FOUNDER, COFOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Private Start-ups and Public Enterprise at Home and Abroad

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INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES

Created and led innovative multinational enterprises. Profitable startups include $100 M programs and portfolios:

Managing Partner, Jazz Wines™  [7 Years]
Co-founder and producer of jazzwines.com and The Shiraz a multi-sourced wine made with the Wine Maker of the Year in Australia

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Fund Advisor, iTrust™ Partners [5 years]
Owner in Cayman manager of income investments in the Canadian equity market for Gulf State investors  

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Publisher - iTrust Report [8 Years]
Developer and owner, operator subscription-based equity investment management program, proprietary market information system, and model portfolio featuring a patent-pending methodology for meaningful valuation.

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Founding Director
Virgin Food & Beverage Japan [1995]
Co-led team of two with Richard Branson and used a partnership strategy to establish a 3% market share in Year 1, positive net ROI, and consumer value by breaking a market monopoly.

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Managing Director
Cott Beverages International [2 Years]
Barbados - Wrote the Asian business plan and turned it into an immediately profitable business, sourcing and launching the first premium store brand in Japan for the second largest grocer, Ito Yokado.

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VP Strategy
Retail Brands Internationals [1993]
Unit of Cott Corporation. Created premium brands for five dozen retailers in Year 1. Also produced a Market Intelligence System for our parent company, Cott, its retail clients and their suppliers;

 

Senior Associate
Don Watt & Associates, Toronto [5 Years]

Led research, strategic and graphic design, and the introduction of leading brands and market-changing programs 

• Created and implemented ideal store models still in use for LCBO and  L’Oreal Paris;

• Led initial development of premium quality retail brands for six dozen retailers including President’s Choice™ and the first Green™ product lines for Loblaw stores as well as the Sam’s American Choice ™ for Wal-Mart, and Select™ for 7-Eleven USA;

• Strategies and standards for the Center for Addiction and Mental Health and Clarke Institute.

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Partner 
NeoSimplicity Inc, Toronto [8 Years]
Produced educational media and materials for the banking industry and academia. Publisher of QuitKit™, a top-selling smoking cessation publication.

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Program Manager
Manifest Communications, Toronto:  
Health and policy promotion strategy and programs for government, public and private groups [4 Years]

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Assistant Producer and Pre-Prod. Accountant

Commercial Video & Feature Film  [1982 – 1983]
Eva Everything, ‘Painless’ Music Video (now on YouTube)

Oddballs. 35mm, Comedy. Maurice Smith.

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Teaching Assistant – Management Accounting

Ivey School of Business, London [1 Year - 1980-1981]