Experience
- Hitachi CyberCorporate Officer - Board Secretarycurrent2025 — present
- Hitachi CyberMember Board of Directorscurrent2015 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada and Santa Clara, CA, U.S.
- Hawk Capital GroupCo-Foundercurrent1998 — presentToronto, San Francisco and London
- Innovobot LabsChair of the Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- EvergreenBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ronald McDonald House Charities TorontoMember Board of Directors2023Toronto
- Canadian Cancer SocietyChair of The Board Of Directors2015 — 2021Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Scarborough Health Network Foundation (SHN Foundation)Director Board Of Directors2017 — 2020Toronto
- Gill IndustriesDirector2011 — 2014Grand Rapids, MI
- CVC Capital PartnersIndustrial Partner1998 — 2004London, Frankfurt
- Lear CorporationSr. VP, Global Strategy & M&A1996 — 1998Southfield (Detroit), MI
- Magna InternationalSpecial Counsel to The Executive Chairman; VP Global M&A1993 — 1996Aurora, Canada
- Resolute Forest Products (formerly Abitibi Price); Olympia & YorkGeneral Counsel, Sr. Vice President1991 — 1992Toronto, Canada
- Broad Shulz Larson & Wineberg (lawyers)Managing Partner, Los Angeles1988 — 1991Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA
- Tenneco Corp.VP & Associate General Counsel1984 — 1988Houston, Texas
- Dash Air Inc. (regional airline)Chairman1981 — 1984Newport Beach, CA
- BPGeneral Counsel, Canada1981 — 1982Toronto
- ExxonMobilSenior Corporate Counsel (Mobil Oil Corp.)1979 — 1981New York, New York, United States
- Lawrie Coleman McTavish (Lawyers)Managing Partner1973 — 1980Toronto, Calgary & Mississauga
- Grand Junction Dodge ChryslerCo-Owner1974 — 1977Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Sheridan CollegeCampus Administrator1968 — 1971Oakville, ON, Canada
- Chrysler Group, now StellantisSenior Financial Analyst - Summer1969Detroit Metropolitan Area
- Ford Motor CompanyAssociate - Summer1965 — 1968Greater Detroit Area; Brussels, Belgium; Oakville, ON, Canada
Skills & more
FundraisingBoard GovernanceDirectorshipPE and VC Fund Management1Strategy1Negotiation1Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)1Venture Capital
- Licensed to practice law — Ontario, Alberta, New York, California, District of Columbia
From Robert's professional profile.
Colleagues at Innovobot
Alice Ying
Director of Finance at Innovobot
Daniel Shor
Research Director, Europe at Innovobot
Danny Grant
CTO and Founding Partner at Innovobot
Erin Ramsay
Commercial Partner - Consumer Electronics at Innovobot
Fadi Albatal
Chief Strategy Officer at Innovobot
Françoise Lyon
Member of the Board at Innovobot
Gijs Ijpma
Director of Systems Engineering at Innovobot
Guy Lafond
President of Labs at Innovobot
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Robert Lawrie?
- Chairman of Board of Directors at Innovobot
- Where does Robert Lawrie work?
- Robert Lawrie is Chairman of Board of Directors at Innovobot.
- Where did Robert Lawrie go to school?
- Robert Lawrie studied at University of Toronto (JD, BA (Economics)); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Master of Business Administration - MBA, International Business).
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