Board of Directors

The current mandate set for our Board of Directors is to supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and to act with a view to the best interests of the Corporation. In fulfilling its mandate, the Board of Directors, among other matters, is responsible for:

• Reviewing, at the beginning of each fiscal year, the business plan and financial goals of the Corporation as well as longer term strategic plans prepared and elaborated by Management and, throughout the year, monitoring the achievement of the objectives set;
• Ensuring that it is properly informed, on a timely basis, of all important issues and developments involving the Corporation and its business environment;
• Ensuring the implementation of appropriate systems or plans to manage the important issues and developments involving the Corporation;
• Overseeing the Corporation's strategic direction; and
• Appointing senior Management and monitoring key executive performance and business results.

The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision over the business and affairs of the Company and shall lead the implementation of the resolutions and policies of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Arthur Mesher

Chief Executive Officer
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Mr. Mesher is the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Mr. Mesher first joined the Corporation in 1998 as Executive Vice-President, Strategic Development. Before joining Descartes, Mr. Mesher launched Integrated Logistics Strategies Services for the Gartner Group, building the practice into a leading advisor to major global corporations. Prior to Gartner, Mr. Mesher was president of Advanced Logistics Research, where he helped numerous multinational companies develop and deploy emerging technology-based supply chain strategies.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall facilitate the operations and deliberations of the Board and the satisfaction of the Board's functions and responsibilities under its mandate.

J. Ian Giffen, C.A.

Director
Corel Corporation, MKS and RuggedCom Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Chairman of the Board
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Nominating Committee

Mr. J. Ian Giffen Mr. Giffen serves as an advisor and/or director to technology companies and investment funds. Mr. Giffen is currently a director of MKS Inc., Absolute Software Inc, RuggedCom Inc. and a number of private companies .

From 1992 to 1996 , Mr. Giffen was Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Alias Research Inc. (until it was sold to Silicon Graphics Inc for approx $500 million). Since 1996, Mr. Giffen has advised several private venture investment funds, and has served on the boards of a number of public and private companies including Macromedia Inc., (from 1997 – 2005 until it was sold to Adobe Systems Inc for $ 4 billion ), DPS Inc., MGI Software Inc, Delano Technology Inc. ,Corel Corporation Inc , Certicom Corporation Inc , Financial Models Inc., 724 Solutions Inc., Sierra Systems Inc., Open Text Corporation Inc., DWL Inc, Algorithmics Inc., and Changepoint Inc.. Mr. Giffen is a Chartered Accountant and has a Designation in Corporate Finance He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and worked with KPMG in Glasgow from 1978 - 1982. Mr. Giffen is a Member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants .

David I. Beatson

Chief Executive Officer, GlobalWare Solutions
Hillsborough, California, U.S.A.

Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee

Mr. Beatson is currently the CEO of GlobalWare Solutions, a full-service provider of supply chain management solutions with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Beatson has over 30 years of senior executive experience in the global supply chain, logistics and transportation industry with Panalpina North America Inc., Emery Worldwide, Circle International Group Inc., American Airlines and Northwest Airlines. Most recently, he served as the Principal and Founder of Ascent Advisors, LLC – a strategic advisory firm that provides industry consulting and M&A advice to private equity and venture capital firms, and strategic advisory services to corporations in the transportation, logistics and supply chain industry. Mr. David Beatson earned his B.S. in Business Administration from The Ohio State University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Marketing from the University of Cincinnati. He joined Descartes' Board of Directors in March, 2006.

Michael Cardiff

Chief Executive Officer, Accelerents Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Mr. Cardiff is the Chief Executive Officer of Accelerents Inc., a strategic consulting company focusing on mergers, acquisitions, sales and marketing. Accelerents' clients include Imperial Capital Corporation, a Toronto-based merchant bank, where Mr. Cardiff has led their acquisition strategy in the technology sector. Prior to his role at Imperial Capital, Mr. Cardiff was President and CEO at Inea Corporation, a provider of business performance management software for financial institutions; President and CEO of Fincentric Corporation, a software provider for global financial institutions; and Executive Vice President of business and technology solution provider EDS Canada Inc.

Chris Hewat, LL.B., M.B.A.

Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Member of the Corporate Governance Committee

Mr. Hewat is a partner in the law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, having joined the firm in 1987. Mr. Hewat's practice consists of advising companies and investment dealers with respect to securities and business law matters, with particular focus on private and public offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and securities regulatory requirements. Mr. Hewat has served as a director of a number of private and public companies, and is a director of The Arthritis Society, Ontario Division. Mr. Hewat has been a member of the Board of Directors at Descartes since 2000.

Stephen M. Watt, B.Sc., M. Math, Ph. D.

Professor
Department of Computer Science,
University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada

Member of the Compensation Committee
Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee
Chair of the Nominating Committee

Dr. Watt is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario and served as Chair of the Computer Science Department from 1997-2002. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Watt was a member of the research staff at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (USA) and a professor at the University of Nice (France). Dr. Watt's areas of research include computer algebra, compiler implementation, pen-based computing and XML technologies. Dr. Watt also serves as a director of Waterloo Maple Inc., of The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and as the director of the Ontario Research Center for Computer Algebra. Dr. Watt has received several research awards, including the 1999 Ontario Premier's Research Excellence Award and the 2002 Distinguished Research Professorship from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Watt was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors for Descartes in September 2003 and has served on the board since 2001.