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Kayla Cotton and Becky Davison at the All Ships Rise Networking Trade Show on May 13 at Pier 21 . ALL SHIPS RISE IN THE TOP 50 Congratulations to Chamber Members who were recognized in this year’s Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEOs Cory Bell, President Lindsay Construction Chamber Member Since 1976 Don Bureaux, President and CEO Nova Scotia Community College Chamber Member Since 1996 A special opportunity All Ships Rise Networking Trade Show a success Dr. Richard Florizone, President & Vice Chancellor Dalhousie University Chamber Member Since 1969 Tom Hickey, CEO Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd. Chamber Member Since 2013 Roger Howard, Regional President RBC Atlantic Canada Chamber Member Since 1972 BECKY DAVISON, MARKETING MANAGER, HALIFAX CHAMBER OF COMMERCE On May 13, the Chamber staff travelled over to Pier 21 for the fourth annual All Ships Rise Networking Trade Show. The event broke Chamber records with well over 30 booth holders and 250 guests — it was a networking success. We will continue to grow this event, and bring like-minded Chamber members together in the quest to negotiate contracts and subcontracts for all of the major projects in Nova Scotia, and to promote growth in Halifax. Our booth holders ranged from Sandler Sales Training, to the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Education and Development, to the Black Business Initiative. On the other side of the coin, with All Ships Rise now being in its fourth year, we are moving ahead with our partners and trainers, providing free and affordable support to members. Your Halifax Chamber strives to promote the importance that every one of us contributes to growth and development of our city. In our business and in our community. We want our members to get involved with our All Ships Rise initiative to see where the Chamber can help. A number of our trainers were booth holders, or guests at the All Ships Rise Trade Show, promoting the impressive and extensive opportunities they offer. The goal of our training programs over the past few years has been to offer resources to our members needs at an affordable cost. Over the next few months the Chamber team, with the support of volunteers, will be assessing the training offered and rebranding the program to better suit the evolving business environment in Halifax. Please watch out for a launch of our new program in the fall! Halifax is at an opportune time in history, and we want to assist our members to take advantage of every single one out there. And perhaps create a few of their own! We want to thank our many members, guests, booth holders and trainers. In particular, our Business Leaders; BDC, Dalhousie University Rowe School of Business and the Department of Labour and Advanced Education and our Business Influencer, the Sobey School of Business. Roger King, President Supplement King Canada Chamber Member Since 2013 Ashwin Kutty, President and CEO WeUsThem Inc. Chamber Member Since 2013 Dr. Ramona Lumpkin, President & Vice-Chancellor Mount Saint Vincent University Chamber Member Since 1999 Travis McDonough, Founder & CEO Kinduct Technologies Chamber Member Since 2014 Dan Merzetti, President & CEO DSM Telecom Chamber Member Since 2002 Erik Sande, President Medavie EMS Chamber Member Since 1993 Ken Shea, President & CEO East Coast Credit Union Chamber Member Since 1993 Janet Simm, President & CEO Northwood Group of Companies Chamber Member Since 1991 Ian Smith, CEO Clearwater Seafoods Ltd. Partnership Chamber Member Since 1995 24 JULY & AUGUST 2016
WORKING FOR YOU Chamber appoints new task force chairs Create a positive business environment Grow and nurture the skilled workforce PAUL BENT, CPA,CA, ICD.D DON BUREAUX, PRESIDENT, NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Paul recently retired after a 37 year career in public accounting, 35 of which were with Grant Thornton LLP. Paul served in a number of roles over his 25 years as a Partner in the Firm including as a client service partner, a member of the Firm’s professional standards team and for the last four years of his career, Chaired the firm’s National Partnership Board. In addition to his experience and insights gained from his time in public accounting, Paul has been an active member in the Chamber for a number of years, beginning with a term Chairing the former Provincial Affairs Committee, a predecessor committee of the Create a Positive Business Environment Committee. For the past three years Paul served under Darren Nantes on this committee and chaired the taxation sub-committee before taking on the position with the recent retirement of Darren from the board. Paul also has extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector where he has served on a number of boards. Paul brings significant energy and enthusiasm to the role and is fully aligned with achieving the goals of the Chamber as laid out in the strategic plan. Paul is fortunate to have a committee comprised of dedicated volunteers from a broad cross-section of Chamber members who similarly share the goals and objectives of making Halifax one of the top growing and progressive cities in Canada. Early priorities for the committee include confirmation of the active files to be pursued in the coming year and effectively managing the time and contribution of members to issues of importance to the Chamber and its members. Current files including taxation (provincial and municipal) as well as regulation and red-tape reduction are likely to remain front and center in the coming year. As a sub-committee of your Chamber board, we want to be both a catalyst for and supporter of positive change (YES) advancing the cause for our members and our community. As President of NSCC, Don Bureaux serves as the chief executive officer for the operation of a network of 13 campuses, over 100 programs in five academic schools and over 24,000 students and more than 2,000 staff. For over two decades, Don worked with adult learners within colleges and universities as well as with national and international professional designation-granting bodies. His work over the years has allowed him to collaborate with educational institutions in North America, Europe and Asia to promote the concept of entrepreneurial cultures as a foundation for learningcentered environments and student success. Don has worked with a number of foreign educational institutions and governmental bodies in the development of success-based models for both students and staff within postsecondary institutions. He has worked with the boards and staff of numerous not-for-profit organizations in Nova Scotia in the areas of board governance, policy development and strategic planning. As president, Don has been able to, through positions of leadership, continue his work across these disciplines in communities throughout Nova Scotia. He believes his experience will support the exciting work ahead as the Chamber’s new Chair for the Grow and Nurture the Skilled Workforce Task Force. The task force aims to help increase by 20 per cent the number of skilled workers in the province by 2018. Don feels that changing the narrative about the potential of our future is the first step to making some of the critical changes needed. He adds: “The opportunities and challenges before our province provide the membership of the Chamber a chance to leverage our resources and lead by example to support the intent of the Ivany Report and the initiatives being proposed by government in both education and immigration.” BUSINESS VOICE 25
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