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