ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERS - Key Persons
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- Independent Real Estate Agent, Century21 Creekside Realty
- Real Estate Agent, Thiessen Real Estate Ventures
Bernie previously worked with Radio Shack for almost 20 years. He was a District Manager for Atlantic Canada and then later for Southern Alberta. He then became involved in real estate. He has been an agent with Homelife since 1989 and has a parallel developed a property portfolio through Thiessen Real Estate Ventures. He has been Chair of the Chilliwack Commercial Realtors Association. He has served as Chairman of the Greendale First Mennonite Church and also on the board of Camp Squeah.
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- Managing Partner & Founder, Avisar Chartered Professional Accountants
Passionate about pursuing his life's calling and promoting entrepreneurial leadership, Bernie has completed The Master's Program (TMP), an exceptional three-year program for Christian business and ministry leaders to discover their unique Kingdom calling to maximize their Kingdom significance. He resonates with ELO's vision to connect, equip and celebrate Christian leaders and maintains the conviction that Christians are called to the marketplace. He knows that entrepreneurial and innovative people can have an exponential impact if their passion and energies are harnessed for Kingdom-building purposes.
Bernie is Managing Partner and a founder of Avisar Chartered Professional Accountants, an accounting firm in Langley with over 20 years of public practice experience. Avisar's progressive approach to business advisory and accounting services comes from working side-by-side with clients, understanding their needs, and designing customized solutions to achieve their success. Avisar's mission is to help entrepreneurs and business leaders thrive by brining solutions to their challenges.
Bernie joined the board of Langley Christian School in 2017 and is honored to serve as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee. He and his wife Sharon are raising their three children in Langley, BC where they attend SouthRidge Fellowship Baptist Church. They serve together in various ministries at SouthRidge and Bernie serves on the church's Board and is the Chair of the Finance Committee. Outside of his career and volunteer activities, Bernie enjoys spending time with family water-skiing at Hatzic Lake in the summer and snow-skiing at Whistler Blackcomb in the winter.
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- President & CEO, Logos Bible Software
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- Founder & CEO, the Master 's Program
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- Founder & CEO, YouVersion Bible App
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- Co - Founder & Chairman, Pela
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- President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation / Washington, D.C., USA
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- Global Ambassador, World Evangelical Alliance
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- CEO, the Stattonrock Group
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- President Emeritus, Arrow Leadership
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- Chairman, Houweling 's Group
Charles Loewen, Chairman, Loewen Windows has long been associated with Loewen Windows (www.loewen.com), the Steinbach, MB company founded by his forefathers in 1905. He grew up in the business and ran the company as CEO for a number of years, with the company having 1,600 employees throughout North America at its peak. Then came the housing crisis in the US and the company contracted significantly. Charles was able to lead the sale of the family business to a Danish-based international conglomerate. The Loewen Family involvement in the business that bore their name ended-or so it seemed. Then, in an interesting twist to the tale, Charles was approached by the purchasers to buy the family business back. In 2013 he reacquired the business along with investors. His efforts have led to a successful turn-around and a rejuvenated spirit at Loewen Windows.
Charles has leveraged his business successes to have an impact in his community. He is an honoured member of the Manitoba Manufacturers Hall of Fame. He currently acts as the Co-Chair of Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council and Steering Committee. He is the Canadian Vice-Chair of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Charles' previous engagements have included President of Steinbach Credit Union, Chair of the Mennonite Economic De velopment Association and Chair of the Business Council of Manitoba.
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- CEO, Trafigura Asia Pacific / Singapore
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- Director, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute / Singapore
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- Senior Vice President & COO, Purolator Operations
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- Co - Founder & Co - CEO, Safe Software
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- Founder & CEO, Tower Capital PE / Singapore
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- Pastor, First Baptist Church
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- Founder
- Executive Chairman, TECSYS
Dave Brereton is the founder and current Executive Chairman of the Board of TECSYS Inc. Under his vision and leadership, TECSYS has grown from a start-up company to a leading international provider of software solutions to multinational corporations (www.tecsys.com). TECSYS presently generates revenue of $100 million/year and has about 500 employees. Mr. Brereton served as TECSYS' CEO and/or Co-CEO until 2006. Prior to it going public, The Financial Post and Arthur Andersen & Company chose TECSYS as one of Canada's 50 Best-Managed Private Companies. In 1996, Mr. Brereton was named one of the country's Top 40 Executives Under 40, by The Financial Post, The Caldwell Partners, CTV Television Network, and Canadian Airlines. In 2000, he was a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young and BMO Nesbitt Burns. Mr. Brereton is an early investor in numerous technology start-ups including Silanis Inc., Inventure LLC., AlayaCare, and Social.mom. From 2006 - 2017, Mr. Brereton was the National Director of Youth for Christ Canada (www.yfccanada.org), the largest youth-focused Christian organization in Canada, and is the founder of a fully accredited high school for marginalized youth in Montreal, Quebec. In 2018, Dave took on the role of International Director over Youth for Christ International www.yfci.org. Youth for Christ has approximately 60,000 staff and volunteers in over 100 nations reaching young people for Christ globally. Dave and his wife Katy live in Montreal, Quebec. They have nine grown children and many grandchildren who are the joy of their lives.
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- Co - Founder & Board Advisor, Strategic Alliances
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- Senior Pastor, Coastal Church
Dave is the founding Senior Pastor along with his wife, Cheryl, of Coastal Church in downtown Vancouver. Dave and Cheryl met attending bible college and they spent their early years pursuing further education, careers and raising a young family. Even though they were active in their local church and community outreaches, full-time ministry wasn't considered until they experienced the infilling of the Holy Spirit, followed by several divine moments where God confirmed His calling. Following much prayer, Dave left a successful career in the oil industry, and eventually, in an act of obedience, pioneered a new church plant in the core of downtown Vancouver, Canada in 1994 with their young family. This call as a couple has enabled them to share the duties as Senior Pastors in this thriving city church and it's campuses as well as contributing on other nonprofit organization boards. David completed his Doctorate in Ministry from Bakke Graduate University in 2010. They are proud parents of 4 grown children, 3 in-laws and 2 beautiful grandsons.
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- Owner, Rice Development Corp
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- Director, Buller School of Business, Providence University
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- President, Strategic Advisory Service
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- CEO, Prairie Coast Equipment
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- Founder & CEO, Corporate Class Inc
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- Co - Founder & President, Banyan Air Service
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- Executive Chairman & CEO, Bison Transport
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- Chairman, Stillwater Capital Corporation
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- Chairman, Tung Lok Group / Singapore
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- Managing Director, Leap International / Singapore
Dr. Clive Lim, serves on the board of TeleChoice International Ltd, a mobile telecom services and equipment provider listed in the Singapore Stock Exchange. He was the founder and first CEO of TeleChoice. He is also the founder and current director of Leap International, an investment holding company. Prior to being an entrepreneur, he worked as a senior manager in Fuji Xerox, then Motorola Electronic. Dr. Lim holds a Master of Business Admin from the Asian Institute of Management, a Master of Christian Studies (Marketplace Theology) from Regent College (Canada) and D. Min (Leadership and Business Ethics) Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (U.S.A.). Dr. Lim served on the board of The Biblical Graduate School of Theology (BGST). He is married with three grown children.
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- Vice President
- President, Redeemer University College
Dr. David Zietsma is Vice President, External Relations and Enrolment at Redeemer University College. Redeemer is a Christian undergraduate university offering programs leading to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education degrees. From its Hamilton, Ontario campus, the university has prepared graduating classes for more than 30 years. As head of the External Relations and Enrolment division, David leads the university's efforts in marketing and communications, strategic relations, enrollment management, financial aid and institutional advancement. He has previously served as Dean of Humanities and Associate Provost (Curriculum) and was responsible for leading core curriculum renewal and new program initiatives. David began his time at Redeemer as a faculty member in the History Department. He still finds time for the classroom where, as Associate Professor of History, he teaches courses in American history and culture. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Akron and an MA in History from the University of Waterloo. David lives in Hamilton with his wife Anna and their four children. He enjoys spending time with family, reading, and recreational hockey.
