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With the founding of WhiteWater in 1980, Geoff Chutter helped establish an industry that continues to bring joy to millions around the globe. A water park veteran, Geoff’s start in the amusement and attractions space began with his investment in his own park in BC, Canada. Undeterred by a lack of water slide suppliers, he decided to leave his career as a CPA with KPMG to manufacture his own rides, and thus created his own manufacturing empire.

Four decades on, WhiteWater continues to thrive under Geoff’s stewardship as CEO, maintaining its place as the world’s undisputed leading water park manufacturer and supplier, by any metric. Where other suppliers chose to offer one or two product lines, Geoff built a complete water park service company, offering all of the products and services that a customer would require to launch their own world-class parks. Always looking to the future, Geoff was early to expand internationally, with our first projects in China in 1990 and establishing offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia ahead of our competitors. 

Throughout the years, Geoff has been recognized with various awards such as the national EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 award. Under Geoff’s stewardship, WhiteWater has also been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for many years.

Born and raised in Vancouver, Paul worked most of his teenage summers at WhiteWater, not only enjoying water parks but doing everything in between: from pushing a broom and cleaning up the fabrication plant to data entry. Perhaps, his choice of a commerce undergraduate degree at McGill University in Montreal was to escape this “ground up” education in the family business. Subsequently, he went on to attend law school in the UK at the University of London. That led to a career in investment banking, with the majority of his years spent in London and Toronto. Despite being successful in his own career, a sense of belonging to the family business, WhiteWater, called him home, and Paul joined WhiteWater full time in 2015.  

In his current role as Chief Commercial Officer, Paul oversees WhiteWater’s global business development efforts and functions. These include the Sales, Marketing, and Pre-Contract groups (Sales Operations, Ride Engineering, Architectural Design Services, and Estimating) as well as Corporate Development.

Daryn joined WhiteWater in August 2016 and serves as Chief Financial Officer. He has more than 20 years of Financial Management and Accounting experience and has worked in different management roles in both Canada and the US, in both private and public company settings. Prior to working at WhiteWater, Daryn spent time at CHC Helicopter, Buckeye Technologies (now Georgia Pacific), and Tyco International, tackling a broad range of responsibilities, including Financial Reporting, Treasury, FP&A, Corporate Strategy, and Investor Relations. He is a Certified Public Accountant and graduate of the University of British Columbia where he earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree. Daryn is an avid sports fan, and in his spare time you can find him at the ice rink or at the theatre supporting his children in their various activities.

Onno is the COO of WhiteWater West Industries Ltd. since 2018. He joined WhiteWater as the Director of Supply Chain in 2017. Onno’s specialty is in international supply chain management with over 10 years of experience at Philips Electronics in various senior supply chain positions and 4 years with Cooledge as VP of Manufacturing. He has worldwide industrial experience in Eindhoven (Netherlands), Shanghai (China), and Vancouver (Canada). In 2012, he moved from the corporate environment of Philips to a small entrepreneurial start-up Cooledge in Vancouver. After 4 years with Cooledge, Onno made a change from electronics industry to entertainment industry. Onno Meeter is Dutch by origin and a proud father of two daughters.

As the former VP Global Sales Operations at Hootsuite, Phil led the company’s global enterprise sales operations, helping to drive revenue predictability and forecasting accuracy for the world’s most widely used social media management platform. For the past 20 years, his business and strategy insights have helped technology organizations successfully scale.

Nathan joined WhiteWater early in his career spending 8 years in sales and marketing roles and returned in 2016 as the President of the Park Attractions division creating amazing water rides and innovative products serving theme parks . Prior to rejoining WhiteWater, he held senior management roles with major ride and attraction providers, including Vekoma Rides and Brogent Technologies as Vice President of Sales.

Since starting his career in the attractions industry in 1998, Nathan has led the development of some of the most preeminent themed entertainment experiences around the globe. Nathan serves as an International Board Director for the Themed Entertainment Association with responsibility to guide the organization with thought leadership and recognition of excellence among industry peers. Nathan holds M.B.A. degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. and Queen’s University in Ontario, and an undergraduate degree from BCIT Canada in technology & management. He resides in Vancouver with his wife and stays active and busy with his four children.

Marshall, better known as Marsh, was born in Coronado, California and grew up playing all sorts of sports and has made his career in them too. He has extensive experience managing operations in various industries, including Callaway Golf.  He first joined Wave Loch, Inc. in 2007 and currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of FlowRider, Inc., a subsidiary of WhiteWater purchased in 2014. Marsh is a true southern California native, he graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and to this day surfs before he comes into the FlowRider office.

Doug found his home in the attractions industry in 1995 working within the “dry” FEC and interactive waterplay products. His experience crosses both business development and operations. He has managed the Attractions international sales teams at SCS Interactive/Koala Play Group as well as managing Prime Play. In 2005 , Doug joined WhiteWater, becoming the manager of the Attractions division. After 10 years of general management, he transferred his over 20 years of international business experience to become the Executive Vice President, managing strategy and business development of all WhiteWater divisions and products for Asia-Pacific. Doug also serves on the board of the Asia-Pacific Division of the Themed Entertainment Association.

Franceen is the Americas Executive Vice President of Business Development for WhiteWater West in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Franceen is also a 30-year aquatics industry veteran, starting with her first job as a pool technician and lifeguard to working as an executive for Great Wolf Resorts, Six Flags, and Golfland Entertainment Centers where she has focused on building leadership teams, developing operating protocols, consulting on the design of new water parks and resorts, and directing risk management programs. She currently oversees a sales team covering North and South America and the Caribbean. As a Spanish-speaker, Franceen spends time in Latin America developing emerging markets to have an affinity for world-class attractions. Franceen has held leadership roles in industry groups such as IAAPA, WWA, ASTM International, NSPF, and AIMS. She has been recognized with multiple industry awards for her volunteer work; especially her work in amusement industry safety and aquatic risk management.

Grant Poje is the Executive Vice President focused on the European, Russian and African markets. He has been heading WhiteWater’s European Headquarters in Barcelona for over five years. Prior to that, he headed the Asian market for WhiteWater’s business development activities.

Before joining WhiteWater, Grant was involved in the biotechnology sector, heading both domestic and international sales activities for one of Canada’s largest and most successful privately held biotechnology firms. Grant holds an MBA from Queen’s University and a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia. Grant and his young family enjoy being Barcelona locals, although he misses participating in Vancouver’s winter sports.

Mike started his career at WhiteWater managing the Park Attractions Division in the European office before relocating to the UAE to strengthen our fourth regional office in his capacity as Executive Vice President, Middle East and India. In his role at WhiteWater, he continues to work with several of the world’s leading parks, such as Atlantis and Yas Waterworld while also focusing heavily on greenfield development projects, including Dubai Parks and Resorts, Shanku’s Waterpark in India, and Laguna Waterpark in Dubai. Having now lived in the Middle East for several years, travelling extensively across the region, Mike has focused heavily on understanding the varying cultures and how these need to be considered when designing and building new destinations.  A fun fact while Mike lived in Barcelona he used one of his four languages to be a soccer commentator on Spanish TV sharing his enthusiasm for this the world’s most popular sport.