About this episode

Gerry Robitaille discusses his extensive career in business and corporate finance, highlighting his leadership roles and successful transactions.

President of Assurgo Enterprises, Gerry Robitaille is a highly regarded business executive and corporate finance advisor. Focused on a mix of leadership responsibilities, operations management, governance and corporate finance mandates related to acquisitions, management buy outs and infrastructure financings, Gerry has established himself as an effective leader and trusted advisor, representing a diverse portfolio of successful organizations. With a career spanning more than 25 years, Gerry was a business owner in the 1990’s. After selling his company in 1995 Gerry began his Investment Banking career for Foundation Group Mergers and Associations Ltd. Focused primarily on the buy-side, Gerry led transactions valued up to $100 MM securing such notable acquisition clients as PCL and Finning (Canada). In 2002 Gerry was recruited by BW Technologies / Honeywell Life Safety where he served as Vice President, Corporate Development. In this position he was responsible for growing sales, driving innovation with product development and full P&L responsibilities for the newly formed fixed division. Gerry was responsible to coordinate the process for the sale of BW to a UK supplier for…

People in this episode

Guest: Gerry Robitaille

Topics covered

• business leadership
• corporate finance
• investment banking
• operations management
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Gerry Robitaille
• Assurgo Enterprises
• investment banking
• corporate finance
• business leadership
• PCL
• Finning
• BW Technologies
• Honeywell Life Safety

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Assurgo Enterprises, Foundation Group Mergers and Associations Ltd., BW Technologies, Honeywell Life Safety, PCL, Finning (Canada)

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