Overview
Josh Blair is a Partner at Esplanade Ventures [1] dedicated to delivering meaningful value for stakeholders across a portfolio of endeavours [2]. Blair serves as Co-Founder and CEO of Impro.AI [3] and as Chair of Straive [4]. Additionally, Blair holds the position of HR&CC Chair at Calian Group [5] and Director at Extendicare [6], both publicly traded companies. Previously, Blair served as Lead Director at TELUS Digital [8] and as Group President at TELUS [10]. Blair holds an engineering degree with distinction in electrical telecommunications from the University of Victoria [12] and completed an executive program at Queen's University [11].
Profile introduction
Dedicated to delivering meaningful value for stakeholders across my portfolio of endeavours.
Career history
- Co-Founder & CEONov 2020 to presentImpro.AI
- ChairOct 2022 to presentStraive
- HR&CC Chair (CGY on TSX)Feb 2025 to presentCalian Group
- Director (EXE on TSX)Apr 2026 to presentExtendicare
- PartnerFeb 2020 to presentEsplanade Ventures
- Lead Director (TIXT on NYSE/TSX)Jun 2016 to Oct 2025TELUS Digital
- HR&CC Chair (NBLY on TSX)May 2021 to Mar 2024Neighbourly Pharmacy
- Group PresidentJun 1995 to Dec 2019TELUS
Education
Executive Program2002 - 2002Queen's University
- Engineering (with distinction), Electrical - Telecommunications1990 - 1995University of Victoria
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