Selecting Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year

Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year Award was founded in 1990. This year marks the 27th edition of this distinguished award. Presented by Bennett Jones, along with founding sponsor Caldwell Partners, and media sponsors National Post and Business News Network, the award celebrates a Canadian business chief executive who exemplifies leadership, excellence and integrity and who has built a globally com- petitive organization. Canada’s CEO of the Year independent advisory board comprises more than 20 of the country’s most respected business leaders and academics, including past honorees 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 2016 advisory board members are: Jim Balsillie; Peter Bentley, chairman emeritus and director, Canfor Corp.; Alain Bouchard, founder and executive chairman, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.; Marie-P. Charette-Poulin, corporate director; George Cope, CEO and president, BCE Inc.; Patrick Daniel, former CEO and president (retired), Enbridge Inc.; J. Trevor Eyton, company director; Paul Godfrey, CEO and president, Postmedia Network Inc.; Ross Grieve, chairman, PCL Construction Holdings Ltd.; Krystyna Hoeg, corporate director; Dezsö Horváth, dean, Schulich School of Business, York University; Harold (Hal) Kvisle, former CEO and president, TransCanada Corp. (retired); Jacques Lamarre; Jim Leech, chancellor, Queen’s University; Hugh MacKinnon, chairman and CEO, Bennett Jones; Gordon Nixon; Philip Orsino; Jane Peverett, corporate director; Indira Samarasekera, president emerita, University of Alberta; Guylaine Saucier, corporate director; John Sheridan, corporate director; Edward Sonshine, CEO, RioCan REIT; Paul Tellier, corporate director; Don Walker, CEO, Magna International Inc.