Biographical Notes – Robert Wener
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Mr. Robert Wener was first appointed to the Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV) Board of Directors in August 2019. He is currently the CEO of Wener Advisory Group.
From 2011 to 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer and then Executive Vice President of the Minto Corporatiom, a diversified real estate development and management company. From 1976 to 2011, he held a variety of leadership positions at KPMG Canada in Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Ottawa, including as Managing Partner of Ottawa and Eastern Ontario and Deputy Chair of the Board.
Outside of his professional work, Mr. Wener has served on the Boards of Carleton University, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation, the Manitoba Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the Institute of Corporate Directors, among many others.
Mr. Wener holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants.