Selecting Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the year

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year award was established by executive search firm Caldwell Partners International Inc. in 1990. This highly respected award honours an executive in Canadian business who exemplifies integrity, insists upon excellence, earns the trust of others and has built a globally competitive organization. It is the preeminent recognition for Canadian CEOs. Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year advisory board comprises more than 20 of the country’s most respected business leaders and academics, including past honourees of the award. The board meets annually to select the current year’s recipient based on five key criteria: vision and leadership, corporate performance, global competitiveness, innovation and social responsibility.

The 2019 advisory board members are: Jim Balsillie; Marie-P. Charette-Poulin, corporate director; Dean Connor, CEO and president, Sun Life Financial Inc.; George Cope, CEO and president, BCE Inc. and Bell Canada; Patrick Daniel, former CEO and president (retired), Enbridge Inc.; Paul Godfrey , executive chairman, Postmedia Network Inc.; Linda Hasenfratz, CEO, Linamar Corp.; Krystyna Hoeg, corporate director; Dezsö Horváth, dean & Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management, Schulich School of Business, York University; Harold (Hal) Kvisle, former CEO and president (retired), TransCanada Corp.; Jim Leech, chancellor, Queen’s University; Hugh MacKinnon, chairman and CEO, Bennett Jones LLP; Nadir Mohamed, chair, Alignvest Management Corp., former CEO and president, Rogers Communications Inc.; Gordon Nixon; Philip Orsino; Michael Roach, corporate director; Calin Rovinescu, CEO and president, Air Canada; Indira Samarasekera, president emerita, University of Alberta; Guylaine Saucier, corporate director; John Sheridan, corporate director; Ed Sonshine, CEO, RioCan REIT; Frank Vettese, corporate director and CEO emeritus, Deloitte; and Don Walker, CEO, Magna International Inc.