Primary Language:
English

Administrative Assistant(s):
Heidi MacLean
Deborah Watson

Education:
Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1956)
Honourary Doctorate Degree, Dalhousie University
Honourary Doctorate Degrees (UK), The City University (London), The Council for National Academic Awards, Cranfield Institute, Aston University, Warwick University, Humberside University and South Bank University.

Bar Admission(s):
Nova Scotia, 1956
Ontario, 1967

Law Society Memberships:
Canadian Bar Association
Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Other Law Society Memberships:
Law Society of Upper Canada

Memberships:
Herbert Lamb Chair in Business, Dalhousie Business School

Honourary Colonel of the West Nova Scotia Regiment

Director:

Sobeys Inc.

Empire Company Ltd.

The Shaw Group Limited

The CSL Group Inc.

Extendicare Inc.

Jacques Whitford Group Limited

Moosehead Breweries Limited

Advisory Board:

Acadian Seaplants Limited

Oxford Frozen Foods Limited

Former Chairman:

Sobeys Inc.

The Bank of Nova Scotia

Cadbury Schweppes plc

PowerGen plc

British Aerospace plc

Former Chairman and Chief Executive:

British Shipbuilders

The Rover Group plc

Other Information:
1989, Appointed Knight Bachelor

Chancellor Emeritus, Dalhousie University

Fellow, University College (Cardiff), University of Wales

Companion, Chartered Management Institute (UK)

Fellow, Institute of Corporate Directors (Canada)

Former Chair, Advisory Council of the Association of MBA's (UK)