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- Research Fellow in Governance and Global Ethics, Regent 's Park College, University of Oxford / Oxford, UK
Isabella is an international lawyer and policy advisor, with transatlantic experience as corporate counsel, trade and investment director, and endowed professor of business ethics. Based at the University of Oxford, she is Research Fellow in Governance and Global Ethics at Regent's Park College, Associate Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture, and Trustee of the Oxford Peace Research Trust. She is also a member of the British Academy's Corporate Advisory Group for the Future of the Corporation. Isabella is the Distinguished Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Washington Institute for Business, Government & Society, and a Fellow of the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism. Her academic background includes a BS in Foreign Service, MA in International Relations, JD cum laude, MPhil in Theology, and PhD in human rights law.
Isabella serves on the International Advisory Council of Oxford Analytica, a geopolitical analysis firm, and engages with various consulting projects and client programs. The firm is now part of FiscalNote, a leading global policy and market intelligence company headquartered in Washington, DC. She is also a Senior Advisor to the Oxford Analytica Foundation.
Throughout her career, Isabella has held leadership roles within the global legal profession. These have included: Council Member, ABA International Law Section; Chair, ABA Center for Human Rights Advisory Council; International Co-Chair, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation; Founding Executive Council, Society of International Economic Law; Steering Group on Business and the Rule of Law, UN Global Compact; Board of Directors, Internet Bar Organization. In 2018, Isabella was appointed to the ABA United Nations Representatives and Observers Committee. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, which works around the world to support justice, good governance, and accountability. Isabella has an abiding interest in how the private sector can advance a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable global economy.
Isabella is an international lawyer and policy advisor, with transatlantic experience as corporate counsel, trade and investment director, and endowed professor of business ethics. Based at the University of Oxford, she is Research Fellow in Governance and Global Ethics at Regent's Park College, Associate Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture, and Trustee of the Oxford Peace Research Trust. She is also a member of the British Academy's Corporate Advisory Group for the Future of the Corporation. Isabella is the Distinguished Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Washington Institute for Business, Government & Society, and a Fellow of the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism. Her academic background includes a BS in Foreign Service, MA in International Relations, JD cum laude, MPhil in Theology, and PhD in human rights law. Read More
Dr. Justyn Terry is the Academic Dean at Wycliffe Hall, a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford. Wycliffe is a community that is committed to the historical Christian faith, while also being a constituent part of one of the world's leading universities. This unique combination gives Wycliffe a unique calling to be advocates of the Christian faith within contemporary University-level debates and to equip the Christian leaders of the future.
Justyn's most recent book is The Five Phases of Leadership: An Overview for Christian Leaders. He previously served as Dean/President of Trinity School for Ministry, Pittsburgh, USA, where we was also Professor of Systematic Theology. Before moving to the United States, Justyn was Curate of St John's Hyde Park, and Vicar of St Helen's, North Kensington, after a few years as a Physics teacher and then International Marketing Manager in the Electronics Industry.
His academic interests are in the areas of the doctrine of atonement and of Anglican theology, especially as it applies to ministerial practice. Justyn is married to Cathy, and they have two daughters. For relaxation, he plays jazz trumpet and trombone.
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- Fellow
- Associate Fellow of the Oxford Character Project
Katy is an associate fellow of the Oxford Character Project, a Teaching Fellow at Oxford University's Department of Education, and a Research Associate at the Oxford University Wellbeing Research Centre. Katy is the co-author (with Emmie Bidston) of ‘Leader: Know, love and inspire your people', which was runner up and highly commended in the Business Book Awards ‘leadership book of the future' and longlisted for CMI Management Book of the Year. She is the co-founder of Global Social Leaders, a movement of young people in 105 countries who design and lead social action projects that make a meaningful change in their communities. Katy is a Senior Fellow of The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University's Community of Practice and founder/co-chair of the Leadership for Flourishing Group. Katy is a Deputy Head and holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford which focused on leadership and flourishing.
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- Representative
- Founder and Principal Researcher of the Institute for Ethics
Manuel is the founder and principal researcher of the Institute for Ethics in Communication and Organizations (IECO), and the Director of the IECO-UV Chair Chair of Business Ethics. During eight years Manuel has been the General Secretary of the Spanish branch of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN).
Manuel teaches Fundamentals of Management, Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics, and specializes in the area of leadership and trust in organizations. He holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Valencia (1998) and a degree in Business Administration from the same university. He did his PhD as a visiting student of the IESE Business School Doctoral Program on the field of Business Ethics and Strategic Management.
Manuel is the founder and principal researcher of the Institute for Ethics in Communication and Organizations (IECO), and the Director of the IECO-UV Chair Chair of Business Ethics. During eight years Manuel has been the General Secretary of the Spanish branch of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN). Read More
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- Principal of Wycliffe Hall
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- Business Development, Nicola Wealth
- Chairman, ELO Network
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- President & Founder, ELO Group
Dr. Richard (Rick) J. Goossen is a meaning-driven entrepreneurial leader who serves an extensive network of entrepreneurs and family/business owners built over decades of client contributions, collaboration, research, public speaking, and volunteering, impacting approximately 100,000 leaders annually.
Rick is Chairman of the ELO Group, which has grown since 2005 to provide comprehensive resources for meaning-driven entrepreneurial leaders: family business / strategic planning consulting; Forums (i.e., conferences), peer advisory group network & a week-long leadership program at the University of Oxford.
Rick is a sought-after strategic counsel and chair/advisory board member working with a range of clients in terms of size (from small specialized consultancies to billion dollar enterprises) and industry (manufacturing, retail, hi tech, etc.).
Over the course of his career, he has served, and continues to do so, on countless boards of business and non-profit organizations due to his unique combination of legal training, business experience and consulting practice.
He works at Nicola Wealth, the fastest-growing independent wealth management firm in Canada, where he focuses on business development and advising on family business dynamics. He acts as a relationship manager serving business owners / entrepreneurs and their families.
Rick has extensive experience doing business in Asia and previously worked in Hong Kong for five years for the leading law firm and a City of London-based merchant bank.
He is a professional public speaker. He has spoken at industry conferences and universities around the world. In addition, he is highly experienced in MC'ing events and conducting Q & A sessions. One of his books is titled, Public Speaking Laws of Success.
Rick is a professor. He has taught entrepreneurship, strategic management and business law as an adjunct professor (BBA and MBA programs) and guest lecturer at universities around the world.
He has edited five books and authored seven books on the topics of entrepreneurship, leadership and meaning/calling. Two of the books he authored are available in six translations. He has also written over 1,000 blog posts and articles. Much of his writing is on work and meaning.
In terms of credentials, Rick earned a Ph.D. from Middlesex University, London, UK; a Masters of Law (LL.M.) from Columbia University, New York City; a Juris Doctor (JD) from McGill University, Montreal; and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (Hons.) (First Class) from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Rick was admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Province of British Columbia, Canada and voluntarily withdrew his membership to focus entirely on business pursuits.
Rick has been a Visiting Scholar at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford and St. Stephen's House, University of Oxford. He has worked with prominent University of Oxford professors and business leaders since 2018 to deliver the ELO Oxford Leadership Program.
Rick has been recognized for his expertise and contributions in various ways. He was awarded the "Alumnus of the Year" by Columbia Bible College. He was offered the "Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal" in recognition of community contributions across Canada. He has also been recognized at various conferences in Canada for his contribution to the business community.
Dr. Richard (Rick) J. Goossen, President & Founder, ELO Group - Rick's focus is to provide overall leadership and direction to ELO Group, which includes three related entities. First, there is ELO Counsel (www.ELOCounsel.com), an advisory firm which focuses on transition, governance and strategy solutions for family business owners and entrepreneurs. Second, there is ELO Network (www.ELONetwork.org) whose purpose is to connect, equip and celebrate marketplace and entrepreneurial leaders. Lastly, there is the Entrepreneurial Leaders Institute, established in collaboration with Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford (www.ELOOxford.com), which delivers world-class leadership training.
Rick has extensive experience working with family business owners and entrepreneurs to provide transition / succession planning, governance and advisory board leadership and strategic planning. Rick has extensive experience doing business in Asia. He previously worked in Hong Kong for five years, with the largest law firm (Johnson, Stokes & Master) and a leading merchant bank (Hambro Pacific). He co-founded a property investment firm in Hong Kong that generated up to $30 million in revenue per year.
Rick is a professional public speaker who has had countless local and international speaking engagements in Europe, North America and Asia to leading universities, chambers of commerce, business groups and non-profit organizations. He has been MC, interviewer, keynote speaker and workshop leader. He has taught entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, strategic management, business law, international business and ethics as an adjunct professor (BBA and MBA programs) and guest lecturer at universities around the world.
