BACHAND NAMED SALES AND MARKETING EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
By Adnews Staff
Canadian Tire Corp. president and CEO Stephen Bachand has been awarded the 1997 Ursaki Canadian Sales & Marketing Executive of the Year Award. He will be presented with the award at a gala dinner in Toronto on Feb. 25. The award is sponsored by Sales & Marketing Executives of Toronto. Bachand is being recognized for his leadership and the success of Canadian Tire as an innovative and inspirational retail marketer. Bachand joined Canadian Tire as president and CEO in March 1993. He has also worked at Hechinger Company of Landover, Maryland. Bachand is also a member of the board of the Conference Board of Canada, the Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Pacific Ltd., as well as The Hospital for Sick Children and the Shaw Festival.