Meet our Senior Management:

The role of our Senior Management, subject to the direction and limitations imposed by the Board of Directors, is to manage the day-to-day affairs of a multiple branch Company.

The principal Senior Management positions are located at the Head Office.

Our Head Office team handles the following areas namely:

  • Business Development
  • Community Relations includes the website, media, promotion and outreach
  • Finance includes accounting, financial reporting, insurance, investments, planning, product sales, taxation and treasury
  • Government Relations
  • Human Resources includes hiring, training, termination, succession planning, performance measurement, employee recognition, payroll, benefits, health and safety
  • Information Technology includes data collection, data management, business processes and remote plant security
  • Logistics

Each Plant Manager is deemed to be part of the Senior Management team. They are responsible for running their plant safely and productively.

Our current Senior Management team includes:

            Catherine Ellis

            Jamal Instrum

            Jocelyn Larocque

            Irene Parker

For a more detailed biography of our Senior Management highlight the above.

 

Catherine Ellis, Logistics Manager

Cathy Ellis holds accreditation in Ontario Management Development and has over 30 years experience in 3PL Logistics, Inventory Control, Customer Service and Human Resources.

She spent 13 years specializing in Custom Brokerage and Integrated Logistic Services with Livingston International, a leading North American Logistics provider. Cathy then moved to Hamilton Terminals, where her 19 years also included Warehouse Logistics in a 360,000 sq ft facility. She is adept in Accellos, Oracle and SAP systems, and brought her considerable negotiating skills to bear in handling Human Resources, A/R and Customer Service. Her responsibilities were expanded to include oversight and administration of monthly budgets, physical plant maintenance and sales reports.

Cathy's Continuing Education curriculum has included earning credits in Supervision Administration, Leadership, Production, Communications and HR.　

Cathy demonstrates a high degree of professionalism in her ability to focus cross-functionally, working collaboratively with employees, shippers and clients. Her goal is to achieve continuing improvement to service levels and customer satisfaction.


Jamal Instrum, B.Sc., Business Development Manager

Jamal comes to GreenSafe with varied business experiences in the medical and pharmaceutical industries scoping the globe. Along with his duties for GreenSafe, he is currently developing a business to supply advanced diagnostic imaging services and research opportunities to private and public users in Canada.

For over 15 years, Jamal was Director of Operations for a Saudi Arabian Medical products and services company. His territory was the Middle East and North Africa and he was responsible for government relations, regulatory affairs and business development. Jamal’s other business and work experiences allowed him to acquire a vast network of individual and corporate contacts that will aid GreenSafe in the development of our plans.

His role with GreenSafe has been to promote the business at both the Provincial and Federal levels and to develop strategies to inform regulatory agencies of the benefits of adopting the GreenSafe approach to conscientious handling of end of life goods.

Jamal attended Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, in pursuit of a Marine Biology Degree. He holds a variety of certifications in the medical and pharmaceutical fields and has been appointed to a number of committees and boards of advisory while working in the Middle East.

Jocelyn Larocque, B.Sc. Mech. Eng., P. Eng.,  General Manager

Jocelyn is a professional mechanical engineer with over twenty years of experience in management and engineering at various levels. This includes business management, development of large scale projects, conception of plant equipments, supervision, project management, engineering and industrial applications development, quality control programs and preventative maintenance. He has acquired, throughout the years, a vast experience in many sectors of various industries and followed a much diversified continuing education program in many engineering and non-engineering fields. His other skills include human resources, management, Health & Safety programs. He is currently involved in professional, regional, municipal and community organizations at various levels.

Jocelyn spent thirteen years with paperboard producers Smurfit-Stone, after which he became a consultant for pressure vessel design, offered R&D services to educational clients as a design engineer, and is involved in all aspects of Atelier PMC as a partner, a major supplier of custom fabricated metal products to the mining and fishing industries.

Jocelyn also was a municipal councilor and deputy mayor for a total of sixteen years in his home town and is considered as a leader in his community by many peers.  As municipal councilor, his responsibilities included economic development, municipal reform, public works and transportation.

Jocelyn has become a well rounded and experienced individual with a great sense of leadership, vision and entrepreneurship. He possesses strong analytical capabilities for many complex situations, but yet in a very efficient manner.

Jocelyn is also perfectly bilingual (French and English)

 

Irene Parker, Secretary to the Board & Executive Assistant to the President

A detailed biography for Irene will be posted later this week

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