Rick has edited five books and authored six books related to entrepreneurship. Two of the books he authored are available in six translations, including Entrepreneurial Leadership: Finding Your Calling, Making A Difference (IVP, 2013) and Entrepreneurial Who's Who (Career Press, 2016). He has also published over 300 articles and blog posts.
In terms of credentials, Rick earned a Ph.D. from Middlesex University, London, UK; a Masters of Law (LL.M.) from Columbia University, New York City; a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from McGill University, Montreal; and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (Hons.) (First Class) from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. With respect to professional credentials, Rick was admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of the Province of British Columbia, Canada and voluntarily withdrew his membership to focus entirely on business pursuits.
Richard Blackaby is the president of Blackaby Ministries International and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard travels internationally speaking on spiritual leadership in the home, church, and marketplace as well as on spiritual awakening, experiencing God, and the Christian life. Richard regularly ministers to Christian CEOs, church, and family leaders.
Richard served as a senior pastor at Friendship Baptist Church in Winnipeg, and then as the president of the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Cochrane, Alberta Canada for 13 years. He continues to serve as the seminary's Chancellor.
Richard has written or co-authored thirty-five books, including: The Seasons of God: How the Shifting Patterns of Your Life Reveal His Purposes for You; The Inspired Leader: 101 Biblical Reflections for Becoming a Person of Influence; Unlimiting God: Increasing Your Capacity to Experience the Divine; Putting a Face on Grace: Living a Life Worth Passing On; Experiencing God at Home, Rebellious Parenting, Living Out of the Overflow: Serving Out of Your Intimacy with God, Spiritual Leadership Coaching: Connecting People with God's Heart and Purposes, and Developing a Powerful Praying Church.
He has also co-authored many books with his father, Henry, including: Experiencing God: Revised Edition; Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda; Experiencing God: Day by Day; Hearing God's Voice; Called to Be God's Leader: Lessons from the Life of Joshua; Being Still With God: A 365 Daily Devotional; Fresh Encounter: God's Pattern for Spiritual Awakening; God in the Marketplace: 45 Questions Fortune 500 Executives Ask about Faith, Life, and Business and Flickering Lamps: Christ and His Church.
Richard grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has been married to Lisa for 35 years and has three kids. Richard earned a B.A. in history from the University of Saskatchewan. He has an M.Div and Ph.D. in church history from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.
Dr. Richard (Rick) J. Goossen serves an extensive network of high net worth entrepreneurs and family/business owners built over decades of client contributions, collaboration, research, lecturing, and volunteering. Rick is a sought-after strategic counsel and chair/advisory board member. He works at Nicola Wealth, the fastest-growing independent wealth management firm in Canada, where he focuses on business development and being a liaison between his network and the extensive resources of Nicola Wealth. Read More>>
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- Senior Research Fellow, Regent 's Park College, University of Oxford / Oxford, UK
Dr. Ellis was formerly Principal of Regent's Park College, a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford, from 2007 - 2021. Alongside other responsibilities he taught practical theology, mission, and doctrine. He continues as a Senior Research Fellow at Regent's Park. Rob has been involved in leadership in various church, college and denominational contexts. He has published work on a range of theological subjects including practical theology, prayer, spirituality, and theology and film. His research for the last ten years has been in the field of theology and sport and his 2014 publication The Games People Play: Theology, Religion and Sport has been described as the "must read" book on the subject. Read More
Dr. Ellis was formerly Principal of Regent's Park College, a Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford, from 2007 - 2021. Alongside other responsibilities he taught practical theology, mission, and doctrine. He continues as a Senior Research Fellow at Regent's Park. Rob has been involved in leadership in various church, college and denominational contexts. He has published work on a range of theological subjects including practical theology, prayer, spirituality, and theology and film. His research for the last ten years has been in the field of theology and sport and his 2014 publication The Games People Play: Theology, Religion and Sport has been described as the "must read" book on the subject. From 2015 he was a member of the Advisory Group for the Vatican's ongoing project, Sport at the Service of Humanity. He was born and grew up in Cardiff. He studied theology in Oxford and the US and served as a minister to Baptist churches in Milton Keynes and Bristol. In Bristol Rob was very involved in local broadcasting - chairing the BBC's regional advisory panel for religious broadcasting, and being a regular contributor to religious programmes. He served on several denominational bodies over many years and was a member of the Baptist Union's Steering Group for six years through a period of significant change. Rob was Tutor in Christian Doctrine at Bristol Baptist College before moving back to Regent's Park College as the Director of Ministry Training & Formation in 2001. Rob is married to Sue, a retired primary school teacher, and they have four adult children. Rob enjoys movies, music, reading and rugby, as well as a range of other sports - generally these days as a spectator! He continues to serve local churches in various ways.
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- Professor, Leder School of Business
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- Executive Vice Chairperson, Association of Family Offices in Asia / Hong Kong
- Vice - Chair, Advisory Board, Hong Kong SAR & China
Eric has 26 years of experience in advising and supporting family offices all over the world on building a legacy for their families. He specializes in private equity, hedge funds and co-investment deals. In the last family office (AFO) annual conference, he hosted and exchanged ideas about the ‘'Bay-to-Bay'' (San Francisco Bay / Silicon Valley and the Greater Bay of China) tech ecosystems with world-leading family offices on the stage at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Hall which drew wonderful reviews and feedback from attendees who flew to Hong Kong to attend this from all over the world.
He has been the Vice-Chair of the ELO advisory board in HK and China, a Strategic Advisor of the United Nations (UN), a board advisor of Forbes (FSA), and a board advisor to the University of British Columbia (UBC)'s VSE CC. Eric graduated from the UBC, lived and worked in Vancouver, New York, and Hong Kong. He has been a bridge for the East and West with deep experience of advising entrepreneurs and investors globally being deeply entrenched in the tech ecosystem and family office circle for more than a quarter of the century!
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- Co - Founder & CEO, Phantom Screens
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- Co - Founder, Two Small Fish Ventures
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- Senior Counsel, George Street Law
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- Executive Vice President, Corporate Class Inc
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- Founder & President, Gil Scott Sports Management
Gil Scott founded Gil Scott Sports Management (GSSM) in 1979 and currently represents a wide range of clients: more than 65 active NFL & CFL football players; NHL, NCAA, CFL & CIS coaches and management; and sports media personalities. GSSM has negotiated over five hundred professional sports contracts including contracts for first-round selections in both the NFL and CFL, GMs and coaches in the NHL, and the richest contract for a kicker in the history of the NFL. Gil is a graduate of Michigan State University (B.A. '73) and has a wealth of entrepreneurial knowledge and experience in the business of sports. Gil was the first Canadian contract advisor to be certified by the NFLPA. Gil served as the Sports Consultant for the Royal Bank's Sports Professionals Program from 1997 through 2009. A man of strong faith, Gil is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EQUIP Canada, a non-profit organization specializing in the development of effective, international Christian leaders. On this project, Gil works side-by-side with EQUIP's founder John Maxwell, the renown author and speaker. Their organization has already trained over two million Christian leaders worldwide. Gil will speak about how he built his business, the role his faith has played and how he strives to make a difference every day. Gil's presentation will draw on anecdotes from having dealt with hundreds of top athletes, coaches and professional sports teams throughout North America.
H.J. (Hank) Vander Laan founded Trojan Technologies Inc.in 1976, acquiring the patent for a small ultraviolet device for private water supply applications. Building upon that concept he developed a company that is now a global leader in its field with revenues well in excess of $200 million per year.
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- Senior Pastor, Westwood Community Church
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- CEO of Oxygen Technical Services
Glen Buhler, CEO of Oxygen Technical Services & TEN Group of Companies. Glen has a passion for technology, people and cars - which is why his portfolio of businesses includes Oxygen Technical Services (a full-service Managed IT Services provider with offices in Winnipeg and Saskatoon), and the TEN Group of Companies and subsidiaries Today's Executive Network (Manitoba's largest private business networking group), Tradebank Winnipeg (an organized trade exchange), Exotic Driver's Club (Winnipeg's first and only fractional ownership exotic car club) - with a few strategic acquisitions and expansions in the works. In addition to his business interests, Glen is a father of 2 young girls, the Audit Chair of his church, and has served in the past on the board of New Directions and as a business mentor with Futurpreneur.
