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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Alberta based VP’ operating in the Agriculture space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Michael Webb
SVP, Human Resource of Agrium
Michael Webb joined Agrium as the Senior Vice President, Human Resources in January 2014. He began his career in Hong Kong where he worked in an executive search capacity before moving to Morgan Stanley where he held a number of senior HR roles in Hong Kong, Singapore and India. In 2005, he joined HSBC as the Head of HR for their institutional businesses in the Asia Pacific region, which was comprised of 20 countries. Mike eventually became Global Head of HR for HSBC Amanah and worked throughout the Middle East. In 2010, he became an International Executive for HSBC and moved to Vancouver to assume responsibility as Senior Vice President, HR for Canada. Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree from William Jewell College in Missouri in 1990.
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About Agrium, Nutrien: Agrium is a retail supplier of agricultural products, nutrients, and services.
Stephen Dyer
SVP & President, Retail Business Unit of Agrium
Stephen was appointed to the role of President Retail in early 2014. Prior to this he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Stephen brings a wealth of knowledge and experience into his latest appointment. He started his career with Imperial Oil in 1991 and joined Agrium in 1996 following the Company’s acquisition of Viridian Inc. In 2005, Stephen became an officer of the company as Vice President, Manufacturing. In 2009, he accepted the position of Vice President, West Region, Retail and was responsible for the western region of Crop Production Services – Agrium’s Retail division. In 2011, Stephen was appointed Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he was responsible for Treasury, Tax, Controllers, Information Technology and Human Resources. Stephen is a graduate of the Queen’s University in Ontario where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
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About Agrium: Agrium is a retail supplier of agricultural products, nutrients, and services.
Steve Douglas
SVP & CFO of Agrium
Steve was named as Agrium’s Chief Financial Officer in Q3 of 2014. With over two decades of experience in a variety of financial leadership and senior business positions with numerous companies, Steve brings a wealth of experience both domestically and internationally to Agrium. Most recently, Steve was the Senior Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Brookfield Asset Management’s Commercial Property Group. He was responsible for all financial aspects of the Commercial Property Group, which managed a portfolio of holdings around the world worth over $110-billion. Steve’s previous roles at Brookfield included senior roles with their retail and housing construction division in Brazil, Australia, Dubai, Britain and Canada. Other stops in his working career have included Executive Vice President and CFO at Falconbridge Limited. He’s also spent time at Ernst and Young and served as a director on numerous international boards.
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About Agrium: Agrium is a retail supplier of agricultural products, nutrients, and services.
Susan Jones
SVP & Chief Legal Officer of Agrium
Susan is Agrium’s Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer. Susan assumed this role and was appointed to the Executive Leadership Team in 2015. Susan joined Agrium in 2004 as Legal Counsel and served in that capacity until 2007 when she became Senior Director, Wholesale Business Development. In 2010 she was appointed Managing Director, Vice President, Agrium Europe. In 2012, Susan was appointed an Officer of Agrium Inc. and assumed the role of Vice President, Marketing & Distribution until her appointment as Chief Legal Officer. Susan has both a law degree and a BA in Political Science and Hispanic Studies and has been admitted to the Bar in British Columbia and Alberta. She is a member of the Agrium Women’s Leadership Group Council.
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About Agrium: Agrium is a retail supplier of agricultural products, nutrients, and services.
Deborah Wilson
Senior Vice President of TrustBIX
Deborah is Senior Vice President for BIXSco Inc., the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS), a value-added traceability system, and sits on the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef National Council.
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About TrustBIX: TrustBIX provides livestock traceability and chain of custody solutions.
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