Clive Beddoe (born 26 May 1946) is a founding shareholder and former chairman of the board of directors of WestJet, which is currently the second-largest airline in Canada behind Air Canada.
Beddoe was born in Dorking, England,[1] grew up in Leatherhead, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1970.
Beddoe first started flying gliders at Epsom College in England during his teenage years.[2] While talking to a friend one day, he decided to move to Canada on a whim to start a job at a real estate development company, further on creating his own commercial development company called Hanover Management, a named based on Hanover Square, London a location where he once worked.[citation needed] The company purchased Western Concord Manufacturing, a plastics manufacturer company based out of Delta, British Columbia, in 1994.[3]
In 2000, WestJet's founders, Beddoe, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan and Donald Bell were honored as 'The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year' for Canada and was honored at the international Entrepreneur of the year awards in Monaco.[4]
He has been awarded honorary degrees from the University of Calgary[5] and the Wilfrid Laurier University.
On Tuesday, 24 July 2007, Beddoe announced that effective 4 September 2007, he would relinquish his duties as chief executive officer, with then-president Sean Durfy taking the role.[6]
He is currently on the board for AIMCO, and head of their compensation committee.
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^"Who are the new mavericks?". Calgary Herald. 24 October 2010. p. 4.
^Nelson, Barry (13 February 1996). "Travellers applaud low fares". Calgary Herald. p. 43.
^Frank, Charles (6 October 2000). "WestJet soars to awards". Calgary Herald. p. 41.
^"Native artist, WestJet co-founder to get honorary degrees". Calgary Herald. 6 November 2008. p. 26.
^"Clive Beddoe steps into mentoring role at WestJet". Edmonton Journal. 25 July 2007. p. 41.
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