Brian Hayward

Brian led Agricore United, a publicly traded company with annual sales of $5 billion, for 17 years as Chief Executive Officer. Under his leadership, the company won awards for enterprise risk management, IT innovation and HR management.

In the private sector, Brian served as Chair crafting the governance structure of the Princess Auto Advisory Board. He has also provided guidance on the Board of FarmersEdge, a venture firm that has established itself as a leader in precision/decision agriculture software-as-service technologies, and he served as Chair of the Audit Committee for the Business Development Bank of Canada.