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Leonard Asper, Trustee |
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Leonard Asper is the former CEO of CanWest Global
Communications Corp., a post he held for over 10 years. He is also one of the
founders of Canterbury Park Capital, a private equity fund, and holds a
significant interest in Creswin Properties, a developer, operator and manager of
shopping malls in the US and Canada. A graduate of Brandeis University and the University of Toronto Law School, he is also a member of the Ontario Bar. He was included in the Top 40 Under 40 as well as being named CEO of the year by Playback, a media industry publication. Mr. Asper also serves on the Board of the Manitoba Business Council, as well as the Board of Trustees of Brandeis University, where he founded the Asper School for Entrepreneurship at the International Business School of Brandeis. He is a Trustee of The Asper Foundation, the founder of the Joshua Foundation and a member of the Board of Governors of the Saul and Claribel Simkin Center, a seniors’ housing complex in Winnipeg, Canada. Mr. Asper also served for five years on the Board of the University of Winnipeg Foundation and holds an honorary Doctorate in Laws from that institution.
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