Experience

Accelerator

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & President

  • Jan 2001 - Present

  Rod is frequently retained by senior executives as a trusted advisor, a role that combines strategic business advice and executive coaching. Rod is especially focused on the importance of developing people as a means to achieving high performance and corporate profitability. He is known for his unwavering ability to focus on and to execute defined strategic objectives. His leadership style creates trusting, respectful relationships with peers and subordinates. Rod has spent most of his career working in or with professional service organizations. He brings that experience to a number of sectors where skilled professionals have to lead their organizations. Rod appreciates the unique professionals who self-select into these firms. He has a deep practical understanding of organizational dynamics, the organizational practices that create aligned organizations and the individual behaviour of professionals. His understanding of how organizations can be structured and operated for growth stems from three areas of experience; as a businessman, as a CEO and as a corporate lawyer. Integrating these three areas Rod is focused on execution and knows how to link strategy, operations and people to get results. He has a proven track record of taking organizations through significant periods of transition. He is recognized and admired for his persistence and his impeccable business ethics. He is able to make the tough decisions that are required during times of change while maintaining a high level of trust among the stakeholders. Show less



Board Experience

• 1987-present

• Director

  • Jan 1987 - Present

  Board Experience > Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, 2016-2021, Chair of the Board > Innovacorp, seed capital VC, crown corporation, 2014-2020, Chair of the Board > Nova Scotia Superannuation Pension Plan, special purpose corporation, 2012-13, First Chair of NSSPP $4.0 Billion Pension Plan > Waterfront Development Corporation, crown corporation, 2010-2014, Chair of the Governance & HR Committee; member of Executive Committee > Coemergence Inc., private, venture funded IT company, 2005-2008, Chair > Bridgeway Academy, school for students with learning disabilities, Director/Chair, 2007-2011 > Canadian IT Law Association: o One of the founding Directors, 1997 – 2001 o National President and Director, 2001 – 2003 > Symphony Nova Scotia, Director, member of Corporate Governance Committee, 2000 – 2002 > NovaKnowledge, Director and Vice-Chair, 1994-1999 > Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Director and Regional VP, 1987-1991 Show less