Greg Black
Director of Project Development
Well known as an excellent communicator, Greg Black has very strong planning and analytical skills, and a proven track record in building client relationships and developing creative business solutions that successfully address client needs.
Greg has been Director of Project Development for OEB Enterprise since the spring of 2008, having rejoined the company after three years with Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
He was previously an executive with Enterprise Canada from 2000 to 2004, serving as President of Enterprise Canada Research, Director of Government Relations for Enterprise Canada Consultants, and Managing Director of OEB International, the firm's public relations division. (In 2007, Enterprise Canada and OEB International joined to form OEB Enterprise.) During this time, Greg provided project management services on a number of major initiatives involving private and public sector partners - including municipal, provincial and federal governments, private sector developers and broad-based community organizations. He spearheaded the initial concept development and project financing and planning activities for the Muskoka Wharf project in Gravenhurst, and a unique recreational and educational complex in Bracebridge involving the school board, the municipality and a private sector developer.
From 2005-2007, Greg was with the Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care, as a Strategic Communications Advisor to the Minister. In addition to providing liaison between the Minister's political staff and the public service, he played a key role in developing the communications framework and key messaging for numerous major new health care initiatives.
Prior to joining Enterprise Canada, Greg was the principal of a small but dynamic consulting firm offering communications, government relations, strategic planning, research, marketing and sales, public relations, stakeholder consultations and project management services. Founded in 1989 and working from a base in Muskoka, the company successfully completed a broad range of innovative projects and contracts for national corporations, smaller private sector operators, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, municipal governments, community-based organizations and political entities.
Before that, he spent nearly ten years working in increasingly senior positions with one of the world's largest marketing research companies, A.C. Nielsen. During that period he managed the development of new information products and services being delivered to Canada's major food and drug retailers, and managed sales/service teams responsible for a broad range of packaged goods manufacturers and retailers.
Greg has had hands-on experience with many business, community and political organizations. He served for seven years on the Board of Directors of VIA Rail Canada, and as the Treasurer of the Muskoka Community Y.W.C.A.. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Soccer Association, and was Vice-President, Communications of the Ontario Liberal Party for four years. He has also worked on numerous political election campaigns and party leadership campaigns at the local riding, provincial and federal levels.
