PEOPLE

Speakers

Each session has participation from invited speakers that have significant business experience. Speakers provide their insights related to successful entrepreneurial leadership and propelling a company to new heights.

After the first year together, groups commit to continue to meet quarterly, so the Wallace McCain Institute (WMI) and alumni programs utilize 120 speakers per year.  Speakers are scored and rated each year so assure that the messages stay fresh.   Speakers are kept are kept in the WMI database so all groups have access to the shared resource.

Current Speakers

Pierre Battah

HR Management Consulting

Battah Assoc


Moncton, New Brunswick

Paul Leblanc

CEO

7th Wave Capital

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Francis McGuire

President

ACOA

Fredericton, New Brunswick

David Ganong

Executive Vice Chairman

Ganong Bros. Ltd.

St. Stephen, New Brunswick

 

Stephen Heckbert

Professor and Coordinator, Public Relations Program

Algonquin College

Ottawa, Ontario

Andrew MacGillivray

Personal

Saint John, New Brunswick

Lloyd Compton

Partner

MRSB Group / Confederation M&A

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Norman Purdy

Managing Director

PCX Advisors Ltd.

Rothesay, New Brunswick

Jeff Holland

Hatch

Mississauga, Ontario

Kim Burkholder

Moderator

HRX Factor

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Michael Denham

President & CEO

BDC

Montreal, Quebec

Wendy Vrooman

Sandler Training

Tanya Chapman

Principal

The Chapman Group

Saint John, New Brunswick

Krista Han

Managing Partner

Grant Thornton LLP

New Brunswick

Alexander Manu

Senior Partner, Chief Imaginator

Equilibrant

Toronto, Ontario

Alan Murray

VP of Products

Seddi Canada

Boston, Massachusetts

Derek Oland

Executive Chairman

Moosehead Breweries Limited

Saint John, New Brunswick

Gaëtan Thomas

CEO

NB Power

Fredericton, New Brunswick