January 3, 2020
EquityLine Mortgage Investment Corporation and Group of Companies is pleased to announce the following news:

Appointment:
EquityLine Mortgage Investment Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Simone to the role as Vice President of the Corporation and the Manager effective January 1, 2020
Mark Simone is a business executive with extensive C-Suite experience in the development and management of businesses in the insurance, finance, and medical sectors.
He was the President of Medipac International Insurance, Canada’s largest retailer of long-term travel medical insurance, the Executive and Managing Director of the Canadian Snowbird Association, one of Canada’s largest lifestyle affinity groups, the President of Ontario Health Clinics, serving over fifty thousand patients and, most recently, the Vice President of Strategic Relations with Pinnacle Wealth Brokers, Canada’s largest Exempt Market Dealer.
Mark has developed successful sales and marketing programs throughout his career and has personally founded and managed largescale consumer and trade shows. He has a passion and talent for developing strategic relationships and maintaining mutual paths to success for all stakeholders.

Appointment:
EquityLine Mortgage Investment Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Arthur Smelyansky to the role as Chieft Portfolio Officer of the Corporation and the Manager effective January 1, 2020
Arthur Smelyansky currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager at Maccabi Capital Management LLC and is a Portfolio Manager, Hedge Fund Trader and Co-Founder of Maccabi Equity Income Fund. Arthur was the Senior Analyst and Trader at Bonello Holdings Inc., located in Toronto, Canada, from September 2012 to January 2018. During his tenure at Bonello Holding, the company improved investment returns from 6% to 9.71%. Arthur’s responsibilities ranged from credit analysis and research for the entire portfolio to the direct management of a book of assets worth almost $40 million. Arthur’s specialty is in options trading and using derivatives to preserve capital and lower portfolio volatility.
Arthur holds the CIM (Chartered Investment Manager), DMS (Derivatives Market Specialist) and PFP (Personal Financial Planner) designations. He is currently in the process of obtaining the CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst) designation.

Appointment:
EquityLine Mortgage Investment Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Willie Handler to the role as independent director of the Corporation effective January 1, 2020
Willie Handler has 28 years of experience in the insurance sector with 20 years working on insurance regulatory policy with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario and eight years’ operating his own consulting business.
He has provided strategic advice to a wide range of clients dealing with an evolving regulatory environment. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, a Master’s degree in Health Administration from the Fox School of Business at Temple University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University.
EquityLine Mortgage Investment Corporation is a Canadian mortgage investment corporation (MIC) incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario and located in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The EquityLine MIC was founded in 2018 and is listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (www.jamstockex.com) under the symbol ELMIC.
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EquityLine Mortgage Corporation

Sergiy Shchavyelyev, CEO