made significant contributions to hospital foundations across the province, STARS Air Ambulance and other local charities.

Gary and his wife Laura are proud parents to two daughters and grandparents to four grandchildren.

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Murad Al-Katib2018

Passionate in becoming an entrepreneur in agriculture and creating opportunities in rural Saskatchewan, this gentleman has been actively involved in the founding of Saskcan Pulse Trading now operating as AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. AGT Foods, through its subsidiaries Mobil Grain, Last Mountain Railway, Big Sky Railway and MobilEx, as well as its investments in CanEst Transit, offers competitive freight opportunities for producers.

Murad Al-Katib

Murad Al-Katib’s parents were his inspiration. The Al-Katib family immigrated to
Canada from Turkey in 1965 and settled in Davidson in 1975. They showed him
the value of community and giving back. This is where he developed his passion
to become an entrepreneur in agriculture and to create opportunities in rural
Saskatchewan.

Murad Al-Katib is the president and CEO and a board member of AGT Food and
Ingredients Inc. In 2001 he founded Saskcan Pulse Trading, the inspiration that
became Alliance Grain Traders in 2007. In 2014 Alliance Grain Traders underwent a
name change to AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. to reflect its expanding business and
increased focus on pulse, staple foods, food ingredients and packaged foods.
AGT Food and Ingredients is one of the largest suppliers of value-added pulses,
staple foods and food ingredients in the world. They buy lentils, peas, beans and
chickpeas from farmers around their facilities located in the best pulse-growing
regions in Canada, the United States, Turkey, Australia, China and South Africa. They
ship their products to customers in over 120 countries, with over 45 manufacturing
facilities on five continents. AGT has approximately 2,200 employees, roughly 650 of
them in Saskatchewan. AGT creates value for producers, quality products for their
customers and growth for their shareholders.

AGT Foods, through its subsidiaries Mobil Grain, Last Mountain Railway, Big Sky
Railway and MobilEx, as well as its investments in CanEst Transit, offers competitive
freight opportunities for producers to move their products, matching origination
and production to supply and demand requirements from farm to customer. AGT
Foods directly operates nearly 700 km of rail line across Saskatchewan and features
port facilities in Port Ridley, B.C., Thunder Bay, Ont. and Montreal Que., connecting
producers to markets across the world. They also operate a small innovative
trucking component that haul b-train and triple trailer configurations hauling sea
containers from their facilities to railhead in Saskatchewan.

Murad completed his Masters from Thunderbird School of Global Management
in Arizona and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan. He
currently serves as chairman of the Government of Canada National Agri-Food
Strategy Roundtable, sits on the board of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
and is the current chair of Economic Development Regina. His accomplishments are
exemplary from the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, World Entrepreneur of the Year,
Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year, Prairie Entrepreneur of the Year, Top 40 under
40, Global Citizen Laureate and Business Leader of the Year to name a few. With
his varied experience at AGT, Murad has proven himself to be a strong financial and
strategic business thinker, able to anticipate and mitigate the risks in international
trading and commodities.

Murad is married to Michelle; they have two children, Tariq and Serra, and reside in
Regina Saskatchewan.

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George Tupper Connor2017

A Moose Jaw resident who was the first to introduce bus service to the City of Moose Jaw as feeders to the Moose Jaw Electric Railway. A humble start of three buses began the Moose Jaw Transportation Company. Moose Jaw was the first city in Canada with a diesel/gas bus fleet. The Moose Jaw Electric Railway started an amusement park in the river valley now known as Connor Park in honour of George.

George Tupper Connor

The George Tupper Connor story started in 1889, Alma Alberta, County New
Brunswick. In 1911, he came to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and the Moose
Jaw Electric Railway Company, (MJER), and was employed as engineer
in charge of a generating plant (diesel engines) until 1919. From 1920 to
1924, George worked for MJER as master mechanic. In 1924, George was
appointed General Superintendent of the Moose Jaw Electric Railway.

George Connor was the last superintendent of the Moose Jaw Electric
Railway. He was the first to introduce busses to Moose Jaw as feeders to
the Moose Jaw Electric Railway and then as the Moose Jaw Transportation
Company. Moose Jaw was the first city in Canada to go to all diesel or gas
bus fleet. Mr. Connor also operated bus systems in Weyburn and Estevan.
George sat on the board of Prairie Airways (started by the Moose Jaw Flying
Club under the leadership of Richard (Dick) Ryan. Canadian Pacific Airlines
later purchased Prairie Airways and Dick Ryan later went on to become Vice
President of Canadian Pacific Air.

At midnight October 8, 1932 the streetcars of Moose Jaw ceased operations.
Moose Jaw was without streetcar or bus service from October 9 to October
11, 1932. Commencing October 11, 1932, Mr. Connor started the Moose Jaw
Transportation Company with three busses and the promise of five more to
come. On December 19, 1932 the first of the five busses arrived in Moose
Jaw with the second arriving December 21 and a total of four arriving in
December of that year.

The Moose Jaw Electric Railway started an amusement park in the Moose
Jaw river valley known as Kingsway Park. Kingsway Park has since been
renamed Connor Park in honour of George.

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