The Program
In 1990, The Caldwell Partners founded Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year™ award program. Its purpose is to identify and provide recognition for outstanding leadership and achievement by a Canadian Chief Executive Officer.
Ross A. Grieve, Canada's Outstanding CEO of the YearTM 2009
Ross Grieve
Ross A. Grieve, president and chief executive officer of PCL Constructors Inc., is responsible for all operations within the PCL family of companies.
PCL is the largest general contracting organization in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The organization’s average annual billings exceed $6.0 billion, and projects span the commercial, institutional, industrial, civil, and multi-family residential market sectors of the construction industry. PCL is 100% employee owned.
In total, the organization has offices in 29 locations across Canada, the continental United States, Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Caribbean. Corporate headquarters are in Edmonton, and a head office in Denver supports the American operations.
Ross joined Poole Construction Limited (the predecessor to PCL) in June 1969 in his hometown of Winnipeg, after completing a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Manitoba. Since that time, he has worked in positions of increasing responsibility throughout the PCL companies.
At a community level, Ross is a member of the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta and Northwest Territories, Board of Governors of The Miller Thomson Foundation, Board of Directors of Melcor Developments Ltd., Advisor Board Member for KingSett Capital Fund, and is a member of both the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the World Presidents Organization. He is a past board member of the Banff Centre, the University of Alberta, the University of Alberta Hospital Foundation, and the Bone and Joint Health Institute of Alberta and the World Presidents’ Organization.
It can go on the History and Awards Recipient page, at the end of his bio: To read the article in Financial Post Magazine on Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year for 2009, Ross Grieve click here
Previous Recipients
| 2008 |
Harold (Hal) Kvisle President and Chief Executive Officer
TransCanada Corporation
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| 2007 |
Gordon M. Nixon President and Chief Executive Officer
RBC Financial Group
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| 2006 |
Mike Lazaridis
President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
RIM
Jim Balsillie Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
RIM
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| 2005 |
Gwyn Morgan President and Chief Executive Officer
EnCana Corporation
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| 2004 |
Jacques Lamarre President and Chief Executive Officer
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
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| 2003 |
Philip S. Orsino President and Chief Executive Officer
Masonite International Corporation
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| 2002 |
Dominic D'Alessandro President and Chief Executive Officer
Manulife Financial Corporation
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| 2001 |
Richard J. Currie President
George Weston Limited
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| 2000 |
John A. Roth President and Chief Executive Officer
Nortel Networks Corporation
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| 1999 |
Richard L. George President and Chief Executive Officer Suncor Energy Inc. |
| 1998 |
Paul Tellier President and Chief Executive Officer Canadian National Railway |
| 1997 |
Jean C. Monty President and Chief Executive Officer BCE Inc. |
| 1996 |
Ronald D. Southern Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ATCO Ltd. |
| 1995 |
Matthew W. Barrett Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bank of Montreal |
| 1994 |
Guy Saint-Pierre President and Chief Executive Officer SNC*Lavalin Group Inc. |
| 1993 |
J. Edward (Ted) Newall Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman NOVA Corporation |
| 1992 |
Isadore Sharp Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Four Seasons-Regent Hotels and Resorts |
| 1991 |
Laurent Beaudoin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bombardier Inc. |
| 1990 |
H. Harrison McCain Chairman McCain Foods Limited |
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