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- CEO, Cooke Aquaculture Inc
Godfrey Adderley is an ordained minister with The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada and has a heart for helping people grow and expanding God's Kingdom in a multicultural, urban context. He currently serves as Lead Pastor at the historic and vibrant Stone Church in Downtown, Toronto.
Deeply rooted in Toronto, Godfrey has received a variety of awards in recognition of his community contributions. Between 2000 - 2005, he was a staff member of the Family By Adoption agency. Godfrey now serves as a board member for this Toronto-based non-profit organization. He is presently the Presbyter of the Toronto South Section of the Eastern Ontario and Nunavut District (PAOC).
Godfrey holds a Bachelor of Theology Degree with a major in Missions & Cross-Cultural Studies from Master's College and Seminary. He has additional leadership certification from the University of Guelph. Godfrey believes that our communities are best served when Christian Marketplace and Church Leaders work together.
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- Lead Pastor, Stone Church
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- Chairman of the Board, All Weather Windows
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- Executive
- Principal & Co - Founder, Vertex Developments, Maven Consulting Ltd
- Principal, Vertex Developments
Graham Carter is an entrepreneurial executive specializing in construction, engineering, technology, and clean energy, distinguished as one of Business in Vancouver's Top 40 Under 40. He currently works as a principal at Vertex Developments and Maven Consulting, two companies he co-founded. At Vertex, Graham's project structuring skills and investment savvy enable the company to create imaginative multi-family homes for the red-hot Vancouver real estate market. Maven, his utility engineering and construction consultancy serving utility partners on large-scale infrastructural projects made #70 on Maclean's 2019 list (and others) due to its 5-year growth of 1,339%. Furthermore, Maven is just one of multiple companies Graham has envisioned, built, and operated with annual triple-digit growth rates. His winning entrepreneurial record also includes Acclaro Management Corporation and Axia Software Corporation, where he provided strategic leadership in the mid to late 2000s, leading to private equity buyouts in both cases. At carboNZero Holdings, where he was the CEO in 2011/12, he successfully corporatized a government-owned scientific organization, imbuing it with a sales and customer-focused culture. Starting out as an Auckland University of Technology graduate trained in Engineering, Electronics, Software and Business, Graham has repeatedly proven his talent for conceiving and leading companies that blend technology with profitability, science with service.
Graham grew up in a missionary family and continues to be involved in many faith-based initiatives. Along with his wife they attend Coastal Church and are involved with small group ministries and coaching.
Since moving to BC from New Zealand Graham has fully embraced the amazing outdoors in BC, you can often find him skiing, trail running or paddle boarding around the North Shore. Graham is a die-hard rugby fan and you can always find him cheering on the All Blacks!
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- Senior Counsel, Rajah & Tann LLP / Singapore
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- Group Head Strategy & Planning, DBS Bank / Singapore
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- Associate Vice President, External Relations, Redeemer University
Hank de Jong belongs to Jesus Christ. He is the husband to one wife, Michelle, and is the father of Elisa, Kara, James and Miriam. Hank and Michelle also currently serve as foster parents in Hamilton. Hank served in as the Executive Director of EduDeo Ministries for 12 years. He is now the Associate Vice President, External Relations at Redeemer University He loves to hear stories of kids coming to faith in Jesus through quality, Christ-centred education. He has his Master of Arts in Leadership through Trinity Western University. Along with spending time with his family, Hank loves to watch and play sports.
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- COO, Boge & Boge Engineers
- Operations Manager, Boge & Boge
Hans E. Boge, P. Eng., Operations Manager, Boge & Boge(1980) Ltd. Consulting Engineers and Diaser Management (2006) Ltd. a construction company. The business started in 1976 and has grown from structural consulting engineering services to include multi-disciplined design and build services to the industrial sector. The companies offer multi-disciplined engineering, construction services, construction management, project management, and procurement services to the industrial, institutional, commercial, agricultural, mining, and maintenance sectors. Hans has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Manitoba. He serves on the Camp Arnes Board and Donwood Manor Board. He is an active member in the North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren church where is serves in the summer VBS program and leads adult Sunday school classes.
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- CEO, Maple Reinders Group
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- Organization Effectiveness Consultant
Heather Claridge has over 20 years of experience aligning people, systems and strategy to deliver exceptional employee experiences to achieve business results. Over the course of her career, Heather has seen exponential growth in the organizations she has worked with through both organic growth and acquisition.
As a Human Resources Executive and Organization Effectiveness Consultant, Heather thrives on working at the intersection of people and performance, and has deep expertise related to growing and transforming organizations with a focus on small to medium size, entrepreneurial organizations. Much of her work focuses on the alignment of business strategy, culture and brand, change management and human resources strategy development to support business scalability and change. She also acts as a trusted advisor and coach to Nicola's leadership team members.
Heather holds an MA in Organization Design and Effectiveness and is a Certified Human Resources Practitioner (CHRP). When not working at Nicola Wealth, Heather mentors early stage HR professionals and works with post secondary students and new graduates to help them transition from campus to career.
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- Founder, Good Works Make a Difference
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- Founder, Herb & Erna Buller Foundation
Herb Buller - Herb grew up in Winnipeg and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and Certificate in Education at the University of Manitoba. He taught at River East Collegiate for two years before embarking full time in his business career. Herb and his partner expanded their business into a concrete manufacturer of sidewalk and patio blocks, precast residential stairs, and various architectural items. The business operated successfully under the name of Midland Concrete Products until the late 1980s when it was sold to Barkman Concrete Products. In 1971, together with six partners, Herb established Kitchen Craft in Canada, which grew into sales of over $100 million in 1999 when it was sold to investors. In 2004 with his four sons, Herb acquired Norcraft Companies with five manufacturing plants in the US and one in Winnipeg. The company employed more than 1,500 employees and 200 of those in Canada. In 2015, the Buller Family sold its interest in Norcraft to Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. of Chicago. The Herb and Erna Buller Foundation is active in charitable activities around the world with an emphasis in education, healthcare, orphanages and Christian camping.
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- Founder & CEO, Ariya Capital Group / London, UK
The Honorable Gregory Winston Slayton is a former US Chief of Mission (aka US Ambassador), successful Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist, best-selling author and high tech CEO and adjunct professor at top universities in the US and China.
Over the past five years, he has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor, Adjunct Professor and/or Lecturing Professor at Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Beida (Peking University), UIBE (Beijing) and Szechuan University (Chengdu). He primarily teaches at the graduate business school level and specializes in Entrepreneurial Management, Becoming a Global Manager, Leadership and Management, and Management of High Growth Companies.
Mr. Slayton's love for China stems from the fact that he was abandoned by his father - and quasi-adopted by a Chinese/American family. He and his Chinese brother first visited China in 1983 - and he now devotes 10% of his time to teaching at prestigious universities in China.
Before becoming the United States' Chief of Mission to Bermuda, Mr. Slayton was the Managing Director of Slayton Capital, a private venture capital firm with offices in Northern Virginia and Silicon Valley which he restarted upon his return from Bermuda (www.SlaytonCapital.com ). Mr. Slayton served on the Board of Advisors of Google, Salesforce.com and Oakley Networks. Prior to forming Slayton Capital, Mr. Slayton turned around, as CEO, of a number high tech companies including Paragraph International and MySoftware. Mr. Slayton also served in senior executive roles in a number of Fortune 200 companies, including Paramount Studios - and with McKinsey and Company in Europe, South America and North America.
Harvard Business School has written a number of case studies on Mr. Slayton's work in Silicon Valley. Po Bronson, in his best-selling "Nudist on the Night Shift" devoted a chapter to Mr. Slayton's business style which "takes gung-ho to a whole new level." The Wall Street Journal entitled a feature article on Mr. Slayton's management successes "Silicon Valley Hybrid: A Boss Who Makes Others' Ideas Pay Off." And Time magazine put Mr. Slayton on the cover of its "GetRich.com: Inside the Secrets of the New Silicon Valley" issue. Mr. Slayton is also a best-selling author. (please see www.FourCenturiesOfFriendship.org and www.BeABetterDadToday.com).
