George Brookman

West Canadian Industries Group, C.E.O. of West Canadian Industries Group

George Brookman is an active Calgary community supporter and independent business man. Since 1984 he has been the principal shareholder and C.E.O. of West Canadian Industries Group which is a commercial digital print operation with offices in Calgary, Edmonton and Ft. McMurray and with a staff of over two hundred people. The company has also spawned Commonwealth Legal Inc.; Canada's only National Litigation Support servicewhich codes, organizes and scans documents for large corporate litigations from its offices in six Canadian cities; along with Orange Door Communications which is a brand and advertising division.He is also a principal in VISTEK - West Ltd., the Western division of VISTEK Ltd. one of Canada's largest independent camera and photographic retailers with two stores in Calgary and one in Edmonton.

Prior to entering the "printing phase" of his life twenty-two years ago, Mr. Brookmanspent many years in the commercial real estate development industry during the last real estate boom in Calgary initially with the Investment Division of Manulife and later as the Vice-President of ATCO Development.He also serves today as a Director of Penn West Energy Trust.

In the community, Mr. Brookman is the President and Chairman of the Board of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. He isserving as a director of KSPS Television, the Public Broadcasting station that serves the Alberta marketplace from Spokane, Washington and he is a past director and the past President of a number of other community organizations including the Rotary Club of Calgary. George received the 2008 Distinguished Business Leader Award given jointly by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and the University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business.