Fergus V. Keyes   C. Dir.; CPP; CSP

523 rue Charon, Montreal, QC, H3K 2P4
(514) 949-2710
Email: info@ferguskeyes.com

Business Profile Information at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferguskeyes

Senior Management Professional

Chartered Director

Boards and Governance

Dynamic Senior Business Development and CEO – A leader with 20+ years experience spearheading successful ventures throughout global business markets.

Qualified independent Board member – experienced Chair; Vice-Chair; Board; and Committee Member –
(Finance/Audit; Administration; Strategic Planning: Risk Assessment; Fundraising etc.)

Expert strategist, analyst, planner, team leader, negotiator and business driver

Combines expertise in Senior Management and/or Board governance (Public; Private  & Not-for-Profit) with strategic planning & organizational leadership. Participative leadership style with excellent skills in cross-functional team building, quality performance and productivity improvement.

Responds to business challenges with confidence, determination and focus.

Provides Board oversight, foresight & insight in areas such as:

• Strategic Planning & Business Development
• Audit and Finance
• Critical Problem Solving & Analysis
• Cross Functional Team Building
• Leadership and Strategy
• Risk & Threat Assessments
• Field Leadership
• Executive Relationship Management
• Communication and Social Responsibility
• Accountability and Change

A graduate (2008) of the Chartered Director (C.Dir.) program at the Director’s College, (www.thedirectorscollege.com)  as offered by McMaster University; The DeGroote School of Business & The Conference Board of Canada.

A unique and intensive education program – delivering state-of-the-art education on the duties & responsibilities of members of a. Board of Directors; financial literacy & and general business knowledge.

Independent, Qualified, Experienced Board Chair / Member

Security Management Professional Delivering Leadership Strategies

Risk Assesment Specialist

Certified Protection Professional

Threat and Risk Assessment

Certified Security Professional

Security Management and Consulting

Professional Experience

Board of Directors

Centaur Theatre, Montréal, Quebec

• Past Chairman of the Board – 2004 – 2010 –
• Member of the Board as Past Chairman
• Member of the Audit/Finance & Chairman – Selection Committee
• One of the largest professionals Theatre groups in Canada

The Canadian Society for Industrial Security, Québec & Canada

• Québec Chairman and Member of the National Board 2009 – Present
• Oldest (since 1955) Private Security Association in Canada

CSSS Cavendish, Montreal, Quebec

• Chair of Special Board Committee with oversight responsibility
• Member of the President’s Advisory Committee 2011-Present
• Organization responsible for the delivery of all public health care services in the central /western section of Montreal for a number of public long term care facilities

St. Andrew’s; St. Margaret’s & Father Dowd, Montréal, Quebec

• Past Chairman of the Unified Board of Directors – 2006-2010
• Member of the Audit/Finance & Chairman – Administration Committee
• Three (3) long term care facilities

American Security Distribution Inc., Anaheim, California

• Former Member of the Executive / Management Board – 1996 – 2000
• A Major Security Product distributor in North America

The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS International)

• Former Montréal Chapter # 196 – Chairman – 1992-94
• World wide Security Association

Business Affairs

PANAMSEC, Montreal, Quebec

• Owner / President – 2001 to 2010
• Security Product distribution company.
• Responsibilities include overseeing all business activities in delivering products and services related to consultation and threat assessment to private and public sector organizations achieving a strong market presence based on innovative marketing programs and delivering professional, strategic solutions.
• Set up and successfully established a fully operating web based company.
• Negotiated with suppliers & customers and handled all the legal and accounting aspects of the operation.
• Generated revenues of over $400,000 in the first year of operation by developing a global distribution system for security products.
• Received the Canadian Small Business of the Month award in 2006.

MSP CENTRE, Montreal, Quebec 

• General Manager & President – 1991-2001
• A Canadian security products distributor.
• Responsibilities included management of all Canadian Operations with locations in Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver and supervision of 45 people on average.
• Brought company to profitable position and interfaced purchasing between Canadian operation and American Parent companies by working closely with trustees and playing an integral role in negotiating with a Chicago distributor (Anicom) to purchase Canadian assets (when original stakeholder withdrew).
• Established market presence as a member of the world-wide management committee with regular meetings in California & Chicago.

Guillevin International Inc., Montreal, Quebec

• General Manager – Two (2) Divisions – 1985-91
• A world class leader in specialized product distribution. www.guillevin.com
• Responsibilities included set up and development of two separate divisions of Guillevin: Guillevin Video & Security and Guilcat with authority over 120 branch locations in Canada.  Profit / Loss responsibility specific to each division.

Education and Training

CSP – Certified Security Professional – CSIS Canadian Soc. Ind. Sec. 2008

• (http://www.csis-scsi.org/Main.htm )

CPP – Certified Protection Professional – ASIS International 2008

• (www.asisonline.org )

C.DIR – Chartered Director – The Director’s College – McMaster University; 2007

• DeGroote School of Business & Conference Board of Canada
• (www.thedirectorscollege.com )

Master’s Level – International Peacekeeping 2007

• United Nations & Canadem – 18 courses
• (http://www.canadem.ca/main/ )

B.A. program – Sir George Williams University, Montreal, Quebec

College Diploma – John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec

Security Management Certification – Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Financial Analysis – In house Guillevin Training, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

Management Training – Various courses

Executive Management Workshops – ASD, Anaheim, California

Associations and Affilations

Past Professional Membership: Institute of Corporate Directors

Professional Membership: Canadian Society for Industrial Security

Professional Membership: ASIS International

Volunteer Community Involvement

C.E.S.O. – 2001 to Present

• Past Volunteer: Management Consulting
• Helping young entrepreneurs with new business start up, Montreal, QC

St. Columban Cemetery restoration project, Montreal, QC – 2002 to Present

• Project Member and Founder

Montreal discussion group on current affairs & philosophy – 1990 to Present

• Founder & Leader:

PSC Community Adult Theatre & PSC-YMCA Youth Theatre Program – 2006 to Present

• Founding Member

Société d’histoire de Pointe Saint Charles – 2004 to Present

• Local Non Profit Historical Society
• Past Chairman & Member of the Board of Directors

Language Skills

English – French (verbal, reading & comprehension)

Awards

The Most Venerable Order of Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem – 1992

• The Priory of Canada
• “For valuable assistance rendered in the furtherance of the work of the Order”

Canadian Society for Industrial Security (CSIS) – 1982

• “Awarded for extraordinary contribution to the goals of the Society”