David Scrymgeour is executive in residence at the

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and business fellow at the

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. He is also adjunct professor and executive-in-residence at the

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., leads workshops for Venture for Canada and lectures in the MBA/MIB programs at the Smith School of Business, Queens University.

Entrepreneurial

Scrymgeour worked globally as a corporate trouble-shooter before founding organisations including File Tech Inc., an information management company; The Skills Network, a group of skills training businesses; and Green Standards Ltd, an award-winning move management company that provides circular economy solutions for corporate waste that benefit both community and environment.

Political Consulting

Scrymgeour held the position of national director of the

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under former

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from 2002–03, resigning as part of the deal between

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and

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that led to MacKay's assumption of leadership and caused a storm of protest within the party. He was later named the first national director of the new

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. Prior to the

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of November 2003, he delivered political, organisational and election readiness training in the former Soviet

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. In early 2004, he managed the lead up to

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's campaign for the leadership of the

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. In August 2004, he was hired for a dollar-per-year as an advisor to the

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by its leader Jim Harris. In the position paper, ''Green and Growing'', he outlined a political organization structure that emphasized minimum critical central coordination under an Executive Director and the building of volunteer-based

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associations. In the 2007 Ontario provincial election, he served as organisation director of the

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, delivering the first full slate of 107 candidates in its history. He then served as chief financial officer from 2007-2010 and as Campaign Chair for the 2011 Ontario General Election.

Community

Scrymgeour has acted as an advisor, donor and/or board member for organizations including Venture for Canada,

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, One Laptop per Child, the

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Foundation, the Canadian Executive Service Organization,

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and the

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Campaign. He also mentors student start-up organisations at Oxford, Toronto and Queens Universities.

References

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