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Articles By Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette
Play it well, play it strong
She was 38 and a mother of three young children when she decided to pursue a Ph.D. Many of her future colleagues called Martha Crago crazy for trying to launch an academic career “so late.” But boldness, strategic thinking and a keen sense for survival built her career. After holding senior administrative positions at McGill University and the University of …Continue Reading
Bagging groceries, sweeping gutters
At age 26, Robert MacLeod changed jobs, packed up his belongings and said good-bye to his life in New Brunswick. His mission: criss-cross Canada as leader in sales for McCain Foods. For a small-town boy with powerful family connections to New Brunswick, the experience was challenging but deeply formative — his first entry point into the rich, multi-cultural world of …Continue Reading
Leader of the iPod nation
He’s up at 5:30 a.m. each day for a morning jog, his workouts fuelled by Radiohead, or some other of the estimated 15,000 songs on his iPod. He powers through up to 40 novels a year – and three times as many new rock records. He and his wife, the Governor General Award-winning academic Dr. Christl Verduyn, have four grown …Continue Reading
High jumper
Nancy Tower saw from an early age what it looks like to jump in with both feet. Her father grew the family’s Bathurst, N.B.-based firm Tower Jewellers from a single store to 16 locations. Spending her summer holidays working in the business, and chewing through HR and marketing talk at the dinner table, ultimately helped drive her to a career …Continue Reading
Don Clow
CEO, business owner, Vanier Cup winner, 1983 draft pick for the Ottawa Rough Riders. From the outset, P.E.I. native Don Clow has been what’s known in athletic circles as “coachable.” Which is perhaps why the 49-year-old chartered accountant and CEO of Crombie REIT — Atlantic Canada’s largest property owner — has been mentored by, and worked side-by-side with, some of …Continue Reading
Leader’s Insight: In conversation with…Peter Conlon
President & CEO, Nautel Ltd. Halifax.
Leader’s Insight
Before he became Credit Union Atlantic’s President & CEO in 2005, Jamie Baillie was an accountant, a corporate headhunter and the chief of staff in Premier John Hamm’s office. Now, Baillie’s career path is taking another interesting turn as he makes a bid for the leadership of Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative party. I’ve been a believer in the political system …Continue Reading
In Conversation With…
STEPHEN LUND, President & CEO Nova Scotia Business Inc. (Halifax) One of seven children, Stephen Lund left the Maritimes after graduating from university to seek his fortune. He made his name in the financial sector, first in commercial banking, and later as vice president of Canada’s largest national venture capital firm. Now, as president and CEO of Nova Scotia Business Inc., …Continue Reading
Leaders Insight: In Conversation with…Henry Denmore
Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette talks to top executives in Leader’s Insight
Leader’s Insight
Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette talks to Source Security’s Ron Lovett.