For most of his twenties, Mr. Slayton lived and worked throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America managing micro-credit, clean water generation and economic development programs for the poor. As a Fulbright Scholar he completed a Masters in Asian Studies with honors. His published Masters thesis focused on structural causes of - and solutions to - poverty in Asia. Today he remains active in international economic development via the Slayton Family Foundation. He speaks four languages in addition to English.
Mr. Slayton graduated magna cum laude with a degree in international economics from Dartmouth College in 1981. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Asia in 1982 and completed his Masters in Asian Studies, with honors, in 1984. His Master's Thesis: "Causes and Solutions to Poverty in East Asia" was published and quoted widely. In 1990 he graduated from Harvard Business School, where he received an MBA with honors.
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- Vice Chairman, Law Committee, China Chamber of International Commerce
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- President and Founder, New Creation Consulting
Ian Daniel, President and Founder, New Creation Consulting, and NCOL Ministries - Trained originally in electrical engineering, Ian formed New Creation Consulting (www.NCOL.com) in 1996, beginning with management consulting. Today, NCOL Internet develops world-class Internet solutions for medium and large enterprises throughout North America. Ian is also President of NCOL Ministries (www.NCOLMinistries.ca) - a Christian non-profit, dedicated to bringing business-class expertise to the non-profit sector. In just five years, NCOL Ministries has been recognized by senior denominational groups as Canada's leader in the field of "IT ministry," growing to serve over ninety churches, church camps and related Christian enterprises. Ian's entrepreneurial journey is included in Goossen, Ed., Entrepreneurial Leaders: Reflections on Faith at Work (Vol. 5).
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- Managing Partner, Alescent
- Practice Leader and Senior Economist, Alescent
Jame Healy, Managing Partner, Alescent (www.alescent.com) - Trained originally in finance and economics, Jame has spent over 20 years delivering financial performance improvements to large multinational firms through service rationalization and integration solutions. He and the team at Alescent deliver integrated planning, execution, and optimization solutions, tools, and methodologies that dramatically improve the bottom line.
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- Owner & CEO, Fraserway RV
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- Founder & CEO, Absolute Results
- Founder and President of the Absolute Results Group of Companies
- President & Founder, Absolute Results
Jeff Williams is the founder and president of the Absolute Results Group of Companies, a global automotive sales training and marketing organization.
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- Group CEO, NETS / Singapore
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- Group CIO, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation / Singapore
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- Global Director, SMC Lead & Scale Growth, Microsoft Tech for Social Impact, Microsoft Philanthropies
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- President, Bowyer Research
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- Leadership Author & Speaker
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- Founder & CEO, FutureSight
John Carbrey as a passionate entrepreneur, John has extensive experience in building the B2B software companies Intrafinity, CivicLive, Talentova, and SharpSchool. John has been honoured with numerous entrepreneurial awards including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, National Research Council's National Innovation Leader Award and BDC's Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
John spent his summers during high school teaching himself how to program and then develop Web applications. "I was really passionate, diving into anything I could get my hands on." At 16, he built his first website, winning a prestigious MIT-affiliated award that recognized him as a top young web architect. In 2002, after winning a large contract with a leading Fortune 500 company, John dropped out of the University of Toronto in his second year and launched Intrafinity.
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- President, Edmonton - Based Supreme Group
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- Oxford Professor
- Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Oxford
- Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University
John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University (emeritus), is an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy, and religion. He regularly teaches at many academic institutions, is Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum and has written a series of books exploring the relationship between science and Christianity.
John Lennox is an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy, and religion. He regularly teaches at many academic institutions, is Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum and has written a series of books exploring the relationship between science and Christianity.
He studied at the Royal School Armagh, Northern Ireland and was Exhibitioner and Senior Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University from which he took his MA, MMath and PhD. He worked for many years in the Mathematics Institute at the University of Wales in Cardiff which awarded him a DSc for his research. He also holds an MA and DPhil from Oxford University (by incorporation) and an MA in Bioethics from the University of Surrey. He was a Senior Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow at the Universities of Würzburg and Freiburg in Germany.
He has lectured extensively in North America, Eastern and Western Europe and Australasia on mathematics, the philosophy of science and the intellectual defence of Christianity. He has written a number of books on the interface between science, philosophy and theology. These include God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (2009), God and Stephen Hawking, a response to The Grand Design (2011), Gunning for God, on the new atheism (2011), and Seven Days that Divide the World, on the first chapters of Genesis (2011). He has also written a number of books exploring biblical themes, including Against the Flow (2015), on the topic of Daniel, Determined to Believe? (2017), on the subject of free will and God's sovereignty, Joseph (2019), on the story in Genesis, and the ‘Key Bible Concepts' series, co-written with David Gooding (in the 1990s). His most recent titles are Have no Fear (2018), on evangelism today, Can Science Explain Everything? (2019), on the relationship between science and Christianity, and the six-part ‘Quest for Reality and Significance' series co-written by David Gooding (2018-9). In addition to over seventy published mathematical papers, he is the co-author of two research level texts in algebra in the Oxford Mathematical Monographs series. Furthermore, an autobiographical documentary of his life entitled, Against the Tide, released in November 2020.
He debated Richard Dawkins on "The God Delusion" in the University of Alabama (2007) and on "Has Science buried God?" in the Oxford Museum of Natural History (2008). He has also debated Christopher Hitchens on the New Atheism (Edinburgh Festival, 2008) and the question of "Is God Great?" (Samford University, 2010), as well as Peter Singer on the topic of "Is there a God?" (Melbourne, 2011). Furthermore, he has participated in public discussions on similar topics with many other academics on campuses around the world.
Additionally, John is an adjunct Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Leaders Programme, offered by the Entrepreneurial Leaders Institute in collaboration with Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford.
His hobbies are languages, amateur astronomy, amateur bird-watching and some walking. John is married to Sally, they have three grown up children and nine grandchildren and live near Oxford.
John Lennox is an Oxford professor and Christian apologist who has engaged around the world with the leading atheists of our day. He has taken a stand for his faith in a very public fashion, straddling the worlds of high-level mathematics and science with that of apologetics and Christian theology.
John Lennox (www.johnlennox.org) is an Oxford professor and Christian apologist who has engaged around the world with the leading atheists of our day. He has taken a stand for his faith in a very public fashion, straddling the worlds of high-level mathematics and science with that of apologetics and Christian theology.
John is in great demand worldwide as a keynote speaker. Some of his debates have been watched over 250,000 times on YouTube. His experience debating with atheists in the former Iron Curtain countries (he speaks fluent Russian and German) prepared him well for dealing with the "New Atheists."
John is experienced is working with leading business people from around the world to share his insights on how to function effectively in a secular-even highly anti-Christian-society. One of his books is on Daniel and titled, Against the Flow. Read more HERE.
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- Author & Serial Entrepreneur
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- Principal, Legacy Business Advisory Services
Justin is a Vancouver based entrepreneur currently serving as the Principal of Legacy Business Advisory Services. Legacy provides sell-side advisory services, support for acquisitions and strategic growth consulting for small-cap businesses based in Canada. Initially trained as a Chartered Professional Accountant, Justin has over 20 years of experience in executive-level finance and operational roles in the technology, aerospace, construction, finance and manufacturing sectors. Justin recently exited his primary business investment holding, a British Columbia based industrial maintenance and construction group serving the mining, pulp & paper and oil & gas sectors. He also sits as a Director for Royalty North Partners, a Vancouver-based company that provides royalty-based growth financing to private businesses. Prior to these roles, he was EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Cascade Aerospace based in Abbotsford, BC. He has decades of experience providing leadership to businesses at multiple stages including several start-ups and has been involved with over 20 sell and buy side transactions totalling over $500M. He has also had significant experience raising debt and equity capital for both private and public businesses. Justin is an active member of the British Columbia Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization and maintains his Chartered Professional Accountants designation. He is also committed to making a meaningful change in our local community and around the world and works actively with several not-for-profit organizations.
Justin is incredibly fortunate to be supported in his calling by his wife Marie. Together they are the proud parents of three children aged 23, 20 and 15.
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- Management Consultant
- Member of the Board
- Chairman, Advisory Board, China and Hong Kong SAR
- Chairman, ELO Advisory Board
- Management Consultant, YCP Booz Allen Hamilton McKinsey / Hong Kong
Justin Leung is an entrepreneurial leader, board member, management consultant and M&A specialist. He has over 20 years of experience in startups, top-tier consulting firms, financial institutions and multinational corporations. His dynamic and extensive experience has included corporate governance, corporate strategy, entrepreneurship and IPO's.
