CEO Today Management Consulting Awards 2021

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CEO TODAY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AWARDS 2021

David Poirier Founder and CEO of The Poirier Group

Contact Details E: David.poirier@thepoiriergroup.com Office: 905-624-5855 Cell: 416-407-6229 703 Evans Ave, Suie 401 Toronto, ON M9C 5E9

ABOUT DAVID POIRIER David is a dynamic and visionary leader who developed a broad spectrum of expertise over the first half of his career. As a graduate Industrial Engineer of the University of Toronto, David rose quickly from the ranks of “Cash and Carry clerkʼ to Senior Vice President, Logistics, Planning and Systems at Loblaw Companies, the largest Grocer in Canada. Changing gears, he joined Hudsonʼs Bay Company (HBC), the oldest retailer in North America. As Executive Vice President, he led technology and transformed the key loyalty, CRM, e-commerce business through the establishment of a key alliance with IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, and Symbol technologies. Following his retail adventures, he joined MDS (Health/Life Sciences industry) as President of Enterprise Services where he led a Shared Services Integration involving 3,000+ staff, and 50+ facilities across 28 countries combining business systems, HR, Facilities, IT, Finance, Legal and Marketing. Next, David embarked on a 3-year international challenge as CEO of a large German ship building manufacturer spending half of each year in Europe, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and Asia, increasing the market and tripling the size of the company. Throughout these experiences, David has developed a unique ability to see past the noise to the underlying issues that hinder progress and growth. Essential to any sustainable change is a solid organizational culture and alignment, and this is where David provides the greatest value – this is his strong suit. Having sat on the other side of the desk for many years experiencing consulting solutions that had little to no sustainable benefit, David believed there was a better way. This drove him to his greatest challenge, venturing out of the corporate world to change the paradigm of ʻconsultingʼ. FIRMPROFILE David founded TPG to make a meaningful difference as a ʻvalues basedʼ boutique management consulting firm. Davidʼs mantra “To serve the highest good for those with whom and which we

are connected” has been the foundation for TPGʼs success. He built his practise, ensuring a good mix of seasoned Operators who brought real-world experience with the capability to figure out what to do, the practicality to understand how to do it, and the insight to create buy-in with each organization - the cornerstone to sustainable change. This collaborative approach has proven a successful recipe to driving a greater pace of change and higher value for TPG clients. TPGʼs rigorous hiring practise ensures the right skills, experience, values, and discipline that exemplify TPGʼs four core values: Integrity, Learning, Service and Excellence. David is involved in every hiring decision and personally coaches each member of TPG to do their best work. The TPG team created the ʻPurpose Beyond Profitʼ initiative that allows individuals to dedicate a portion of their bench time to volunteer consulting expertise that benefits charitable organizations. Beyond creating operational efficiencies, TPG has helped to divert a greater percentage of funding from overhead to the actual causes. Overarching all his successes, David holds great pride in the TPG family. The team has grown three-fold over the last five years, and it has been his pleasure to nurture and guide this growing business to deliver outstanding service resulting in numerous Awards such as ʻCanadaʼs Most Admired Corporate Cultureʼ by Waterstone Human Capital; and by Vault.com as a Top Consulting Firm in North America. TPG has maintained an enviable record of 100% positive client referrals over 15 years serving Retail, Services, CPG, Supply Chain, E-Commerce, and Private Equity. For David, building trust with clients and delivering on this exemplary record is part and parcel of his mark to change the consulting experience.

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