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Toronto, On, Ca

* Overall Owner responsibility for operational success of Tim Hortons Locations.* Responsible for 50+ employees (direct and indirect reports).* Effectively manage a multi $M (000) budget. * Deliver operating efficiencies towards group revenues of excess $3.2 Billion (THI.) on TSX.* Provide expert operational skills in the Food & Beverage sector.

Working and owning a vineyard in the BC Okanagan on the Naramata Benchlands. Overall responsibility from initial pruning, marketing, sales and harvest to produce an award winning Syrah.

* Overall responsibility for operational production of excess 2 million cases of wine per annum.* Responsible for 50+ union and non union employees (direct and indirect reports).* Effectively manage a budget of $3.5 million per annum* Deliver operating efficiencies towards group revenues of excess $270 Million (ADW/A) symbol on TSX.* Provide expert operational skills in the alcohol drinks and packaging sector.

Design, develop, deliver an innovative natural fruit beverage to North American market. Managing partner relationships, internal and outsourced teams. Develop and strategically manage marketing & technical protocols, for increased awareness, quality, production and EBITDA outputs. Communicate effective digital and social media platforms. Parallel with managing a commercial vineyard in the Okanagan Valley of BC.

Conceived, developed and managed a highly profitable, market leading water supply company in southern England. * Created a vision for a distinctive and well-executed business model in the water supply sector. Developed a business plan and built the company organically based on sales. * Recruited, trained and developed a team of 25 staff. Built a thriving culture and obtained a staff turnover rate of less than 2% vs. industry norm 10-15%. * Designed and implemented a lean manufacturing plant at 6% under budget. * Devised and implemented Competitive Intelligence system for brand sector.* Devised a distinctive and memorable brand executed across customer touch points and managed to extremely high service levels. Executed marketing tactics including direct mail, fact sheets, trade shows, electronic marketing and strong word of mouth referral. * Managed operations, which included distribution via a fleet of owned / leased vehicles and quality control in the bottling plant. * Reached a customer level where several thousand commercial and institutional customers were active at any given time. Recognized by independent auditors as the market leader. Results: Reached profitability in 3 years. Grew operational gross profit above 84% for seven consecutive financial years. Structured and managed successful share sale of company to a commercial London investor.

Gained financial experience and public sector expertise as an Analyst. * At the Liquor Distribution Board, assigned and implemented computer assisted audit techniques to improve effectiveness over manual audit review procedures. Managed audit client relations to ensure an effective and timely release of required financial data to carry out required test procedures.* At the Ministry of Health, improved value for money audit procedures for acute care delivery methods by 3 per cent over prior year’s performance. Gained expert systems, applications, & procedures knowledge for audit review of integral sections of MSP and Primary Care within overall Ministry of Health operations. * Selected by the OAG Executive Director to interpret and translate technical Legislative audit opinions from French to English on a special project basis.

Bachelor Of Arts, Business & French

Diploma, Marketing Management & French