Professional Chairman Advisors have vast experience building and fixing businesses. They have built them on their own, with teams, and in both private and public settings. They are ready to share their wealth of experience, the scars accumulated over the years of building valuable businesses in all industries, in good times and bad, and the lessons you can use to help you build your business.  Below are just a few of the attributes of a good Professional Chairman Advisor.

• Confident relationship person with a positive attitude
• Trustworthy and reliable – the calm sage in a storm
• Business generalist with a successful track record at the C-suite level
• Desire to educate and share knowledge and hard‐won experience
• Desire to help build companies
• Extraordinary listening skills and asks the tough question when necessary
• Ability to communicate simply and clearly
• Strong business connections
• Understands corporate structure and processes
• Understands small to moderately sized businesses
• Understands behaviors and pressures facing private business owners

Chairman Profiles:

Bron Vasic
As a Chartered Accountant and founder of the OTUS Group, Bron has advised hundreds of businesses over his career.

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Bruce Fischer
Bruce has over 30 years of experience in sectors including aerospace, digital media, aviation, hospitality and professional services and has also boot-strapped his own company. He loves it when he can get his clients to see the big picture.

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David Mann
David worked for 40+ years in the telecommunications industry and has served in many C-Suite roles around the world.

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Jeffrey Dale
Jeffrey is the former OCRI President and has held many senior Executive positions in the technology sector.

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Larry O’Brien
Well known as the former mayor of Ottawa, Larry founded a highly successful technology company that eventually went public. Larry has a proven track record and relevant hands on experience that he wants to share with small business owners.

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Peter Cleveland
Trained as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner, Peter has over 30 years experience advising senior leaders in clients of all size.
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Paul Doucet
Trained as a Chartered Accountant, Paul has a keen sense of finding efficiencies for small business. Paul founded his own IT company and was awarded the “Top Forty Under 40” award in 2007.

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Robert Nadeau
Robert is a lawyer with 26 years of practical “hands on” experience. He has founded a successful start-up and has advised countless clients on matters such as business purchase and sale, strategic alliances and risk management.

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