Association des Alumni des Grandes Ecoles Françaises ( AAGEF ) O

AAGEF Ontario

Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance

GEORGE HANUS

PRESIDENT & CEO
GREATER TORONTO MARKETING ALLIANCE

Mr. Hanus joined the GTMA in 2010. Prior to joining, George worked for 2½ years as Director, ICT and Advanced Manufacturing in Investment Attraction at TRRA-Toronto Region Research Alliance. Before TRRA he had spent over 25 years in economic development and investment attraction for Ontario's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Most recently, he was posted to Munich, Germany from 2002-2006 where he opened the Ontario International Marketing Centre as Consul (Economic Affairs-Ontario). He was previously posted to Frankfurt, Germany for Ontario from 1990-1993.

George has extensive experience with companies in auto parts, traditional and advanced manufacturing, plastics, ICT, energy and environment/green-tech, and life science sectors. He has advised hundreds of companies, mainly from Europe, about the advantages of Ontario, and more recently the Toronto Region, as an investment location. His efforts, in collaboration with numerous partner organizations, have resulted in several tens of millions of dollars in investments and hundreds new jobs coming to Ontario.

George holds an MBA in international business and marketing and a B.Eng. (Mechanical) both from McGill University. After completing his engineering degree, he worked in cargo operations and Arctic projects for a Montreal-based private international ship-owning and operating company. After his MBA, he worked in management consulting and international banking before joining the Ontario Government. George speaks French, German, Czech, and some Spanish.

George has travelled extensively on business and holidays and has visited over sixty countries. He had also published several travel articles in the late eighties. In earlier years George was on the Boards of the McGill University Graduate Society in Toronto, the King-Bay Chaplaincy and Operation Bootstrap. He was also Vice President and President of the Toronto Bicycling Network and was active on a committee of the High Park Ski Club.