Our Staff

The Management and Staff of Treaty One Development Corporation are responsible for the day to day operations of the corporation. In addition, the staff are also responsible for carrying out and accomplishing goals and objectives set by the Board of Directors such as Business Development, Master Planning, Leasing Agreements, Negotiations, etc.

Contact us: info@treaty1.ca

Whelan Sutherland
Chief Executive Officer
(Peguis First Nation)

Whelan is a proud member of Peguis First Nation; who has played a lead role in a wide variety of Indigenous business ventures over the past 15 years, as a CEO, manager and entrepreneur.

Since leaving the Chief Peguis Investment Corporation in 2012, he’s been involved in the business end of the Treaty 1 organization and management. He is a graduate of the Asper School of Business in Winnipeg. “I look forward to working with our communities, our leaders and our partners towards a brighter future for our Nation.”

Tim Daniels
Chief Operating Officer
(Long Plain First Nation)

Tim is Anishinabe from the Long Plain First Nation and has served in senior management positions for 20 years including as: Chief Executive Officer, Arrowhead Development Corporation; Economic Development Officer, Long Plain First Nation and as a Trust Administrator, Long Plain First Nation Trust. During these years, he also participated as a technician representing Long Plain during the Treaty One First Nations negotiations regarding Kapyong.

In his current role as Chief Operating Officer, Tim is working on the master plan, land governance, municipal services agreements and on converting the lands to reserve status.  In short, he will get the lands ready for development by working with the Treaty One Nations, Department of National Defence, Indigenous Services Canada, Canada Lands Company, the City of Winnipeg and with a technical team of planners, architects, engineers and other professionals.

Zhenyu Wu
Chief Financial Officer

Zhenyu Wu is a Chartered Professional Accountant with nearly 15 years of management experience in accounting and finance. Before joining Treaty 1, he worked with non-profit and for-profit organizations as a Director of Finance & Operations.

Zhenyu believes that actions speak much louder than words. He says, “whether you’re managing a business or leading a team, people pay much more attention to what you do and how hard you work versus what you say or how you say it.”