Ontario is at a crossroads – we are facing an unprecedented productivity challenge. What’s causing our poor performance? And, what can businesses do to sharpen our competitive edge?
Join John Ruffolo, CEO of OMERS Ventures and one of this country’s leading venture capitalists and Bill Currie, Americas Managing Director and Vice Chair of Deloitte, in a provocative conversation on how Ontario can beat this challenge.
Drawing on their extensive experience with leading corporations and new ventures, they will explore how Bay Street can stop the productivity slide and come out on top.
John Ruffolo is the Chief Executive Officer of OMERS Ventures,
the venture arm of OMERS. OMERS Ventures invests in early or later stage
companies in the Technology, Media, Telecommunications, Clean Tech or
Life Sciences sectors. He is also the Senior Vice President & Head
of Knowledge Investing with OMERS Strategic Investments.
Mr. Ruffolo has over two decades of experience advising public and
private companies around the world. He has extensive experience
providing strategic advisory services to Canadian and foreign-based TMT
companies.
Bill Currie is Deloitte’s Managing Director for the Americas, a business with over 80,000 employees and almost $14 billion in revenue across 29 countries. He is also Vice Chair of Deloitte Canada and sits on the Canadian Board of Directors. Bill is the author of a number of studies at Deloitte including, The Future of Productivity – An eight-step game plan for Canada and has been widely quoted in the Canadian and international media. Bill holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School at Western University.