Currently, Justin is Advisory Panel Member of The Entrepreneurship Centre of Cyberport Hong Kong; Independent Non-Executive Director and Board Member at YCP Holdings Limited (a top-ten management consultancy and direct investment firm in Japan), Governance Director and Board Member at Umeox Innovations Limited (Investee of SourceNext which is Japan's largest software publisher listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange), and Principal Lecturer at Hong Kong University SPACE Institute for China Business.
In addition to his extensive entrepreneurial and marketplace experience, Justin is keen on social responsibility and has served in the following ways: as a pro-bono consultant for Habitat For Humanity; a selection committee member for the Avery Dennison Foundation Invent Scholarship; a panellist for GE Foundation TECH Award; an alumni Interviewer for Stanford University; and a mentor for the Imperial College Mentorship Programme.
He has also previously held senior positions at YCP Holdings Ltd, KPMG, Booz Allen Hamilton, McKinsey & Co, HP and Chase.com (Strategic investment arm of The Chase Manhattan Bank)
Justin's academic credentials include an MS in Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University; a BSc(Eng) in Computing Science at Imperial College London; Mini-MBA Program and Sloan Managing Technology Program at McKinsey & Co. as well as a Postgraduate Certificate of Theological Studies, Bethel Bible Seminary, Hong Kong.
Mr. Leung serves as the Chair, ELO Advisory Board, China and Hong Kong SAR and is Representative and Advisor of China and Hong Kong SAR for the Entrepreneurial Leaders Institute, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
Karl Moore, Ph.D., Course Lead, has been ranked among the top twenty management thinkers in the world. He is renowned for his engaging presentations. He brings together theory and practice: he is widely respected as for his academic research and writings and he is equally comfortable hobnobbing with CEOs and high profile entrepreneurs running billion-dollar companies. Karl is Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management & Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine McGill University. He is also an Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College, Oxford University.
He has taught extensively in leading executive education/MBA programs around the world including: Oxford, Cambridge, INSEAD, Cornell, Duke, LBS, Skolkovo (Moscow), RSM (Holland), Queens, McGill, IIM Bangalore (India), Renmin (Beijing), and Darden. An active consultant Dr. Moore has worked with Air Canada, British Airways, IATA, Lufthansa, Nokia, IBM, Volvo, HP, Motorola, Accenture, Morgan Stanley and other firms. Dr. Moore's publications include over two hundred articles, books, chapters in books, and papers. His research has been published in a number of leading journals.
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- President & CEO, CRG International
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- Social Entrepreneurship Program Director, Columbia Bible College
Kurtis Kube, MBA, currently serves as the Social Entrepreneurship Program Director at Columbia Bible College. Responsible for the development and implementation of the program which launched in September of 2017, the S.E. Diploma seeks to develop entrepreneurs that measure success by the "triple-bottom-line:" 1. Positive Social Impact, 2. Creation Stewardship, and 3. Financial Sustainability. He also serves as the Director of Development and Columbia, overseeing all fundraising efforts in order to raise $1.5 million per year. Kurtis holds an MBA from Azusa Pacific University, as well as a BA in Biblical Studies from Columbia Bible College. He has served as a Pastor in full-time vocational ministry for over 8 years, has worked in finance and marketing, and has taught business for over 7 years (3 of which were in prison for the US Federal Bureau of Prisons). He is passionate about Kingdom living, and seeing people know Christ and make Him known in whichever capacity and context God has placed them in. Kurtis and his wife, Karen, have three children and live in Abbotsford.
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- Co - Founder & Former President, Decor Cabinets
- Co - Founder of Decor Cabinets
Larry Dyck is the co-founder of Decor Cabinets, a manufacturer of custom kitchen cabinets in Morden, Manitoba. Established in 1977 in the city of Portage la Prairie, it has become one of Manitoba's 50 fastest growing companies. Decor has grown from a three-man operation to currently having 500 employees. Decor was founded on family values and the belief that relationships with staff, community and suppliers is the key proponent to success. Larry worked with Décor until early 2019. Personally and professionally, Larry is dedicated to impacting the local and global community in supporting a variety of events and organizations. Larry has been the chairman of the board of World Serve Ministries for 8 years and continues to be a member on the board. The mission of World Serve is to support the persecuted church in various countries. This ministry has been instrumental in giving him the perspective that God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but rather to raise our standard of giving. He lives in Morden with his wife, Sylvia, and has three married children and six grandchildren.
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- CEO, Living Water Resort & Spa
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- President, the Power of Focus
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- Founder & Chairman, Philip Capital Group
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- Forrmer Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings / London, UK
Lord Stephen K. Green has been described by the Wall Street Journal as in "a universe of one"--he ran one of the world's top banks, he is an author and he is an ordained non-stipendary minister in the Church of England. This is a unique combination. Lord Green is former Group Chief Executive and Group Chairman of HSBC, Holdings plc. HSBC is one of the world's largest banks, with 250,000 employees and generating $80 billion in revenue.
He was created a Life Peer in 2010 and was appointed Minister of State for Trade and Investment on 11 January 2011. He retired from this position on 9 December 2013. Lord Green began his career in 1970 with the British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development. In 1977, he joined McKinsey & Co Inc, management consultants, with whom he undertook assignments in Europe, North America and the Middle East.
Stephen Green has written four books -- Serving God? Serving Mammon? [1996], Good Value, Choosing a Better Life in Business [2009], Reluctant Meister - How Germany's Past is Shaping its European Future [2014] and The European Identity - Historical and Cultural Realities We Cannot Deny [2015]. Stephen Green is married with two daughters. He was educated at Lancing College, Sussex, and at Oxford University where he graduated in 1969 with a BA (First Class Honours) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He also obtained a Masters Degree in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975.
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- Chief Sustainability Officer, Capitaland / Singapore
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- Television Producer & Chairman, MGM Worldwide / Malibu
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- Executive Chairman of the Board, Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club
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- Chairman of the Board, Hobby Lobby
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- President, Trojan Technologies
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- President & Co - Founder, Walden Media
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- CEO & Chairman, Mewah International Inc / Singapore
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- Principal, Legacy
- Principal, Legacy 127 / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Millie Chan, Principal, Legacy 127, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Millie founded Legacy 127 Consulting Inc. and consults with high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and business families, particularly those in Asia, in the area of global estate planning, involving inter-generational wealth transfer, asset protection, capital preservation, business governance and succession. In the terminology of holistic planning, wealth is defined to also include intangible "assets" such as the family identity, vision, values, and traditions. In addition to planning for protection and preservation of assets, Millie works with families to establish strategies and processes to promote family governance and maintain family unity, identity and integrity. For this purpose, Millie travels regularly to Asia and works in synergy with an extensive contact base of bankers and offshore service providers for trusts, foundations and corporations.
Millie began legal practice in Malaysia in 1981. During the first seven years of practice, her practice focus was in civil and commercial litigation. In the following 2 decades, her practice concentrated on corporate and securities law, corporate finance, and commercial matters. In 2010, Millie gained admission to the Law Society of British Columbia, Canada. She practiced in the Vancouver office of Borden Ladner Gervais, a leading, national, full-service Canadian law firm. In 2018, Millie applied to be a non-practicing lawyer in British Columbia to concentrate on consulting with business families and individuals in the area of holistic global estate planning. She remains the Senior Consultant of BLG. She has also been appointed the Consultant of Shearn Delamore & Co, one of the largest law firms in Malaysia.
Millie speaks regularly at private briefings and seminars, both abroad and locally, for bankers, prospective clients and other interested groups, on holistic global estate planning and business succession. She is also engaged to conduct training and master classes in this area. Millie is fluent in English, Mandarin and Malay and conversant in Cantonese and Hakka, as well as (minimally) Hokkien.
