Laurier Outstanding Business Leader Award
2012 Laurier Outstanding Business Leader Award - Nominate someone today!
The Laurier Outstanding Business Leader Award has been presented annually since 1987 by the School of Business & Economics. Recipients are chosen for their outstanding leadership and management qualities. Award winners are Canadian business leaders who exemplify the qualities and characteristics of leadership and management excellence that the Laurier School of Business & Economics seeks to develop in its students.
Click here to make a nomination. Nominations close on November 23, 2012.
For more information contact Megan Harris - 519-884-0710 x2948 or mharris@wlu.ca
Previous Recipients
2010, Mac Voisin, Founder and Chairman of the Board
M&M Meat Shops
2009, Peter Gilgan, President and CEO
Mattamy Homes
2008, Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO
Research In Motion Limited
2007, Linda Hasenfratz, Chief Executive Officer
Linamar Corporation
2006, Annette Verschuren, Division President
Home Depot Canada
2005, Christine Magee, President & Co-founder
Sleep Country Canada
2004, Claude Lamoureux, President & CEO
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
2003, David A. Brown, QC, Chairman
Ontario Securities Commission
2002, Clive J. Beddoe, Chairman, President & CEO
WestJet Airlines Ltd.
2000-2001, Eric P. Newell, Chairman & CEO
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
1999, Firoz Rasul, Chairman & CEO
Ballard Power Systems Inc.
1998, Kacee Vasudeva, Chairman & CEO
Maxtech Manufacturing Inc., Waterloo
1997, Steven K. Hudson, President & CEO
Newcourt Credit Group, Toronto
1996, Joan Fisk, President
Tiger Brand Knitting Company, Cambridge
1995, Klaus Woerner, President and CEO
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc., Cambridge
1994, Larry Zepf, President
Zepf Technologies, Waterloo
1993, Val O’Donovan, Chairman & CEO
COM DEV Limited, Cambridge
1992, James Beingessner, President
B & W Heat Treating Limited, Kitchener
1991, Eileen Mercier, Senior Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer
Abitibi-Price Inc., Toronto
1990, David M. Gee, President
Havlik Technologies Inc., Cambridge
1989, Betty Sims, President
Chicopee Manufacturing Ltd., Kitchener
1988, Patrick J. Forde, Chairman & CEO
Finline Communications Inc., Waterloo
1987, Hugh Sloan, Vice-President of Automotive
Woodbridge Holdings Inc., Troy Michigan
Linamar Corporation
