John Wiebe

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Skills - the global currency of 21st century economies
Skills have become the global currency of 21st century economies. Without proper investment in skills, people languish on the margins of society, technological progress does not translate into economic growth, and countries can no longer compete in an increasingly knowledge-based global society.
Home Energy Management Market Will Surpass $2 Billion in by 2020
May 16, 2012 - Even as deployments of smart grid infrastructure have accelerated in recent years, the once hyped home energy management (HEM) market has struggled to gain traction.
Rethinking the role of government in cleantech
Is it time for a different tune when it comes to government involvement in cleantech, focusing more on enabling the private sector to deploy capital to assume risk in cleantech?
Is The World Ready For Your Innovation?
Our current retail system is set up to sell new products, which are used and then disposed of – very much a linear (and inefficient) process. The Closed Loop system implies that once products are used they can be reconditioned and brought back into the sales loop
Europe`s future depends on cities resilient to climate change
Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Most of Europe's wealth is generated in cities, and urban areas are particularly at risk due to climate change.

John Wiebe

President & CEO, GLOBE Group, Canada

Mr. Wiebe is currently President and CEO of the GLOBE Foundation, CEO of GLOBE Events Ltd., CEO of GLOBE Communications Ltd., CEO of GLOBE Advisors Inc., CEO of GLOBE Ventures Ltd., and CEO of Sustainable Media Group (SMG) LLC. Until May of 2005 he was the President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and until April of 2007 he was Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Education Centres Network and Global Schools Inc. with operations throughout the Asia Pacific region and Latin America.

He is the Chairman of West Mountain Capital Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors of Tonbridge Power Corporation; ECO Canada; the International Finance Centre and a member of the Advisory Board of SS Lootah Canada Ltd, a member of the SS Lootah Group in Dubai. He is a member of the United Nations Finance Initiative's Expert Group on Responsible Investment and serves on the Advisory Council of the Independent Power Producers Forum in Asia.

He is a past Chair of the Vancouver Economic Development Commission and the Canadian Board of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, and a past member of the National Roundtable on the Environment & the Economy. He continues to serve as a member of the Pacific Council and the Pacific Basin Economic Council.

Mr. Wiebe received degrees from the University of Manitoba (BSc) and McGill University (PhD). He has been an Associate at the Banff School of Management, and the East West Center in Hawaii.

In 2003 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada.