Signify Canada CEO Joins Board of BEIC

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David Grinstead, President & CEO, Signify Canada, has joined the Building Energy Innovators Council (BEIC)’s Board of Directors. Also joining the board are Guthrie Cox, President, Canada, View Inc., and Casey Witkowicz, President & CEO, Rycom.

All three were selected by BEIC’s Nominating Committee and subsequently elected to the Board by the BEIC members during the organization’s annual general meeting on April 30, 2019.

BEIC is a diverse council of influential industry leaders with one common goal: accelerate the collaboration, innovation, and adoption of clean building technologies.

The new BEIC Board of Directors is composed of the following individuals:

Mike Andrade, CEO, Morgan Solar
Richard Corley, Partner, Goodmans – Secretary
Guthrie Cox, President – Canada, View Inc.
David Grinstead, President & CEO, Signify Canada
Gordon Hicks, CEO, BGIS –Chair
Carol McGlogan, President & CEO, Electro-Federation Canada
Thomas Mueller, President & CEO, Canada Green Building Council
Chuck Nervick, SVP, MediaEdge Communications
Sanjay Tugnait, Chief Market Maker, IBM Canada
Susan Uthayakumar, Country President – Canada, Schneider Electric
Casey Witkowicz, President & CEO, RYCOM

Find out more about BEIC.

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