Jaime Watt
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
Occupation
Business
Description
Jaime Watt is the Executive Chairman of Navigator Ltd. and a Principal at ENsight Canada. He specializes in complex public strategy issues, serving both domestic and international clients in the corporate, professional services, not-for-profit, and government sectors.
He is a trusted advisor to business leaders as well as leaders of political parties at all three levels of government across Canada. Jaime has led ground-breaking election campaigns that have transformed politics because of their boldness and creativity.
Jaime is President of the Albany Club, Canada’s oldest political club. He also serves on the boards of many other organizations including the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation in Toronto, the Stratford Festival and Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. As well, he chairs the Capital Campaign for Casey House, Canada’s pioneer AIDS hospice, and is the immediate past president of the Canadian Club of Toronto, Canada’s oldest podium of record.
Deeply involved with efforts to promote equality and human rights issues, he was the inaugural recipient of Egale’s Lifetime Achievement Award and has been awarded the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals for service to the community. He recently received Out on Bay Street’s Leader to be Proud of Award. Jaime has been elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, is a Toronto Heritage Companion, and was recently named one of Toronto’s most influential citizens.
A highly regarded speaker, Jaime appears regularly as a public affairs commentator in the media. He is a regular contributor to the CBC, including his own segment on the popular Power and Politics program with Evan Solomon, Sunday Scrum with Nancy Wilson, and on its flagship news program The National with Peter Mansbridge.
See Also
- LGBTQ Chief Executive Officers of Business Enterprises
- LGBTQ Founders and Executives with Charitable Foundations
- Political Correspondents and Commentators Who Identify as LGBTQ
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.navltd.com/team/jaime-watt/
- http://www.torontolife.com/informer/features/2012/12/03/50-most-influential-2012/20/
- http://www.cbc.ca/thenational/indepthanalysis/theinsiders/jaime-watt.html
- http://7words.biz/jaime-watt-interview/?ct=t(Newsletter_2711_9_2015)&mc_cid=e1ab5b2dad&mc_eid=6287d2e284#sthash.PWVdxwKa.z3Fcg8aG.dpbs
