About
He has been a director of the Company since September, 1996 and Chairman since September, 1997. He joined the Company as
Executive Chairman in August, 2001, and as a full-time employee in January, 2002. He is a founder of the Company. Prior to joining the Company as a full-time executive, Mr. Wildeboer was a partner of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP, a law firm that practises corporate, securities and
tax law that he co-founded in 1993; prior to that, Mr. Wildeboer had been a lawyer with Stikeman, Elliott LLP; an associate professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he taught corporate law and corporate finance; and a regulator with the Ontario Securities
Commission. Mr. Wildeboer was director and Vice Chair of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA), retiring in 2015; is co-Chair of the Canadian Automotive Partnership Counsel (CAPC) and was co-chair of CAPC’s COVID-19 Response Task Force; is Chair of the CEO Manufacturing Advisory Council of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association; is a past member of the Science, Technology and Innovation Council of Canada, retiring in 2014; was a member of the Ontario Manufacturing Council; was a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Minister of Finance of Canada until 2015; was a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Economic Strategy Table to the federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Development in 2018 and 2019; was a member of the Public Health Canada Industry Advisory Roundtable on COVID19 Testing, Screening, Tracing and Data Management; was Chair of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a leading public
policy think tank, retiring in 2018, and remains on its Advisory Board; is past Chair of Cardus, a leading Christian public policy think tank; and is involved with numerous charitable and public policy organizations. He has been an advisor to the governments of Canada and Ontario on a variety of economic, manufacturing and technology mandates. Mr. Wildeboer previously served as a director of Aecon Group Inc. (TSX : ARE) from 1993 to 2013, serving for many years as Vice-Chair and Chair of Aecon’s compensation committee. Mr. Wildeboer is Vice-Chair of the board of directors of NanoXplore Inc. (TSX: GRA), a Canadian graphene company in which the Company has a significant investment, having previously served as Chair of NanoXplore from January, 2019 to December, 2021. In 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contributions to Canada. In 2018, he received the Jay Hennick Award from Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business for career achievement.
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Qualifications & Experience
Other directorships (state)
(only entities turnover at least $5m p/a)
| Company | Committee | Position | Date Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Board | Member | 01/01/2021 |
 | Board | Vice Chairperson | 01/01/2022 |
Working history
Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinrea International Inc. | Board | Member | 01/01/1996 |