Chair Profile: Bruce Harbinson

Professional

As an entrepreneur and business leader, Bruce Harbinson thrives on the many challenges that come with starting, growing, buying and selling companies.

In 1992, he founded a technology business, which grew from a concept to becoming publicly traded with its intellectual property licensed throughout a global alliance network. Within a decade, it was purchased by a large Asian conglomerate.

Bruce joined TEC as a CEO member in 1997 and transitioned to the role of Chair in 2003. He is currently a Regional Chair, operating three TEC groups in the Greater Toronto Area.

From 2004-2006, he taught strategic organizational design at York University’s Schulich School of Business MBA program. He continues to develop and deliver programs on strategy, leadership and innovation for Schulich’s internationally renowned executive education program.

As President of Harbinson Management Group Ltd., he offers strategic and leadership services to CEOs of entrepreneurial organizations.

His first-hand experiences of balancing strategy, tactics and the interpersonal challenges that come from business demands provides his TEC group members with valuable insights and examples.

TEC Group Vision

“I expect my members to be a big part of the engine that keeps our country strong and growing. My role is to be their advocate, and the catalyst that makes this happen. When working with my members, as with each of my other professional relationships, I strive to combine the perspective of a director, the experience of a CEO and the passion of a business owner.”

Personal

• Lives in Toronto with wife, Gillian

• Father of two grown daughters, an engineer and medical student

• Completed his MBA from York University

• Eight years with Abbott Laboratories (a Jim Collins “Good to Great” company)

• Twice nominated as Professor of the Year, Schulich School of Business