President And Chief Executive Officer
CurrentFamily investment office engaged in asset and investment management, philanthropy and advocacy.
2016 - Present
~10 yrs 5 mos
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Rick Ekstein previously worked as President and Chief Executive Officer at Phaze 3 Associates and Board Member at Awz Ventures Inc.. Rick Ekstein holds Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science from York University.
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Before establishing Phaze 3 in 2016, Rick was President and CEO of Weston Forest Products, and the Weston Forest Group of Companies, conducting business in over 40 countries on 4 continents. Weston companies have repeatedly won a variety of awards including Canada’s Best Managed Companies, Profit 500’s Fastest Growing Companies and Waterstone Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures. In January 2021, Weston Forest Products was sold to a private equity company.Today, Rick and the Phaze 3 team operate in 3 major areas:1. The Asset Management/Investment Team manages various industrial and commercial real estate properties, invests in residential and commercial green-field and redevelopment projects, and invests in private companies in both the Venture Capital and Private Equity spaces. 2. The Philanthropy Team supports several charities with a primary focus on the Together We Stand Military Families Foundation that Rick and his wife, Lillian, co-founded in 2017 to honour and thank Canadian military families for their service. In its first three years of operation, Together We Stand has distributed almost $3 million in gifts to military families with a loved one deployed overseas during the December holiday season and led the Canadian Parliament to declare the 3rd Friday of each September as Canada’s official Military Family Appreciation Day. 3. The Advocacy Team works on behalf of various organizations to further their causes with governments, and on behalf of individuals who find themselves in need.A creative disrupter, Rick’s greatest pleasure is challenging the status quo. With extensive experience running political campaigns, Rick is a mentor to political candidates and truly enjoys working with and mentoring bright young people. Rick has advised governments on policy and has acted on their behalf to solve difficult situations. REkstein@phaze3.ca
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Board Member
CurrentAwz is a Canadian hub for investment in cyber security, intelligenceand physical security AI-based technologies from Israel, a global leader in these sectors.
Oct 2020 - Present
Board Member
CurrentElement5 specializes in the design, fabrication and assembly of contemporary timber structures.
2019 - Present
~7 yrs 5 mos
Board Member & Founding Investor
CurrentThe Logic is a subscription-based online publication that provides in-depth coverage of the Canadian innovation economy.
2019 - Present
~7 yrs 5 mos
Advisory Board Member
CurrentBrookside Capital is a private equity firm whose investment professionals seek buyout and growth equity investments in smaller, middle market businesses with exceptional management teams.
2016 - Present
~10 yrs 5 mos
Board Member
CurrentCo-founder and former President of Weston Wood Solutions. Supplying the global window, door and mill-work markets, Weston Wood Solutions offers customer solutions through each stage of product development, including design, sourcing, supplier compliance, quality control, logistics, warehousing, and distribution. Weston Wood Solutions operates manufacturing.
2001 - Present
~25 yrs 5 mos
Board Member
Current
Jan 2021 - Present
Ceo
After graduating from university in 1978, Rick joined the lumber business on a full-time basis.Five years later, Rick’s brother, Peter joined him and they created the Weston Group of Companies, growing the business from a single lumber yard with 12 employees into one of Canada’s most diversified forest product re-manufacturing and distribution companies..
1978 - Dec 2020
Advisory Board Member And Founding Investor
CurrentElevate provides structured finance solutions to foreign customers of Canadian small and medium-sized businesses.
2018 - Present
~8 yrs 5 mos
Chairman, Board And Executive Board Member
North American Wholesale Lumber Association (Nawla)
During his term as Chair, Rick led the transformation of NAWLA from a staff-run, shrinking organization, to an association directly run by the members for the benefit of its members, with a new outsourced staff model. Through several initiatives designed to bring value to members and completely revamp the culture, NAWLA grew to regain its dominant position.
2008 - 2016
~8 yrs
Founder And Chairman
Weston Premium Woods, a division of Richelieu Hardware, Ltd., has been distributing domestic and imported hardwoods, softwoods and panel products throughout the world since 1953 for the architectural and design communities.
2004 - 2014
~10 yrs
Board Member
NHLA helps hardwood companies achieve profitability and solve their top business challenges with data-driven expert advice and hands-on training in the following four areas: certification programs, hardwood lumber inspection, custom training, and yield analysis.Sat on the NHLA Executive Committee from 2009 – 2010.
2002 - 2008
~6 yrs
Founder And President
Canpine
CanPine was a distributor of Canadian lumber based in the United Kingdom.
1992 - 2005
~13 yrs
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Rick Ekstein education
Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science
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Bannockburn Public School
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Ledbury Park Junior High School
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Northview Heights Secondary School
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Rick Ekstein has worked for Phaze 3 Associates, Awz Ventures Inc., Element5 Co., The Logic, and Brookside Capital Partners Inc.
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Rick Ekstein holds Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science from York University.
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