Jeannette Hobson
Vistage Speaker & Chair | TEC Canada Speaker
Jeannette, a self-described “nerd” with a deep curiosity about how things work, has been a Vistage Chair since 1995, currently leading two CE groups and serving as a Best Practice Chair and facilitator for the Vistage Executive Leadership program with Stanford since 2017. She co-created the successful “River Run” chair development program and has been instrumental in its evolution. With a background in finance, Jeannette gained financial acumen through experience at The Bank of New York and an Executive MBA from Columbia Business School. She has a 20-year career in banking, eight years in consulting, and has received multiple awards, including the Cope Award and Chair Excellence honors.


Jeannette Hobson
Vistage Speaker & Chair | TEC Canada Speaker
Jeannette, a self-described “nerd” with a deep curiosity about how things work, has been a Vistage Chair since 1995, currently leading two CE groups and serving as a Best Practice Chair and facilitator for the Vistage Executive Leadership program with Stanford since 2017. She co-created the successful “River Run” chair development program and has been instrumental in its evolution. With a background in finance, Jeannette gained financial acumen through experience at The Bank of New York and an Executive MBA from Columbia Business School. She has a 20-year career in banking, eight years in consulting, and has received multiple awards, including the Cope Award and Chair Excellence honors.
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The better your story, the more listeners you get.
Half-Day learning lab to sharpen your financial knowledge and learn how to tell the best story of your organization when speaking to outside suppliers of capital or to potential buyers. The case study puts you in the shoes of a CEO whose entire company may be lost for lack of sufficient cash to satisfy the bank loan covenants. It is up to you whether a solution can be found in time.