Nancy Southern led the Atco Group to its best year ever in 2010, and now she’s making it a global powerhouse >
On a frigid winter day in Winnipeg 37 years ago, a stranger in an overcoat and hardhat approached a fresh-faced engineer on his first building site. “My name is John Poole,” the man said to Ross Grieve, extending a hand, “and I’d like to welcome you to the company.” >
Nexen boss Charlie Fischer’s patience and long-term vision paid off in 2005, earning him the title of Business Person of the Year
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Nobody can quite recall the precise dollar value of the offer but it was small potatoes by today’s standards – $1 million or $2 million, tops. A joint venture partner had been nosing around, asking about the availability of Canadian Occidental Petroleum’s stake in some unexploited and obscure heavy-oil assets in northern Alberta.
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With the founder and chairman of WestJet Ltd. in the cockpit, the team at WestJet know they are flying information >
Martin Lambert likes balance >
Alberta Venture's 1997 Business Person of the Year >
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