Mr. Parsons has been the chief financial officer of Columbus International Inc. and its affiliates since inception in 2005. He has over 25 years of corporate executive experience with both private and publically traded companies. Prior to joining Columbus, Max was Vice President‚ Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Vector Aerospace Corporation, a publicly traded aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider with operations in Canada‚ the United States and the United Kingdom. In 1998‚ he was a key member of the team that successfully completed the Initial Public Offering of Vector. Subsequent to the IPO he played a key role in all major strategic and operational initiatives including the financing of significant acquisitions.

At the time of Vector’s IPO‚ Mr. Parsons was the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of CHC Helicopter Corporation‚ the world’s largest publicly traded helicopter operator and MRO service provider. During his tenure at CHC he played a key role in segregating the MRO business to form Vector Aerospace. Prior to joining CHC in 1994‚ Mr. Parsons held progressively senior finance and administration positions with the Irving Group of Companies (a privately held conglomerate with interests in oil‚ transportation‚ forestry products and communications) and Newfoundland Capital Corporation (a publicly traded company which had interests at the time in transportation‚ printing and publishing and radio broadcasting).

Mr. Parsons also served on the board of directors and audit committee of Cable Bahamas Limited, a publically traded company in the Bahamas from 2005 until 2010.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland and is a Chartered Accountant.

He is a Canadian citizen and resides in Freeport, The Bahamas.