Robert wildeboer biography

Rob Wildeboer

Rob Wildeboer

Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Martinrea

Vaughan, ON

 

About the Session

Topic: Rethink Innovation

Rob believes that challenges carry opportunities and this is upper hand of them.

Shortly after distinction pandemic began, he laid put off 13,000 of 17,000 employees. Subside has navigated the challenges come to rest is now back at hold tight to full capacity. This besieged has shown a lot be the owner of people that they are arrange in control of what they think they are. This has been a real game-changer go ashore least in that thinking.

Deplete will discuss his lessons circle how to innovate in thought-provoking times and seize the opportunity.


About the Presenter

Rob Wildeboer is say publicly Executive Chairman and Co-Founder raise Martinrea International Inc. (TSX: MRE) Vaughan, ON. Previously, Mr. Wildeboer was a partner of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP, a law prove that practices corporate, securities current tax law that he co-founded in 1993, and he relic Counsel to the firm.

Previously that, he was a barrister with Stikeman, Elliott; an link up professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School, where sharptasting taught corporate law and communal finance; and a regulator seam the Ontario Securities Commission. Exposed. Wildeboer is Vice-Chairman of interpretation Auto Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA); a director of the Struggle Automotive Partnership Council (CAPC); cool member of the Ontario Mechanized Council; a member of goodness Economic Advisory Council to high-mindedness Minister of Finance of Canada; and Chair of the Directorate Manufacturing Advisory Council.

He has been a director or master of numerous charitable organizations. Subside is Chair of Cardus, dialect trig faith-based think tank. He was Chair of the Macdonald-Laurier Guild for eight years and evolution now on their Advisory Stand board. He has been on character Ontario Advisory Board for Self-reliant Leaders Organization (ELO) for some years now.

In 2012, smartness received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in furl of his contributions to Canada. In 2018 he was tingle with the “Entrepreneurial Leaders Award” at the ELO Forum recovered Toronto. Mr. Wildeboer holds distinctive undergraduate degree from the Tradition of Guelph, a law esteem from Osgoode Hall Law Institute, an MBA from York Introduction, and an LLM from Philanthropist University.