Jason became President and Chief Operating Officer of the McLean Group in 2004 after two years managing the legal and corporate affairs of the business as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. In addition to coordinating the dialogue between ownership and management with corporate governance and planning, Jason oversees all major transactions in each of the McLean Group’s operating and investment businesses including mortgage and lease financing and commercial lending; the purchase or sale of real estate holdings and other assets; and negotiating all major contracts. Accordingly, Jason is the first point of contact for investments and financing and has, since 2004, played a central role in a series of transformative refinancing transactions involving the McLean Group’s flagship production facility, Vancouver Film Studios.  With his legal and financial team, Jason also oversees the administrative, financial performance and control, and legal aspects of all McLean Group businesses including the management and leasing of its real estate holdings. Prior to  joining the McLean Group in 2002, Jason McLean worked as Special Assistant in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, leading advance teams to Africa, China, the United States and Europe in preparation for NATO and APEC meetings, G8 summits and other major trade and diplomatic consultations.  Jason was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 2000 (LLB 1999, BA 1995, University of British Columbia) after articling with Stikeman Elliot in Vancouver and working (while still a law student) in their London office. In 2008, Jason was appointed to the Vancouver Police Board, the governing body responsible for providing civilian governance to the Vancouver Police Department. Also in 2008, Jason was admitted to Harvard Business School’s Owner President Management Program, an extensive education program for international business owners which Jason is scheduled to complete in early 2010. Currently, Jason is Vice Chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade and a member of its advisory board for the Company of Young Professionals.  As a director of the Board since 2005, Jason is Past Chair of its Communications Standing Committee and Small Business Council.  Jason is co-founder of the Gun Lake Airport Society, a small community airport near Goldbridge, BC.  An avid west coast windsurfer, mountaineer (northern route, Mt. McKinley), and outdoorsman, Jason has recently replaced his ice-axe with a fly fishing rod.