Rick Watkin
Rick Watkin
Advisory Board Member
Advisory Board Member
Rick is a member of the Grey Road Partners Advisory Board.
Rick has been President and CEO of KUBRA since 1999. He has successfully led the company through remarkable organic growth, a management buyout with private equity, and a number of acquisitions which led to a private sale of 80% of the company to the Hearst Corporation.
Rick sets the companies long-term vision, fosters tenacity, and heads up KUBRA's day-to-day operations. He also develops strategies focused on profitable growth, expansion into new markets, and the use of transformative technologies.
Rick received the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010 in Ontario. During his tenure as CEO, KUBRA was Great Place to Work Certified in the U.S. and Canada for five consecutive years, from 2019 to 2024. From 2021 to 2023, it was named one of Arizona's Most Admired Companies. In 2018 and from 2021 to 2023, it was recognized as one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ by Waterstone Human Capital.
Rick has participated as a judge for Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, sits on various advisory boards including the board of Kids’ Health Links Foundation, and is a member of NACHA, Vistage, the Young Presidents’ Organization, and the MacKay CEO Forums. Rick previously served on the board of AlsoEnergy and Clairvest Group Inc.
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