John brings a mixture of public and private company experience to the Associate Group. He has spent the better part of the past twenty-five plus years working in the publishing industry with approximately half of them as the President and CEO of the TSX listed McGraw-Hill Ryerson. John’s background of building and growing teams to success and profitability is indicative of his ability to implement strategies around growing revenue and managing costs. He has been President of the Canadian Publishers Council and is one of the founding officers of BookNet Canada, a “game-changing” industry data mining/supply chain association. He obtained his Certified Director (C.Dir.) from McMaster University in 2006, the designation much in demand for outside directors of public companies and good corporate governance. John currently sits on the Board of Directors for the software company, Recognia Inc. and is on the Advisory Board of Humber College School of Creative Arts Publishing.