Chair
Grant is an experienced Chairman, CEO, and corporate director who guides the Barde Properties team with a vision rooted in integrity and excellence.
Grant currently serves as Chair of the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB), Co-Chair of Wise Trust, Director of Square Canada, Square Technologies, and Chair of Barde Properties, among others.
Grant Walsh
WSIB is a Province of Ontario Crown Corporation, insurance company. It has $40 billion in investment assets; $5.6 billion in revenue, 330,000 employer members, 5.6 million insured employees, and employs 4,700 people. WISE Trust is a joint sponsor pension plan (JSPP) with $4 billion in investments and 10,000 pensioners and employees of the employer sponsor.
Grant was formerly the Chair of Canada Lands Company Limited, a Government of Canada Crown Corporation, with real estate properties across Canada and tourism properties including the CN Tower; Downsview Park; the Old Port of Montreal; and the Montreal Science Centre. Canada Lands has several thousand acres of real estate properties from coast to coast with current or completed developments in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Grant has a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Southern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Arts from Roberts Wesleyan University in English and Philosophy. He holds a designation as a Chartered Director from McMaster University and the Conference Board of Canada.