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Back to SearchSummer 2021 – Ottawa, ON – After much interest from community members far and wide, CHEO has selected Justin Ferrabee as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Ferrabee will join the rest of CHEO’s board members as an important decision-maker supporting CHEO’s vision, mission and values.
Justin Ferrabee is an experienced entrepreneur, having co-founded several businesses, including Fieldless Farms (which grows produce indoors in Ontario) and Ollie Quinn (an in-store and online glasses/sunglasses retailer). He is also a transformational leader having driven challenging, large scale change in dynamic, complex, multi-stakeholder environments across geographies and cultures, including his previous role as Chief Operating Officer at Payments Canada.
Mr. Ferrabee is a leading expert on large-scale organizational transformation with over 25 years of experience in the field, as both an executive and a consultant. He has worked with complex and sophisticated global companies (e.g. British Telecom, Unilever, Philips) and has been involved in many advanced and challenging public sector transformations, working across the political, executive and operational levels in federal, regional and municipal governments. Previously, Mr. Ferrabee was the President and Managing Partner of TotemHill Consulting, an international management consulting firm focused exclusively on large-scale transformation projects. He also held vice-president and senior vice-president positions with CapGemini and Calian Technologies.
Mr. Ferrabee’s family, including children Lincoln and Levi, have been strongly supported by CHEO. Lincoln, who was born with cerebral palsy, has been a CHEO patient since birth and was also a student at CHEO’s school.
About CHEO’s Board of Directors
CHEO’s Board of Directors consists of 18 Directors – 12 members recruited from the broader community, one representative from the University of Ottawa, the Chair of the Board of the CHEO School Authority, and four ex-officio members. CHEO’s Board of Directors is responsible for the overall governance of the organization. Members are in charge of setting CHEO’s strategic priorities and ensuring they are met. Members also provide ongoing oversight of the quality of care CHEO provides and ensure the organization’s financial resources are managed appropriately.