Clive Beddoe

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Clive Beddoe (born 26 May 1946) is a founding shareholder and former chairman of the board of directors of WestJet, which is currently the second-largest airline in Canada behind Air Canada.

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Beddoe was born in Dorking, England, [1] grew up in Leatherhead, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1970.

Beddoe first started flying gliders at Epsom College in England during his teenage years. [2] While talking to a friend one day, he decided to move to Canada on a whim to start a job at a real estate development company, further on creating his own commercial development company called Hanover Management, a named based on Hanover Square, London a location where he once worked.[ citation needed ] The company purchased Western Concord Manufacturing, a plastics manufacturer company based out of Delta, British Columbia, in 1994. [3]

In 2000, WestJet's founders, Beddoe, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan and Donald Bell were honored as 'The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year' for Canada and was honored at the international Entrepreneur of the year awards in Monaco. [4]

He has been awarded honorary degrees from the University of Calgary [5] and the Wilfrid Laurier University.

On Tuesday, 24 July 2007, Beddoe announced that effective 4 September 2007, he would relinquish his duties as chief executive officer, with then-president Sean Durfy taking the role. [6]

He is currently on the board for AIMCO, and head of their compensation committee.

Awards and honours

Beddoe was inducted to the Order of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 2012. [7] Beddoe was also inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 2014. [8]

WestJet's first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registered C-GUDH, has been named after him. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Biographies: Born 1940-1948". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Who are the new mavericks?". Calgary Herald. 24 October 2010. p. 4.
  3. ↑ Nelson, Barry (13 February 1996). "Travellers applaud low fares". Calgary Herald. p. 43.
  4. ↑ Frank, Charles (6 October 2000). "WestJet soars to awards". Calgary Herald. p. 41.
  5. ↑ "Native artist, WestJet co-founder to get honorary degrees". Calgary Herald. 6 November 2008. p. 26.
  6. ↑ "Clive Beddoe steps into mentoring role at WestJet". Edmonton Journal. 25 July 2007. p. 41.
  7. ↑ "Clive Beddoe". Canadian Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Member Profiles". Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  9. ↑ Stephenson, Amanda (17 January 2019). "WestJet receives first Dreamliner; names it 'Clive Beddoe'". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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