In Review: Marketing Workshop with Terry O’Reilly – February 2024
In Review: Marketing Workshop with Terry O’Reilly February 29, 2024 at Glenerin Inn, Mississauga Two different, yet connected, perspectives were shared on the future of marketing for Canadian businesses with more than 30 senior leaders and CEOs connected to Ontario Global 100. When planning and preparing for export, should you learn to sail in your own […]
In Review – Titanium Economy – Dec 2022
In Review: OG100 Town Hall: Titanium Economy Event In December, we hosted a virtual town hall with the astute and articulate Asutosh Padhi, author of The Titanium Economy and North America Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company. Asutosh shared many words of wisdom, including three best practices he has noted amongst successful companies, leading to […]
Semi Annual Conference – Oct 2022
Our 2022 semi-annual conference was held in Vaughan with a theme of preparing business leaders for the uncertainty and volatility of today’s markets. We featured trusted thought leaders, policy makers, and leading Canadian CEOs, who have the experience of finding wisdom among chaos. We would love to share more. For a complete summary of this […]
The Executive Summary: Cybersecurity and Fraud
PERSPECTIVES ON CREATING AN ADAPTIVE CYBERSECURITY AND FRAUD PROGRAM November 4th, 2022 Back in October, we hosted a virtual discussion that covered all things cybersecurity with a blue-ribbon panel: Ali Varshovi, Sophia Leung, Jeff Foley, and Dennis Parker. We discussed the importance of being vigilant with people, technologies, and processes, and to ensure a proactive […]
The Executive Summary – EllisDon & NBC in conversation – Sept 2022
THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Featuring: Geoff Smith & Michael Denham Earlier this month, we hosted an armchair discussion between Geoff Smith (President & CEO of EllisDon) and Michael Denham (Vice-Chairman, Commercial Banking and Financial Markets, National Bank of Canada). Within this discussion, we covered a wide range of important topics including approaches to growth, supply chain […]
In Review: OG100 Field Trip: Windsor
On June 9, the OG100 membership gathered in Windsor for an exceptional day hosted by two of our “West-Side” CEOs – Mike Pilato, CEO, Jamieson Wellness Inc., and Michael Beneteau, CEO, CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd. Each host spent a generous and incomparable hour with our group, offering inside-baseball accounts of their industries. After our discussions, we toured the Jamieson soft gels plant and the CenterLine campus.
RECAP: OG100 CEO Summit 2022: Unlock New Horizons
There is certainly a magnetic energy in the air when a group of unbounded business leaders have the chance to connect face-to-face. This amazing weekend had many highlights, including: Salim Ismail, OpenExO | Singularity University, pushed members to reconsider conventional beliefs and impressed upon us the real-world examples that have results from dismantling our collective […]
In Review: Innovation & Opportunity in Canada
[ux_image id=”3406″] The Honourable Navdeep Bains is the Vice-Chair of Global Investment Banking for CIBC, responsible for strengthening all Capital Markets and Commercial Banking with a particular focus on Innovation, Sustainability, and Industrial sectors. He was one of the longest serving federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, where he introduced the most comprehensive […]
In Review: The Canada-China Relationship
[ux_image id=”3363″] In February 2022, Dominic Barton, Canada’s Former Ambassador to China, joined OG100 for an exclusive hour to discuss the evolving Canada-China relationship. China, whether you want to participate there or not, is a market you should understand because of its undeniable significance. China’s contribution to global GDP has climbed from 1.7% in 1990 […]
CEO Dialogue, Mairead Lavery – February 2022
[ux_image id=”3331″] Export Development Canada (EDC) is dedicated to helping Canadian companies of all sizes succeed on the world stage, providing the necessary tools – trade knowledge, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections – for business growth. Mairead Lavery, CEO of EDC, is a passionate promoter of Canada’s exporters and determined to see EDC help […]