Bernard Grégoire P.Eng., Mba, Icd.D Email & Phone Number

If you are looking for a dedicated 3rd party expert to support your Due Diligence processes or an Independent Member for your Corporate or Advisory board, do not hesitate to connect or email me.I specialize in:• Driving growth & profitability with Manufacturing and Engineering involved in the building of better underground infrastructure. (water & utilities)• Rubber, Plastics and Precast Concrete Industries. (Site Selection, Plant & Process Design)• Bridging the 2 Solitudes in Canada.• Guiding Western European companies structure their organization for success in North America.• Helping Entrepreneurs to figure out succession or how/when to best exit their business.I am a firm believer in the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) concept where companies can operate ethically and responsibly while generating long term prosperity respecting the 3 "P" of TBL: • Persons - while respecting all the stakeholders to the company (employees and their safety, customers, suppliers, communities)• Planet - acknowledging that it can be done while protecting the environment & reducing the carbon footprint. • Profit - long term and sustainable profitability of the firm. EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUNDManufacturing Executive with experience in unionized and non-unionized environments in Canada and US, under Canadian and European ownership, I have demonstrated the ability to adapt my management and decision-making approach to local cultures in expansionary and recessionary cycles.Bilingual (English & French) with an Engineering degree, MBA, ICD.D and my diverse board experience, including chairing the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC) Board of Directors, I am ready to apply effective business methods in different board environments along with appropriate ESG criteria to today’s board activities. OBJECTIVESI am ready to utilize my "common sense" engineering background, cooperative approach, and imaginative way of solving problems to promote all sorts of efficiencies, generate innovative solutions and add a new perspective to boards of progressive organizations that are looking to incorporate entrepreneurial, manufacturing and infrastructure expertise to their skill & experience matrix.