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7924   ROBERT J BRADSHAW (aka Bob prior to grad; Robert after grad)


1969 Review

                

 

Le Défilé

1964-1967 College Militaire Royal de St Jean

1967-1969 Royal Military College, Kingston.....B ENG

1969-1972 Started in pilot training and had an eye injury. Was sent from Moose Jaw, SK to Kingston Medical Centre for surgery which turned out to be medically complicated requiring 2 surgeries, resulting in non-reinstatement to aircrew status. Sent to 202 Workshop, Montreal to serve out my 3 year commitment in the forces.

      



                                
 AFTER THE MILITARY

1972-1974 Pursued my MBA at McGill University while working as Director of Maintenance for Maislin Transport, Ville LaSalle, Montreal. Also, through Maislin connections, raced stock cars in Vermont and New York State on weekends.

1974-1980 Joined the Civil Service in Ottawa as the head of interdepartmental teams to negotiate politically significant/sensitive contracts for: oil and petroleum products during the world oil crisis; Leopard tanks; Mowag armoured wheeled vehicles (AVGP Program); F-18's (NFA Program).

1980-1982 Joined Shell Oil in Calgary as Project Manager for Major Projects

1982-1984 Joined Bechtel Group in Edmonton and Calgary as Director for Business Development for Canada. Projects included: Suncor and Syncrude in Fort McMurray; Major Oil Refinery in Edmonton; James Bay Hydro Electric in Quebec.

1984-1986 Joined Joy LBO Partners in Buffalo, NY; Ottawa; and Weston, CT. Helped purchase 3 distressed manufacturing companies, 1 in Canada and 2 in USA, while providing the successful hands-on turn around leadership at the factories.

1986- 2008 Started Contor Industries Limited for the purpose of purchasing distressed/bankrupt manufacturing companies with the intent of making them successful ongoing business enterprises. I purchased 32 companies in 11 countries of which I was successful with 28 of these  companies. At its peak, Contor had more than 24,000 employees with annual revenues of more than USD 1.8 billion. The industry sectors included: Nuclear, Aerospace, Automotive, Mining, Food Processing, Electronics, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Electronics, and Defence. The last of these businesses were sold in 2008.

PAST DIRECTORSHIPS

PUBLIC COMPANIES

TriTech Precision Inc, Director

Haley Industries Limited, Director and Chair of Audit Committee

Morrison Lamonthe Inc, Director

UTS Energy Corporation, Director and Chair of Audit Committee

Stantec Inc, Director and Chair of Governance and Compensation Committee, Chairman of the Board

PRIVATE COMPANIES.....29 companies, majority owned by me; plus 3 large private companies for which I was an independent director.

MEMBERSHIPS, PAST and PRESENT

Professional Engineers of Ontario, Alberta, Quebec

Toronto Club

Chief Executives Organization (Washington, DC); Board member and Treasurer

Young Presidents Organization, Intercontinental Chapter (New York, NY); Board member and Treasurer

The York Club (Toronto)

The Arts and Letters Club (Toronto)

The Arts Club (London,UK)

The Carnegie Club (Dornoch, Scotland)

The Edmonton Club

The Edmonton Petroleum Club

The Royal Ottawa Golf Club

Port Carling Golf And Country Club

Ranchman's Club (Calgary)

Beacon Hall Golf Club (Toronto)

Toronto Golf Club

Windsor Golf Club (Vero Beach, FL)

World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland)

World Presidents Organization (Irvine,TX); Board member

INTERESTS PAST AND PRESENT

Golf (competitive amateur until health ended my golf days)

Hockey (full contact, competitive until age 59)

Art....sculpture, drawing, printing, painting (recognized internationally and institutionally collected)

Reading (geopolitics, philosophy, history, and CLASS MATES' BOOKS)

 



COLLECTIONS

Art

Rare Books

Wine

Single Malt Whisky

 

 FAMILY

Wife, Cecily Bradshaw (ne Strutt) from Brock, Saskatchewan. A pharmacist with an MBA from UofT. She is a dedicated dressage rider (currently with 3 horses) and has competed in Canada and the USA. She has studied music (piano, violin, and guitar). She attended the National Ballet School as a young girl. Needless to say she is a follower of all performing arts including: ballet, opera, symphony, and theatre. She also has a keen interest in the visual arts. She has been on the board of many charities and gives tirelessly of her time and creative mind.

 Daughter, Kellie McCoy was born in Kingston in 1970. She married Jim McCoy in 1997 after which they settled in Georgetown, ON to raise 2 wonderful children; Tyler (1999) and Alexa (2001). Tyler is now a High School teacher (History and English). Tyler is engaged to Haley with the wedding planned for Feb 2026. Alexa, having graduated cum laude from McMaster University in 2023, has taken a travel year sabbatical as she considers her options.

Cecily and I are so very proud of our family's accomplishments.




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