Clive Beddoe
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Clive Beddoe (born 26 May 1946) is a founding shareholder and former chairman of the board of directors of WestJet, which is currently the second-largest airline in Canada behind Air Canada.
Beddoe was born in Dorking, England,[1] grew up in Leatherhead, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1970.
Beddoe first started flying gliders at Epsom College in England during his teenage years.[citation needed] While talking to a friend one day, he decided to move to Canada on a whim to start a job at a real estate development company, further on creating his own commercial development company called Hanover Management, a named based on Hanover Square, London a location where he once worked.[citation needed] He also owns Western Concord Manufacturing, a plastic manufacturing company based out of Delta, British Columbia.[citation needed]
In 2000, WestJet's founders, Beddoe, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan and Donald Bell were honored as 'The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year' for Canada and was honored at the international Entrepreneur of the year awards in Monaco.[citation needed]
He has earned honorary degrees from the University of Calgary and the Wilfrid Laurier University.
On Tuesday, 24 July 2007, Beddoe announced that effective 4 September 2007, he would relinquish his duties as chief executive officer, with then-president Sean Durfy taking the role.[citation needed]
He is currently on the board for AIMCO, and head of their compensation committee.
Awards and honours[]
Beddoe was inducted to the Order of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 2012.[2] Beddoe was also inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 2014.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Clive Beddoe". Canadian Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Member Profiles". Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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