| Widely experienced senior executive with CEO-level responsibility
in successful businesses, government administration and not-for-profit
sector. Has led companies in electrical manufacturing, industrial products
distribution, shipbuilding, petrochemicals, technology transfer and management
training. Also served as Deputy Minister in education and industry/commerce
(Government of Quebec). Strengths in leadership, corporate governance,
strategic positioning and mentoring.
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
As part owner and CEO, expanded sales and profits of an industrial equipment
manufacturer and distributor in a highly competitive market.
Responsible for $2-billion expansion of provincial government educational
facilities.
Responsible for all government-sponsored SME development programs.
Achieved settlement of complex $100-million contract dispute involving
foreign clients and substantial public funding.
Started up and led a successful petrochemical manufacturing company involving
two private and one public sector companies.
Appointed/elected chairman/president of various national, regional and
local professional, business and community organizations.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
E.W. Playford Co. Ltd. (manufacturer/distributor
of industrial products) - President
Government of Quebec - Associate Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Education; Assistant Deputy Minister and Deputy Minister,
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Marine Industries Ltd. (shipbuilding, railcars,
hydroelectric generators) - Chairman and CEO
Pétromont inc. (petrochemical producer)
- President
Corporate-Higher Education Forum (composed of
CEOs and university presidents across Canada) - President
International Aviation Management Training Institute
- Chairman and CEO
Director and chairman in a wide variety of board governance roles during
forty years.
QUALIFICATIONS
McGill University, Montreal - Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
Centre d'études industrielles, Geneva, Switzerland (now IMD, Lausanne)
- Diploma in International Business Administration
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