| May 11, 1999
Top Executive Joins Rotman School. Former George Weston Limited Executive to Lead Rotman Executive Education Programs
TORONTO -Jim Fisher, a former executive with George Weston Limited, joins the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management as associate dean, executive education later this month. In his new role, Fisher will work closely with corporate Canada and Rotman's illustrious faculty to develop programs designed to meet the advanced education needs of today's executive.
"In the knowledge age, lifelong learning is the mantra of the high-achieving executive," says Roger L. Martin, dean of the Rotman School. "With significant senior management experience and a background in university teaching, Jim Fisher is ideally poised to lead the Rotman School in staking out uncharted new territories in Executive Education."
Jim Fisher graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in political science and economics and an MBA from Harvard University. Fisher was a founder of The Canada Consulting Group, which was the country's largest Canadian-owned strategy firm before it merged with The Boston Consulting Group. He joined George Weston Limited in 1986 and served as Executive Vice President of Weston Foods, Chairman and President of William Neilson Limited and President of George Weston North American Bakeries. Currently he is a Director of Trimark Financial Corporation, Canadian Tire Corporation and Signature Brands Limited and a member of the Business Roundtable on Work and Mental Health. He also has taught courses in strategic change in the Rotman School's Executive MBA program.
The Rotman School offers a suite of unique executive programs including the Executive MBA and Global Executive MBA programs for high-achieving executives taught by outstanding business scholars and respected corporate leaders. A series of short-term certificate and customized programs, including the innovative "Managing Strategic Change," are designed to equip middle and senior executives with valuable functional and managerial skills.
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