George Keller has over 30 years of experience leading finance and operations for various organizations. He has held CFO and senior leadership roles at companies such as Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, and Novopharm Limited. Keller has expertise in strategic planning, financial reporting, risk management, and technology implementations. He holds an MBA from McGill University and professional accounting designations in Canada and the United States.

1. George Keller, BComm, MBA, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois)
georgekeller@rogers.com Mobile: (416) 276-5351
Professional and Personal Attributes
 Consummate business professional with over thirty years of comprehensive financial and operational business
leadership
 Demonstrated proficiency in spearheading and maintaining sustainable profitable growth, enhances
operational strength while minimizing corporate risks and costs, results focused
 Excels within change management
 Fosters personal productivity, accountability, empowerment and development
 Trusted persuasive leader, team player and decision maker
 Creative problem solver with a bias for action through strong communication skills
 Pillar of personal and business ethics, values and integrity
Professional Experience
CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE (PRIVATE GRADUATE EDUCATION, DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE)
VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE FEBRUARY 2008 – JANUARY 2016
 Strategic and action oriented executive leadership always supporting the mission and vision
 Strategic and mindful treasury leadership and management which streamlined debt profiles reducing financial
exposure and interest costs, and, increased cash flow efficiency
 Led accurate and timely budget preparation and financial reporting
 Led and conduced enterprise risk management, due diligence and governance activities
 ERP leadership and change management for two systems’ implementations and integrations, completed on-
time and under-budget; Blackbuad (Education), OSCAR (Electronic Health Records)
 Led user centered Information Technology services, prudently managed capacity and capabilities to address
changing user and security demands
 Led and mentored Physical Facilities in effective and economic site maintenance, safety and energy
efficiency; led the development and completion of a Capital Maintenance Plan, and completed several capital
improvement projects on-time and on-budget
 Made clear and concise presentations to the Board, Annual General Meeting, third parties
 Conducted respectful third party liaison with all external relationship partners
BUSINESS CONSULTANT SEPTEMBER 2007 – FEBRUARY 2008
Contract assignment for Bell Canada - Acting Director Financial Reporting and Analysis, Controller Group
 Responsible for two business units’ accounting and financial reporting and SOX control (s.404) monitoring,
evaluation, reporting, administration
FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES - A PARTNERSHIP)
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FEBRUARY 2005 – SEPTEMBER 2007
 Directed and managed Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, Partner Care and the external audit process
in a diverse international partnership structure
 Directed the development and preparation of the annual strategic business plan
 Led the accounting and finance shared-services initiative to standardize and integrate best practices including
increasing the utilization of the Elite data management system
 Responsible financial person in two significant acquisitions, and their subsequent integration; one domestic,
one international
 Provided strategic and operational support, and sage counsel, to the Firm Managing Partner
 Presented to the Audit Committee, the Partnership Board and the Partnership as a whole
BUSINESS CONSULTANT NOVEMBER 2002 – JANUARY 2005
Contract assignments with health care, telecommunications, technology and manufacturing clients
 Conducted strategic business plan development, preparation and presentation
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2. George Keller, BComm, MBA, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois)
georgekeller@rogers.com Mobile: (416) 276-5351
 Conducted operational and financial planning, and implementation
 Led process improvement identification and implementation
 Acted as Assistant CFO
 Conducted corporate governance determination and compliance (SOX, section 404 and certification;
OSC/TSX, Bill 198; Privacy Act [PIPEDA])
NOVOPHARM LIMITED (GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING, WHOLESALE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - A PRIVATE
TO PUBLIC CORPORATION)
CFO & SENIOR VP (ALSO DEPUTY CEO, APRIL - NOVEMBER 2000) 1999 - OCTOBER 2002
 Directed and managed Finance, Accounting and Information Technology to support comprehensive and
complex business and management needs through instilling enhanced business practices, entity risk
management, effective management and financial reporting
 Led the transformation from a significant private company to a foreign controlled public corporation (Nasdaq)
in a very tight timeframe; ensured accurate, thorough and timely due diligence, and SEC reporting
 As Deputy CEO, provided additional operational and strategic management leadership, increased operational
efficiency, profitability and customer relations, improved staff moral through open communication and
transparency
 Responsible person for the ERP (Oracle) migration; on-time, on-budget, business transparency
 Senior liaison with foreign parent company
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES CANADA LTD. (FLOORING MANUFACTURING, WHOLESALE - A 100% SUBSIDIARY
CORPORATION)
VP Finance & Chief Financial Officer (also Acting President, July 1997 - January 1999) 1994-1999
CENTURY INTERNATIONAL ARMS LTD. (SPORTING GOODS, WHOLESALE - A PRIVATE COMPANY)
General Manager & Chief Financial Officer 1992-1994
ACTIVE COMPONENT SALES CORPORATION LTD (ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL - A PRIVATE COMPANY)
Director, Financial Operations 1989-1992
Canadian National Railways (for this time period, a Crown Corporation) 1981-1989
 Controller - Real Estate Division 1988-1989
 Senior Director, Comprehensive Audit 1983-1988
 System Accountant, Internal Accounting Controls 1981-1983
Professional Accreditation
 Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant ( CPA,CA ), 1980
 Certified Public Accountant ( CPA ), State of Illinois, USA, 1998
Education ( McGill University )
 Master of Business Administration, Finance & International Business, 1988
 Graduate Diploma, Public Accountancy, 1979
 Bachelor of Commerce, Joint Honours Economics & Accounting, 1977
Recent Volunteer Activity
 Learning Disability Association York Region: Board of Directors, October 2012 – September 2015
 The Curtain Club (amateur theatre): Set Crew; Event Support, March 2016 – Present
Languages
 English, French
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