BACKGROUND, Grant Isaac:
(1) Information regarding
- Grant Isaac as a defender of the status quo
- the difference between “hyped innovation” and “true innovation”
- in a time when the society is in bad need of finding solutions that involve new ways of viewing the world
- the role of the University in society
see 2011-06-24 Submission to University of Saskatchewan: what is needed in the new president
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(2) Grant Isaac, from the Cameco website:
http://www.cameco.com/about/executive_bios/grant_isaac/
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
- Appointed senior vice-president and chief financial officer July 2011
- Appointed senior vice-president, corporate services July 2009.
- Dean of the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan from 2006 to 2009.
- Professor at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan from 2000 to 2009. Focused on research, development and commercialization of technology products, international trade and regulations and the strategic management of intellectual property.
- Author of two books on trade and regulations as well as numerous book chapters and research articles appearing in leading academic journals.
- Received a bachelor of arts (economics) and a master of arts (economics) from the University of Saskatchewan and a PhD from the London School of Economics.
- Currently serving on the boards of Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, W. Brett Wilson Centre for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Advisory Committee for the Edwards School of Business.
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NEWS, GRANT ISAAC APPOINTED TO THE U OF S BOARD OF GOVERNORS
effective Jan. 17, 2013
http://announcements.usask.ca/news/archive/2013/01/university_of_s_148.html
EXCERPT:
• Grant Isaac, also a graduate of the U of S as well as from the London School of Economics, brings expertise in finance, taxation and business technology services through his work at Cameco as chief financial officer and senior vice-president. He has served as the dean of the U of S Edwards School of Business and on several other boards.
The U of S Board of Governors is responsible for overseeing and directing all matters respecting the management, administration and control of the university’s property, revenues and financial affairs.
Greg Smith, the fifth government appointee, will continue to serve on the board for a second three-year term. A new chair will be chosen by the board at an upcoming meeting.
The board consists of five members appointed by the Government of Saskatchewan, one student member (currently Jared Brown), one faculty member (currently Linda Ferguson), two members appointed by University Senate (currently Susan Milburn and Grit McCreath), and two ex-officio members (the president and chancellor).