Old Boys News
1997
1999
Kirk Charles
Brian Hracs has accepted a permanent lectureship in economic geography at the University of Southampton, U.K. Since receiving his PhD in geography from the University of Toronto in 2010, he has held research fellowships at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto and Uppsala University in Sweden. Brian’s research looks at how digital technologies and global competition are reshaping the creative economy. After enjoying life in Sweden for the past three years, Brian and his wife, Andrea, are looking forward to experiencing England.
visited campus in April for the first time in over 10 years, along with his partner, Shauna. Kirk and Shauna welcomed their first child, Mya Michelle, on July 24. The couple met at the restaurant Shauna owns in Antigua, and Kirk never left!
1998
Royce Lo and his wife, Jennifer, had their first child, Lara, on October 17, 2013. The family lives in Hong Kong where Royce works in the commodity finance division of Standard Chartered Bank. Antonio Riva Palacio Lavin moved to Beijing in late spring to head the China office of his law firm, Curtis, MalletPrevost, Colt & Mosle. He will continue to advise on international investment and the settlement of international disputes, focusing on the Asia-Latin America market.
1998 Dale Jordan
married his best friend, Rana Korkmaz, on August 10, 2014 at the Liberty Grand Complex in Toronto. Dale was honoured to have his brother, Raymond ‘97, as his best man alongside groomsmen Jonathan Ahee ‘98 and Mark Landry ‘98. Other Old Boys in attendance included Brad Cross ‘98, Khalil Braithwaite ‘98, Alexander Christie ‘99, Jason Perrier ‘98, and Gerald Kwan ‘98. Dale works for Experian Decision Analytics as their global product manager. The couple live in Toronto.
Brian and Andrea in Barcelona
2000
Stephen Amell (below right) ran into former football teammate and fellow Old Boy, Dan Near ‘99, at game five of the Stanley Cup finals in Los Angeles. Dan works for the NHL as director, consumer products licensing. Stephen plays the title character in the TV series Arrow and lives in Los Angeles.
1999 Justin Lin
married Ena Soda on April 26, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt in Taipei. There were 15 Old Boys in attendance including: Ross Lin ’04, Colin Hsu ’99, Orson Hsu ’01, Albert Tsai ’98, Michael Cheung ’98, Andrew Koh ’97, Armand Huynh ’99, Hiu Ming Tsui ’99, Michael Choi ’99, Tom Takada ’98, Joji Tanaka ’97, Terence Liu ’98, Danny Mak ’01, Luis Kwok ’02, and Ian Ma ’01.
Daniel Mok
stopped by the campus in April while he was in Canada visiting his parents. He currently lives in Hong Kong and works in landscape architecture. Daniel was very happy to see the many changes that our new buildings are bringing to the School. He also enjoyed spending some time visiting with his former teachers, including Jon Butcher (pictured in photo with Daniel). www.sac.on.ca 45