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Christine Magee (born November 7, 1959, Toronto, Ontario) is a well known spokesperson for and President of Sleep Country Canada. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec A spokesman ( spokeswoman or spokesperson) is someone engaged to speak on behalf of others Sleep Country Canada ( is a major Mattress Retailer in Canada, with 148 stores operating in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba In October 1994, she co-founded the company with Steven Gunn and Gordon Lownds. Stephen K Gunn is Chairman Chief Executive Officer and co-Founder of Sleep Country Canada Inc Gordon Lownds (born 1947/48 co-Founder of Sleep Country Canada and Listen Up! Canada, is a successful Canadian Entrepreneur. By 2004, the company had expanded to 89 stores, with over 600 employees and operations in three provinces. Magee is on the Board of directors for McDonald's Canada and Cott Corporation. McDonald's Restaurants of Canada is the Canadian branch of the popular Fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's. Cott Corporation () is a leading supplier of Private label Carbonated Soft drinks distributing to Canada, the United States,

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Early life

Magee attended Erindale Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario and Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton for the International Baccaleureate Program. Erindale Secondary School is a public High school located in the Erin Mills community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel

Career

In 1982, Magee graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario with an Honours in Business Administration (HBA). The Richard Ivey School of Business is a renowned business school in Canada. London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper In Business, administration consists of the performance or management of business operations and thus the making or implementing of major decisions Her first job after university was with Continental Bank as a Commercial Accounts Manager. The Continental Bank of Canada was a chartered bank formed in Canada when IAC a financing company decided to expand the scope of operations in the 1980s In 1985 she joined the National Bank of Canada as Senior Manager of Corporate and Commercial Lending. National Bank of Canada ( Banque Nationale du Canada) ( is the sixth largest Bank in Canada.

In 1994, Magee and her business partners launched the first four Sleep Country locations in Vancouver. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal In an interview with Business Edge News Magazine, Gord Lownds said, "We had known Christine in her days as a banker at National Bank, where she was actually a lender for a couple of buyout transactions we had done. For a number of reasons, we were looking for a third partner who longer-term could take over and run the business on a permanent basis. She fit the bill on a number of fronts. I was convinced that she wasn't a lifelong banker because she had more entrepreneurial spirit than I would expect in a banker. "

The chain expanded into Toronto, opening 19 stores, 1996. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Over the next year, more stores were opened in Southern Ontario and Calgary. Southern Ontario is the portion of the Canadian province of Ontario lying south of the French River and Algonquin Park. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada By 2001, the chain had over 100 stores in six regional markets and controlled an estimated 40% of market in regions where it operated.

In 2006, Magee was the United Way of Greater Toronto's Retail Chair, and a member of the Women Presidents’ Organization, the Rouge Valley Health System, and the Richard Ivey School of Business' Advisory Council and the Entrepreneurship Council. The United Way of Canada ( Centraide Canada in French) is a national Charitable organization in Canada, made up of 124 autonomous United Way and Rouge Valley Health System is the operating body for two hospitals and three outpatient mental health facilities in east Toronto and west Durham Regional Municipality Ontario

Awards

Personal

Magee lives in Oakville, Ontario with her husband and two children. The Financial Post was an English Canadian business newspaper which published from 1907 to 1998 The Retail Council of Canada was founded in 1963 It is a Canadian Not-for-profit association representing more than 40000 stores of all retail formats including Oakville ( 2006 population 165613, was auctioned off to William Chisholm in 1827

References

  1. ^ Canada's Top 40 Under 40 - 1997 Recipients. Caldwell Partners. Retrieved on 2007-12-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
  2. ^ a b Sasha Nagy. "Christine Magee", The Globe and Mail, 2005-10-25. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Retrieved on 2007-12-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.  

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