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- Founder & President, More Than Just Great Dancing
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- President, OCK Group / Singapore
Mr. Edward Ong, President, OCK Group, Singapore was the 2014 recipient of the Entrepreneurial Leaders Award. Mr. Ong is an accomplished builder and property developer. By the age of 40, Edward through his OCK group in Singapore had completed numerous highly acclaimed projects including The Singapore General Hospital, the Apollo and Adelphi Hotels, the Regency Park Condominium and civil engineering works in three Mass Rapid Transit ("MRT") Stations. The group operations also covered projects and assignments in Malaysia, Burma and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island - Saipan and Guam. One of his signature projects is the US$450 million Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, a world-class resort on 384 acres of prime seafront, reclaimed land. The Resort offers two 5-star hotel accommodations, the Pacific Sutera Hotel (500 rooms) and the Magellan Sutera Resort (456 rooms). This is complemented by a 27-hole Graham Marsh designed championship golf course with day and night golfing, 104-berth marina and extensive facilities at Sutera Harbour Marina, Golf & Country Club. Currently, Edward is developing a US$300 million integrated resort in Dili, Timor-Leste, complete with a 492-room hotel, golf course, hillside villas, a business park and condominiums. The resort is expected to employ at least 1,200 staff at completion. This will also be a project not so much for its financial achievement but more of giving back to the society, to provide training to the local community and with the skills learned, to give them a chance of a better life for them and their families.
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- Founder & Former CEO, Trojan Technologies Inc
- President at Trojan
Mr. Vander Laan received his education at The University of Western Ontario and was appointed to the University's Board of Governors from 2002 to 2010, and served as Vice-Chair. He served as chair of the board of The Stiller Centre of Technology Commercialization, served on the board of UWO Research Park and was the Founding Chair of London TechAlliance. Mr. Vander Laan served as a board member on the Ontario Government's Clean Water Legacy Trust as well as the Investment & Trade Advisory Council to the Provincial Ministry of Economic Development & Trade. He is presently a board member of the Ivey School of Business at UWO and on a number of public and private companies. In 2006 Mr. Vander Laan was inducted into the London Business Hall of Fame in recognition of his local, national and international contributions to the business as well as the broader community. In the past, he served on Christian School Boards, Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus, and his local church council.
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- Senior Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford / Oxford, UK
N.T. Wright is generally regarded as one of the world's leading biblical scholars. He joined Wycliffe Hall as a Senior Research Fellow.
N.T. Wright, who prepared for ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall, is a world authority on the apostle Paul. He is the author of over 80 academic and lay-level books such as Surprised by Hope, The Day The Revolution Began and Paul: A Biography. Wright is ordained in the Church of England.
N.T. Wright previously served as assistant professor of New Testament studies at McGill University, Montreal (1981-86) and served as Bishop of Durham between 2003 - 2010. From 2010 - 2019, N.T. Wright was Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. Read More
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- CEO, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corp / Singapore
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- Managing Partner, Aquilini Investment Group
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- Co - Founder & Senior Vice President, NBA 's Orlando Magic
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- Founding Partner, Openwell
- Founding Partner, Openwell / Oxford, UK
Patrick McDonald, Founding Partner, Openwell (www.openwell.co) - Patrick founded Openwell (previously named Oxford Catalyst Ventures) in 2012 to discover and deliver solutions to social and environmental problems. He has been instrumental in starting several commercial and charitable enterprises, and has been brokering commercial capital for impact investors, including a leading Venture Capital firm focused on Oxford University spin-outs. At the age of 17, Patrick started the global children's charity Viva, which today helps over a million children every year across 22 countries. Patrick holds an MBA from Oxford University's Saïd Business School, and has contributed extensively to publications and events, both social and commercial.
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- Assistant Secretary - General of NTUC / Singapore
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- Diamond Director
- President, Rivercity AV Production Services Ltd
Paul Dueck, Diamond Director - USANA Health Sciences & President - Rivercity AV Production Services Ltd. Paul is a serial Entrepreneur whose desire is to live for Christ in the marketplace. He started his first computer consulting company in 1992 which also focused on selling Bible software tools. In 1995 he began his career in direct selling with USANA Health Sciences. He has had the opportunity to speak to and train fellow entrepreneurs in the USA, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and Mexico with audiences ranging from 10 to 10,000. USANA is publicly traded company that markets wellness products in 27 countries with annual revenues over $1 Billion. Paul's father, David is a highly regarded documentary film producer and thus his other company, Rivercity AV Production Services came about quite naturally. Rivercity AV provides technical production for conferences and events in every corner of North America and also installs video projection systems for churches. Paul served for many years on the Board of Directors of Camp Arnes and Square One World Media (Family Life Network). He has also been a member of the Canadian Independent Distributor Council for USANA Health Sciences. He is honoured to be serving on the Board of Directors of Children's Hunger Fund Canada. He married out of his league and has three dynamic kids.
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- Instructor at ELO Oxford Leadership Program 2022
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- Founder & CEO, Paul Lafrance Design
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- Director, Strategic Career Initiative, Crowell School of Business, Biola University
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- Chief Economist, Econosphere Inc
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- Co - Founder, Gloria Jean 's Coffees
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- Chairman & CEO, Canada Wide Media Limited
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- Founder, Big Idea Productions President, Jellyfish Labs LLC
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- Chairman of Far East Organization
- Chairman, Far East Organization / Singapore
Philip Ng is Chairman of Far East Organization (FEO) in Singapore. FEO is the largest private property developer in Singapore. It has two listed subsidiaries, Far East Orchard Limited and Yeo Hiap Seng Limited. It also has a sister company, Sino Group, one of the largest property developers in Hong Kong. FEO has developed 750 properties in Singapore, including those in Orchard Road, Singapore's premier shopping and entertainment district. FEO produces one in every six houses sold to the public. It is the only developer in the world to win ten FIABCI Prix d'Excellence Awards, the highest honour in international real estate. FEO has a total of 13,000 employees in Singapore and worldwide.
Philip Ng, along with his brother Robert, according to Bloomberg, have an estimated net worth of US$9.8 billion. They ranked No. 131 in the Forbes list of richest on a worldwide scale. Philip Ng has publicly declared FEO to be a "Christian Enterprise." He is making a stand on values-and is committed to living them out. His approach is a challenge to Christians and non-Christians alike throughout the world. Click HERE to read the blog post titled, "Philip Ng, Chairman, Far East Organization: A Billionaire Family's Christian Enterprise."
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- Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
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- Professor Emeritus, Marketplace Theology, Regent College
Paul Stevens is a leading practical theologian and educator in the evangelical world with respect to empowering Christians to pursue their calling in the marketplace. He has long been associated with Regent College (www.regent-college.edu) and has lectured throughout the world. His mission is to empower ordinary people to integrate their faith and life from Monday to Sunday. He is the author of Doing God's Business: Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace. Some of Paul's other publications include: Work Matters: A Biblical Perspective on Labour (forthcoming, available in PDF format) The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work and Ministry in Biblical Perspective (Eerdmans, translated into Korean); The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity (with Robert Banks, IVP); and Liberating the Laity (IVP/Regent Publishing, , Translated into Korean, Portuguese, and Chinese).
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- CEO, Global Excel Management
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- President of Blackaby Ministries International
Richard Blackaby is the president of Blackaby Ministries International and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard travels internationally speaking on spiritual leadership in the home, church, and marketplace as well as on spiritual awakening, experiencing God, and the Christian life. Richard regularly ministers to Christian CEOs, church, and family leaders.
Richard served as a senior pastor at Friendship Baptist Church in Winnipeg, and then as the president of the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Cochrane, Alberta Canada for 13 years. He continues to serve as the seminary's Chancellor.
Richard has written or co-authored thirty-five books, including: The Seasons of God: How the Shifting Patterns of Your Life Reveal His Purposes for You; The Inspired Leader: 101 Biblical Reflections for Becoming a Person of Influence; Unlimiting God: Increasing Your Capacity to Experience the Divine; Putting a Face on Grace: Living a Life Worth Passing On; Experiencing God at Home, Rebellious Parenting, Living Out of the Overflow: Serving Out of Your Intimacy with God, Spiritual Leadership Coaching: Connecting People with God's Heart and Purposes, and Developing a Powerful Praying Church.
He has also co-authored many books with his father, Henry, including: Experiencing God: Revised Edition; Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda; Experiencing God: Day by Day; Hearing God's Voice; Called to Be God's Leader: Lessons from the Life of Joshua; Being Still With God: A 365 Daily Devotional; Fresh Encounter: God's Pattern for Spiritual Awakening; God in the Marketplace: 45 Questions Fortune 500 Executives Ask about Faith, Life, and Business and Flickering Lamps: Christ and His Church.
Richard grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has been married to Lisa for 35 years and has three kids. Richard earned a B.A. in history from the University of Saskatchewan. He has an M.Div and Ph.D. in church history from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.
