2009 Winners

(listed by province, in alphabetical order)

Nova Scotia Award Winners (27)

Jamie Baillie

Jamie Baillie
President & CEO
Credit Union Atlantic Ltd.
Halifax, NS

Dennis Campbell

Dennis Campbell
President
Ambassatours Gray Line
Halifax

Chuck Cartmill

Chuck Cartmill
President
C-Vision Ltd.
Amherst

Doug Doucet

Doug Doucet
President & Co-owner
RCS Retail Construction Specialists Inc.
Bedford

Wadih Fares

Wadih Fares
President & CEO
WM Fares Group
Halifax

Bert Frizzell

Bert Frizzell
President & CEO
The Shaw Group Ltd.
Halifax

Greg Grice

Greg Grice
Regional President,
Atlantic Canada
RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)
Halifax

Kevin Hamm

Kevin Hamm
President & COO
DownEast Communications
Dartmouth

Richard Homburg

Richard Homburg
Chairman & CEO
Homburg Invest Inc.
Halifax

Kathryn Laurin

Kathryn Laurin
President & Vice-Chancellor
Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax

Stephen Lund

Stephen Lund
President & CEO
Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Halifax

Nancy MacCready-Williams

Nancy MacCready-Williams
CEO
Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Halifax

Frederick MacGillivray

Frederick MacGillivray
President & CEO
Trade Centre Ltd.
Halifax

Dr. Joan McArthur-Blair

Dr. Joan McArthur-Blair
President & CEO
Nova Scotia Community College
Dartmouth

Anne McGuire

Anne McGuire
President & CEO
IWK Health Centre
Halifax

Carole-Ann Miller

Carole-Ann Miller
President
Maple Trade Finance Inc.
Halifax

Bret Mitchell

Bret Mitchell
President & CEO
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
Halifax

Steve Murphy

Steve Murphy
Senior Vice-President, Atlantic Provinces Division, Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal, Halifax

Phil Otto

Phil Otto
President & CEO
Revolve
Bedford

Stephen Plummer

Stephen Plummer
Group President & CEO
I.M.P. Group
International Inc.
Halifax

Dr. Sean Riley

Dr. Sean Riley
President & Vice-Chancellor
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish

Robbie Shaw

Robbie Shaw
President & CEO
IWK Health Centre Foundation
Halifax

Rob Sobey

Rob Sobey
President & CEO
Lawton’s Drug Stores Ltd.
Dartmouth

Jim Spatz

Jim Spatz
Chairman & CEO
Southwest Properties Lotd.
Halifax

Robert Steele

Robert Steele
President & CEO
Newfoundland Capital Corporation
Dartmouth

Newfoundland and Labrador (11)

Ken Bennett

Ken Bennett
President
John Inc.
St. John’s

Terence F. Bowles

Terence F. Bowles
President & CEO
Iron Ore Company of Canada
Labrador City

Jerry Byrne

Jerry Byrne
President & Co-owner
DFB Group
St. John’s

Allison Chaytor-Loveys

Allison Chaytor-Loveys
CEO
Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Ltd.
St. John’s

Frank Coleman

Frank Coleman
President & CEO
Coleman Group of Companies
Humber Valley Paving Ltd.
Corner Brook

Keith Collins

Keith Collins
President & CEO, St. John’s International Airport Authority, St. John’s

Nora Duke

Nora Duke
President & CEO
Fortis Properties
St. John’s

Christopher Hickman

Christopher Hickman
Chairman & CEO
Marco Group of Companies
St. John’s

Sidney Hynes

Sidney Hynes
Executive Chairman
Oceanex Inc.
St. John’s

Stephen Winter

Stephen Winter
President & CEO
Newfoundland & Labrador Liquor Corporation
St. John’s

Melvin Woodward

Melvin Woodward
President & CEO
Woodward Group of Companies
Happy Valley-Goose Bay

New Brunswick Award Winners (10)

Hollis Cole

Hollis Cole
President & CEO
ADI Group Inc.
Fredericton

Rayburn Doucett

Rayburn Doucett
President & CEO
Belledune Port Authority
Belledune

John Harvie

John Harvie
CEO
Co-op Atlantic
Moncton

Pierre-Yves Julien

Pierre-Yves Julien
President & CEO
Medavie Blue Cross
Moncton

Barry Kyle

Barry Kyle
Industrial Rubber Company Ltd.
Bathurst

Terry Malley

Terry Malley
President & CEO
Malley Industries Inc.
Dieppe

Francis McGuire

Francis McGuire
President & CEO
Professional Quality Assurance Ltd.
Fredericton

Keith McIntosh

Keith McIntosh
President & CEO
Professional Quality Assurance Ltd.
Fredericton

Camille Theriault

Camille Theriault
President & CEO
Fédération des Caisses Populaires Acadiennes
Caraquet

Prince Edward Island (2)

Jack Kelly

Jack Kelly
President & CEO
Bulk Carriers (P.E.I.) Ltd.

C. Frank MacIntyre

C. Frank MacIntyre
President
MacIntyre Sheet Metal 2004 Ltd.
Charlottetown

Hall of Fame Inductees

Induction to the Top 50 CEO Hall of Fame is restricted to five-time Top 50 CEO award winners. The 2009 inductees are: Jerry Byrne, President & CEO, DFB Group; Dennis Campbell, President, Ambassatours Gray Line; Hollis Cole, President & CEO, ADI Group Inc.; and, Fred MacGillivray, President & CEO, Trade Centre Limited.

Graduate Student Scholarship

As part of its Top 50 CEO awards program, Atlantic Business Magazine is pleased to offer graduate-level Business or Management Studies students throughout Atlantic Canada an opportunity to win a $5,000 scholarship plus a year-long mentorship with a Top 50 CEO award winner. This year’s winner of the Top 50 CEO Scholarship Award is David Oliver, an MBA/M.Eng. student at Dalhousie University.

CEO of the Year

Atlantic Business Magazine’s CEO of the Year award was presented to Rob Sobey, President & CEO of Lawtons Drug Stores Ltd. The CEO of the Year, chosen from the ranks of Top 50 award winners, is the person deemed by the Judges to have had the most outstanding accomplishments during the past year.


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