Board Members


NSBI is led by a private-sector board consisting of business leaders from across the province who represent a diverse range of sectors and business interests.

Terms of service for board members range from between two and four years. The Chair of the Board serves a three-year term.

Doug Hall (Chair)
Former Managing Director, RBC Dominion Securities, Halifax

Jim Eisenhauer (Vice-Chair)
President, ABCO Group Limited, Lunenburg

David Arenburg   
President, Adcor Group of Companies, Yarmouth

Bill Black
Former President and CEO, Maritime Life, Halifax

Lawrence K. Evans, Q.C.
Partner, Evans MacIsaac MacMillan, Port Hawkesbury

James Kehoe
President, Joneljim Group of Companies, Sydney

Lois Dyer Mann
Former Partner, Caldwell Partners International Inc., Halifax 

Sean Murray 
President and CEO, Advocate Printing and Publishing Co. Limited, Pictou 

Stuart Rath
President and Director, Stuco Holdings Ltd., Truro

Janice Stairs
Vice President and General Counsel, Etruscan Resources Inc., Halifax

Ian Thompson
Deputy Minister, Department of Economic and Rural Development, Halifax

Nancy Tower
CFO, Emera Inc., Halifax

Scott Travers
President/COO Minas Basin Pulp & Power Co. Ltd., Hantsport


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