As President & CEO of the CAI Global Group, Mr. Silverman has consulted numerous Canadian subsidiaries of foreign multinationals involving investment project attraction and retention strategies, government incentives and financial assistance, government relations and the procurement of world mandates from head office. This developed expertise as a bridge between business and government lead to a drastic increase in the number of CAI’s public sector clients looking to position themselves for local investment projects and the development of their value propositions.Career highlights:• Strategic Direct Investor, of London, identified Mr. Silverman as one of the six global experts in site selection;• In 1990, Mr. Silverman was appointed Director, Corporate Affairs at Ericsson Communications where his efforts resulted in a government supported $176 million investment project and world mandate from the parent company for Ericsson in Canada;• Business Facilities, a US-based economic development magazine, award him the Gold Private Developers Achievement Award for his success in Ericsson’s expansion in Canada;• Mr. Silverman has managed the securing of investments valued at more than CDN$6.5 billion and directly contributed to the creation and preservation of over 17,000 jobs;• He has also been involved with and has actively supported the onward development of several important Canadian industry sectors;• Headlined as Mr. Montreal on the front page of the business section of the Montreal Gazette;• Mr. Silverman has been called upon by a variety of government agencies to execute projects entailing the creation of economic development strategies as well as industry-based studies.