Former president and CEO of the Great-West Life Assurance Company and chancellor emeritus of Brandon University, he is one of Manitoba’s most highly-respected business and community leaders. A founding member of the Manitoba Business Council and former chair of the Conference Board of Canada, he continues to serve as a director on numerous boards including Great-West Lifeco Inc. (Canada and U.S.). Deeply committed to higher education, he has served on a provincial commission on post-secondary education and is a past-chair of the University of Manitoba’s Development Council. A strong supporter of the arts through his philanthropy and service, he is a former director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and served as a governor of the Banff Centre for the Arts. In 2002, he was appointed a member of the Order of Canada.
