Clive Beddoe

Clive Beddoe (born 26 May 1946) is a founding shareholder and former chairman of the board of directors of WestJet, which is currently the second-largest airline in Canada behind Air Canada.

Beddoe was born in Dorking[1] and grew up in the neighboring town of Leatherhead in Surrey, England.[2]

Beddoe first started flying gliders at Epsom College in England during his teenage years.[3] He moved to Calgary in late 1970, working for Marathon Realty and the Cascade Group. Seven years later, he founded his own commercial development company called Hanover Management, named after Hanover Square, London a location where he had once worked.[4] The company purchased Western Concord Manufacturing, a plastics manufacturer company based out of Delta, British Columbia, in 1994.[5]

In 2000, WestJet's founders, Beddoe, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan and Donald Bell were honored as 'The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year' for Canada and Beddoe was honored at the international Entrepreneur of the year awards in Monaco.[6]

He has been awarded honorary degrees from the University of Calgary[7] and the Wilfrid Laurier University.

On Tuesday, 24 July 2007, Beddoe announced that effective 4 September 2007, he would relinquish his duties as chief executive officer, with then-president Sean Durfy taking the role.[8]

He is currently on the board for AIMCO, and head of their compensation committee.

  1. ^ "Biographies: Born 1940-1948". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ Grescoe, Paul (2004). "1: Win your wings from the ground up - the guys behind WestJet" (PDF). Flight Path: How WestJet Is Flying High in Canada's Most Turbulent Industry. Etobicoke: Wiley. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0-47-083436-7.
  3. ^ "Who are the new mavericks?". Calgary Herald. 24 October 2010. p. 4.
  4. ^ Smith, Donald B. (2005). "13: Modern Times - The 1960s to 2005". Calgary's Grand Story. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. pp. 274–275. doi:10.1515/9781552383018-015.
  5. ^ Nelson, Barry (13 February 1996). "Travellers applaud low fares". Calgary Herald. p. 43.
  6. ^ Frank, Charles (6 October 2000). "WestJet soars to awards". Calgary Herald. p. 41.
  7. ^ "Native artist, WestJet co-founder to get honorary degrees". Calgary Herald. 6 November 2008. p. 26.
  8. ^ "Clive Beddoe steps into mentoring role at WestJet". Edmonton Journal. 25 July 2007. p. 41.