Geoff Smith, President and CEO, EllisDon

Geoff Smith is CEO of construction juggernaut EllisDon. The company’s projects include Rogers Centre, the Art Gallery of Ontario and countless other public and private facilities across the country. Our fascinating conversation covers succession, disruption, politics and how Geoff and his team brought the company back from the brink with a employee-driven, values-based strategy.

“We have created a really great place to work , and I think that gives the company more purpose – for me – than the buildings themselves.”

Geoff Smith