Gordon Fisher, President, The National Post
Gordon Fisher is publisher of National Post, one of a number of senior roles he has played with that newspaper since its startup in October, 1998. Mr. Fisher has an extensive media background, the roots of which are grounded in a career in journalism that began in his home province of Alberta. He has since held a number of senior executive positions in many Canadian cities on both the editorial and business sides of the media industry. Prior to his appointment as publisher of the Post, Mr. Fisher served as President, News and Information, Canwest Global Communications, with responsibilities covering newspapers, television and digital information. Other responsibilities of note include roles as editor-in-chief, general manager and publisher of the Ottawa Citizen; publisher of the Kingston-Whig Standard and managing editor of the Vancouver Sun.
Alan Small, Managing Director
Alan has been conducting executive search for the past 20 years at the CEO and senior management level in a variety of functional areas, including finance, marketing, lending services, human resources and information technology, focusing on the financial, not-for-profit and association sectors.
Prior to joining Waterstone, Alan was Managing Director, Canada, of DHR International, the fifth largest retained executive search firm in the United States, and a partner in the financial services practice of Odgers Berndtson.
Alan began his career in the international banking group of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He held senior level positions in the comptroller's division, serving as Senior Manager, Business Planning, and later assumed responsibility for the bank's clients in the cable and telecommunications industry as an account manager within the corporate and investment banking group. He then joined Central1, a trade association serving credit unions in Ontario and British Columbia, as Vice President, Human Resources and Development. When Central1 spun off a separate consulting entity, Alan was appointed Executive Vice President and Managing Partner of CCG Management Consultants.
Alan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) as well as a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). He is a member of the Ivey Alumni Board and is Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee.
