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 Year^TM – 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
2007	Gordon M. Nixon President and Chief Executive Officer RBC Financial Group
2006	Mike Lazaridis President and Co-Chief Executive Officer RIM Jim Balsillie Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer RIM
2005	Gwyn Morgan President and Chief Executive Officer EnCana Corporation
2004	Jacques Lamarre President and Chief Executive Officer SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
2003	Philip S. Orsino President and Chief Executive Officer Masonite International Corporation
2002	Dominic D'Alessandro President and Chief Executive Officer Manulife Financial Corporation
2001	Richard J. Currie President George Weston Limited
2000	John A. Roth President and Chief Executive Officer Nortel Networks Corporation
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