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CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101
Lived It Lecture featuring Robert Deluce: Gaining altitude in turbulent times – a view from the cockpit at Porter

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM (ET)

Toronto, Canada

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Speaker:  Robert Deluce, President and CEO of Porter Airlines

Robert Deluce, President and CEO of Porter Airlines, leads an entrepreneurial team dedicated to restoring dignity to the regional air travel experience. This counter-intuitive approach is winning new fans every day as the airline continues adding destinations, aircraft and employees, while helping revitalize Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport as a vital downtown transportation hub. Mr. Deluce will discuss Porter’s business strategy, its future plans and the competitive environment in this notoriously cutthroat industry.

This is part of a series of “Lived It” lectures in the program, sessions that offer a great opportunity to hear firsthand and ask questions about the experience of starting up an innovative company – from people who have seen it and done it.

 

About the Speaker

Robert J. Deluce is one of Canada’s most knowledgeable and respected airline owners and operators.  He brings to the industry over 50 years of Deluce family experience in successfully owning, financing, restructuring, operating and managing a number of regional airlines in Canada.

His involvement in the aviation industry includes White River Air Services, norOntair, Austin Airways, Air Creebec, Air Ontario, Air Manitoba, Air Alliance and Canada 3000 Airlines.

He has been President of Deluce Capital Corp. since 1987, and is currently President and CEO of both Porter Aviation Holdings Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Porter Airlines Inc.