Wesley J. Hall
Wesley J. Hall
Wesley J. Hall (born May 8, 1969) is a Canadian businessman and Founder and Executive Chairman of Kingsdale Advisors,[1][2] a strategic shareholder advisory firm[2] with offices in Canada and the United States.[3]
Hall is also owner of QM Environmental[4] and Titan Supply. [4][5]
In 2014, the Globe and Mail called Hall “one of most influential power brokers on Bay Street”[6] and Canadian Business magazine has named him one of the country’s “most powerful business people.”[7]
In 2016, Hall was the subject of a documentary film, which premiered at the Toronto Black Film Festival. The 82-minute film, directed by Samuel Lehner, detailed Hall’s life and accomplishments from childhood to present day.[8][9]
EARLY LIFE
Wes Hall was born in Golden Grove, Jamaica, and raised by his maternal grandmother in a tin shack. [6] [9] [10]In 1985, at age 16, he moved to Canada to live with his father in Toronto, Ontario. While still a teenager, Hall moved out of his father’s family home and into a rooming house, working as a dishwasher while he finished high school.[6] [9]
BUSINESS SUCCESS
In 2003, Hall launched Kingsdale Shareholder Services (renamed Kingsdale Advisors in 2017), with services focused on proxy solicitation and advisory, governance advisory and strategic communications.[1] [3] Under Hall’s leadership Kingsdale has worked with some North America’s biggest companies including: Barrick Gold, BHP Billiton, Citigroup, Goldcorp, Talisman, Suncor, Pershing Square,[1] [11] and CP Rail.[8]
Hall has also sat on the corporate boards of Difference Capital Financial,[12] Equity Financial Holdings Inc.,[13] Longford Energy,[14] and Wellgreen Platinum.[13][15]
PHILANTHROPY AND CHARITY WORK
In 2014, Hall made a $1-million donation to the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative, a not-for-profit collaboration between SickKids Hospital in Toronto.[16] Hall currently sits on the Board of Directors of Sick Kids Hospital.[17]
He is also a Director of Pathway to Education, a community-based program that helps youth from low-income communities to stay in school,[18] and the Toronto International Film Festival.[19][20]
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
For his business success and charity work, Hall received an Honorary degree of Doctors of Laws (LLD) from the University of the West Indies in 2017.[21] One year earlier, he received the Vice Chancellor’s Award from the same school.[22]
Other honours include the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Ontario in 2009[23] [24] and the Harry Jerome President’s Award in 2017. [25][26]
Hall is regularly called upon by the media to provide commentary about the business and financial sector.[11][27][28]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bloomberg".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Veteran lawyer stickhandling his way to providing independent chairman services". Financial Post.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "'Two peas in a pod': Kingsdale going global". Financial Post.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Game Changer". p. 52.
- ↑ "TITAN INTRODUCES NEW OWNER".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Wes Hall: From mail room clerk to Bay Street power broker".
- ↑ "Canada's Most Powerful Business People 2016: #42 — Wes Hall". Canadian Business.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "A Wes side story: Kingsdale founder gets the documentary treatment". Financial Post.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "An Unlikely Success Story: Wes Hall tells all".
- ↑ "4-year-old boy in ICU since birth close to getting life-saving surgery". Jamaica Observer.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Proxy Advisors -- Their Rise, Their Value". Forbes.
- ↑ "Legendary trader Michael Wekerle steps down". Toronto Star.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Bloomberg - Executive Profile - Wesley J. Hall".
- ↑ "Longford Energy Inc. Reconstitutes Board for Benefit of Shareholders".
- ↑ "The playmaker: An interview with Wes Hall, CEO & Founder of Kingsdale Shareholder Services" (PDF). Activist Insight. p. 10.
- ↑ "Documentary Features Successful African Canadian Entrepreneur". Pride News - Canada's Daily African Canadian and Caribbean News Magazine.
- ↑ "In hospital since birth, 4-year-old boy coming to Canada for life-changing surgery". CBC.ca.
- ↑ "National Board of Directors".
- ↑ "TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world through film". Tiff.net.
- ↑ "TIFF Announces Two New Appointments to Its Board of Directors".
- ↑ "Four get honorary degrees from UWI, Mona". Jamaica Gleaner.
- ↑ "Wes Hall's Journey To Be Showcased In Jamaica". The Jamaica Gleaner.
- ↑ "Bloomberg Profiles - Wesley "Wes" Hall". Bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "Ernst & Young celebrates Ontario finalists for 2009 Entrepreneur Of The Year". Newswire.
- ↑ "Wesley J. Hall". Harry Jerome Awards.
- ↑ "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau To Give Keynote Address At BBPA's Harry Jerome Awards Gala; Olympic Sprinter Andre De Grasse To Be Honoured". Pride News - Canada's Daily African Canadian Caribbean News Magazine.
- ↑ "Activists not easing up on Canadian companies, Kingsdale Advisors says". Financial Post.
- ↑ "Activists seek to unlock value in Canadian real estate sector". Reuters.
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