John C. Kerr

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John (Jake) Custance Kerr (born 1944) is a Canadian executive.

He is the former Chair and CEO of Lignum Ltd., one of Canada’s largest privately held forest product companies.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1965 and a MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967.

Since 1999, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Scotiabank.

In 2002, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for his ability to bring together diverse interests" and having "served as Canada's lead negotiator in international trade talks". [link] In 1997, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia.

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