Chris H. Rudge

Biography

Chris Rudge is currently the Executive Chairman and CEO of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club. He was also Chairman of the 100th Grey Cup Festival held in Toronto in November of 2012. The Argos won the Grey Cup game that year. Mr. Rudge was Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) from January 10, 2003 until his retirement on April 15, 2010. He also Chaired the Own The Podium (OTP) program through 2009 and 2010, an initiative that led Canada to a record setting 14 Gold Medals at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games. He has served as Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and sits as Executive in Residence at the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Director Education and Certification Program. Rudge is a former senior executive and member of the Office of the CEO of Quebecor World Inc., which was at the time of his retirement in January 2002, the world’s largest commercial printer with $10 billion in sales, employing 43,000 people at 160 plants in 16 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. Rudge is and has been active on a number of boards, including The Paxen Group Inc. (Melbourne, Florida), Merrill Lynch Canada, the Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American Games, and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. He is currently Chairman of the Canadian Sport Institute, Ontario.

Research Interest

engineering