Cat’s Track #29 – Barry Heck

Welcome to Cat’s Track Episode 29, with guest Barry Heck.

Barry M. Heck’s professional career is focused on the formation, growth and management of a wide range of businesses and organizations. Since 1985 he has been involved as an advisor, senior executive and/or board member in numerous corporate initiatives, from start-ups to large public corporations. In addition, Barry has extensive experience in serving crown corporations and agencies and in various notfor-profit, charitable, and community-based organizations.

Barry has considerable corporate and business experience in areas such as corporate formation and structuring, private and public finance, venture capital and private equity finance and investing, executive leadership, operations, M&A transactions, technology start-ups and commercialization, strategic planning and reviews, and business planning and restructurings. He has over 30 years of corporate board governance and compliance experience covering a diverse range of industries and organizations; including as an advisor to numerous corporate boards, as a CEO of a major Canadian public company, as Executive Chair of a publicly listed medical device company and as a board and committee member. During his career Barry has worked throughout North America and many international locations, including Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Israel. Barry also has extensive charitable, community and not-for-profit involvement and board experience.