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- President, Clarity Business Strategies
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- Director of the Centre for Enterprise
- Director, Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics / Oxford, UK
Dr. Turnbull is the director of the Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics, based in Oxford, which advocates for a market economy built upon the values of the Judeo-Christian tradition. He holds a degree in Economics and Accounting and spent over eight years as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young. Richard also holds a first-class honours degree and PhD in Theology from the University of Durham. Richard is an ordained minister of the Church of England and served in the pastoral ministry for over 10 years.
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- Co - Founder & Chairman, Martinrea Inc
- Executive Chairman and Co - Founder of Martinrea International Inc.
Rob Wildeboer is the Executive Chairman and co-founder of Martinrea International Inc., a global auto parts supplier, specializing in automotive fluid systems and metal forming products. Martinrea has over 15,000 employees at 38 divisions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Europe and China and generates almost $4 billion in revenue.
Previously, Mr. Wildeboer was a partner of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP, a law firm that practises corporate, securities and tax law that he co-founded in 1993, and he remains Counsel to the firm. Prior to that, he was a lawyer with Stikeman, Elliott; an associate professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he taught corporate law and corporate finance; and a regulator with the Ontario Securities Commission. Mr. Wildeboer is Vice-Chairman of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA); a director of the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council (CAPC); a member of the Ontario Manufacturing Council; a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Minister of Finance of Canada; and Chair of the CEO Manufacturing Advisory Council.
He has been a director or adviser of numerous charitable organizations. He is Chair of Cardus, a faith-based think tank. He was Chair of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute for eight years and is now on their Advisory Board. He has been on the Ontario Advisory Board for Entrepreneurial Leaders Organization for several years now.
In 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contributions to Canada.
Mr. Wildeboer holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Guelph, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, an MBA from York University, and an LLM from Harvard University.
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- President & CEO, the Sneath Group
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- Actress & Co - Producer, the Bible Series, the History Channel / Malibu
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- Wealth Advisor, Nicola Wealth
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- Founder, Sam Chand Leadership Institute
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- Dean of Faculty & Professor of Christian Ethics, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
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- Founder, the Burger 's Priest
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- Founder and Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners
Simon Pillar is a Founder and Managing Director of Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) (www.pep.com.au), the largest local private equity firm in Australia and New Zealand. Simon is now based in the UK, but spent much of his career in Australia. Funds managed by PEP have made more than 26 operating company investments, and more than 90 bolt-on acquisitions. PEP V closed in September 2015 at the hard cap of A$2.1 billion. The firm has approximately A$3.5 billion in assets under management. It is the largest private equity fund manager in Australasia as measured by FUA. The background of the PEP principals in strategy and implementation combines with the industry knowledge and operational experience of portfolio management teams to deliver full potential at individual operating companies. Success is based on a partnership model comprising agreed objectives, share economics and mutual trust. The PEP Funds target investments in a wide range of industries including: industrial services, energy, consumer products, entertainment and 'big data'/financial services. A number of these businesses already have operations in Asia, and others are in the process of developing operations in the region. PEP is frequently recognised by the industry as a leader and has received many awards including Firm of the Year, Best LBO Deal of the Year and Private Equity Firm of the Year, and has been included in the list of Top 20 Consistent Performers Globally by Preqin. All mature PEP funds are currently in the top quartile. PEP is cited as a top performer in terms of performance consistency by the most recent Preqin Private Equity Report (www.preqin.com).
Prior to founding PEP, Simon was a Partner with Bain & Company and worked as a strategy consultant in the US, Singapore and Sydney. He started his working life as an engineer with The Royal Dutch/Shell Group in The Netherlands. Simon received a BSc (Eng) in Civil Engineering from the University of Bristol, and an MBA from the Wharton School where he was a Thouron Scholar.
Until relocating to England in 2013, Simon was the chairman of Gospel Patrons Society in Australia. GPS was established in 2000 to encourage business people to think strategically about supporting gospel ministry with their time and talents as well as financially. Simon was also a collaborator in the book Gospel Patrons - People Who Generosity Changed The World, and with the ministry that has emerged from that www.gospelpatrons.org.
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- Director, Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford / Oxford, UK
- Is Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group
Sir Andrew is Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford and an honorary consultant paediatrician at Oxford Children's Hospital and Fellow of St Cross College. He received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2021 for services to Public Health, especially in the pandemic.
His research includes the design, development and clinical evaluation of vaccines in UK, Asia, Africa and Latin America, including those for COVID-19, typhoid, meningococcus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, pneumococcus, plague, pertussis, influenza, rabies, coronavirus and Ebola, and leads studies using a human challenge model of paratyphoid and typhoid. He was the chief investigator for the clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in 2020, which led to authorisation of the vaccine for use in more than 175 countries with over 2.5 billion doses distributed by the end of 2021. He has supervised 37 PhD students and his publications includes over 500 manuscripts and books on various topics in paediatrics and infectious diseases. His seminal work on typhoid supported the WHO prequalification of a new typhoid conjugate vaccine and WHO recommendations for its use in countries with a high burden of disease. Read More
Sir Andrew is Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford and an honorary consultant paediatrician at Oxford Children's Hospital and Fellow of St Cross College. He received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2021 for services to Public Health, especially in the pandemic.
His research includes the design, development and clinical evaluation of vaccines in UK, Asia, Africa and Latin America, including those for COVID-19, typhoid, meningococcus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, pneumococcus, plague, pertussis, influenza, rabies, coronavirus and Ebola, and leads studies using a human challenge model of paratyphoid and typhoid. He was the chief investigator for the clinical trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in 2020, which led to authorisation of the vaccine for use in more than 175 countries with over 2.5 billion doses distributed by the end of 2021. He has supervised 37 PhD students and his publications includes over 500 manuscripts and books on various topics in paediatrics and infectious diseases. His seminal work on typhoid supported the WHO prequalification of a new typhoid conjugate vaccine and WHO recommendations for its use in countries with a high burden of disease. He chairs the UK Department of Health and Social Care's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (since 2013), and was a member of WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts 2016-2022. He chaired the Scientific Advisory Group on Vaccines at the European Medicines Agency from 2012-2020. He chaired the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) meningitis guidelines development group (2006-2010), the NICE topic expert group developing quality standards for management of meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia (2011-2013). He has been a member of the British Commission on Human Medicines' Clinical Trials, Biologicals and Vaccines expert advisory group since 2013. He was Vice-Master of St Cross College, Oxford, 2017-2021. He was an NIHR senior investigator (2018-2021). He received the "Science Honor and Truth Award" of the Instituto de Patologia en la Altura in La Paz, Bolivia in 2002. He received the Bill Marshall Award of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Disease (ESPID) in 2013, the ESPID Distinguished Award for Education and Communication in 2015 and the Rosén von Rosenstein medal in 2019 awarded by the Swedish Paediatric Society and the Swedish Society of Medicine. He received the Oxford University Vice Chancellor's Innovation Award in 2020 for his work on typhoid vaccines. He was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2016 and was awarded honorary membership of the British Society for Immunology in 2021 and Associate membership of the National School of Healthcare Science (2022). He received the James Spence Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in June 2022. He previously chaired the scientific panel of the Spencer Dayman Meningitis Laboratories Charitable Trust (2002-2006) and was a member of the scientific committee of the Meningitis Research Foundation (2009-2014) and is currently chair of trustees of the Knoop Trust, and a trustee of the Jenner Vaccine Foundation and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust. He made the first British ascent of Jaonli (6632m) in 1988 and Chamlang in 1991 (7309m) and was the Deputy leader of the successful 1994 British Medical Everest Expedition.
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- President & CEO, Birchwood Automotive Group
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- Founder & President, Millwood Inc
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- Co - Founder, Darvonda Nurseries
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- Founder, the Duncan Group
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- Ministries Coordinator, Hobby Lobby
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- Lead Pastor, the Well Church
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- CEO, Comfort Delgro Taxi / Singapore
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- Founder & CEO, Woods Coffee
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- Principal
- Principal, Marwest Construction
William Martens - Principal, Marwest Group of Companies. William was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) from the University of Manitoba in 1999. He currently serves as a Principal for the Marwest Group of Companies (www.marwest.ca). Marwest is a fully integrated real estate company specializing in real estate development, construction and property management of commercial and multi-residential assets.
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- Chairman, Fairwyn Investment Company
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- President, the Octalysis Group