John Bockstael elected 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 chair
BERMUDA, Thursday March 28, 2019 鈥� The 网曝吃瓜 (网曝吃瓜) has appointed John Bockstael as 2019 chair of its board of directors at its annual general meeting. John takes over the position from Zey Emir, president of .
John is president & chief executive officer of , a fourth-generation company and one of Manitoba鈥檚 largest regional general contractors. He is a professional engineer, and holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
John joined the 网曝吃瓜 board in 2005 and has chaired the 网曝吃瓜 General Contractors Council and Standard Practices Committee, joining the executive in 2010. He has also served 14 years on the board of the including two as president, and is the outgoing chair of .
In his address to the annual general meeting, John outlined his four priority areas as workforce attraction and retention, innovation, governance renewal and community engagement as well as uniting and collaborating to proactively champion issues that matter. 鈥淣ot only do we need to educate and inform our members about the benefits of innovation and technology,鈥� said John. 鈥淲e need to help the industry re-train the workforce, attract and retain tech-savvy workers and understand how things like building information modelling, pre-fabrication and software applications may affect our businesses.鈥�
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