Michael is the Chair of Food & Beverage Ontario, Co-Chair of Food and Beverage Canada and CEO of Maple Lodge Farms, a family owned business founded in 1955 and the largest chicken processor in Canada. Maple Lodge Farms has 2200 employees in primary/further processing facilities and hatcheries in Ontario and the Maritimes. Prior to joining Maple Lodge Farms in 2008, Michael was the CEO of E.D. Smith and Sons and the COO of Janes Family Foods. Michael earned an MBA from Queens University