Our Guest Is: Leadership Series is an exclusive mini-series and a special extension of the nationally recognized Our Guest Is podcast, featured on Air Canada’s in-flight entertainment platform. The series features intimate conversations with ten of Canada’s most influential leaders. Through honest and thought-provoking interviews, we explore the defining moments, leadership lessons, and personal journeys that have shaped their success. From business and innovation to community impact and public service, each episode offers inspiring insights into the people driving meaningful change across Canada—and the legacy they are building for the future.

Designed for both a national and global audience, Our Guest Is: Leadership Series serves as more than a podcast—it is a storytelling platform and a leadership archive that informs, inspires, and connects listeners through the voices of visionary leaders who are shaping the future of Canada and creating lasting impact in their communities and beyond.

 

A New Story. A New Perspective. A Conversation You Won’t Want to Miss.

On June 26, Our Guest Is welcomes Patrick Sullivan for an insightful conversation on leadership, resilience, and community impact. From guiding the Halifax Chamber of Commerce through the challenges of COVID-19 to helping shape a vision for Atlantic Canada’s future, Patrick reflects on the experiences that defined his career and the legacy he hopes to leave behind. Beyond the boardroom, he also shares the personal values, perspectives, and passions that continue to influence his journey today. Tune in for a thoughtful discussion on leadership, purpose, and life beyond the spotlight.

Patrick Sullivan

Our Guest Is: Patrick Sullivan - Leading Atlantic Canada's Future

Patrick Sullivan is currently a Strategic Business Advisor with Cox and Palmer, a leading Atlantic Canadian law firm, and was most recently the President and CEO of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. He led the Chamber in representing over 2,000 member businesses in the HRM. He met with all levels of government regularly to advocate on behalf of businesses and continuously improved membership offerings to support the business community.
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In March 2020, in response to the pandemic, Mr. Sullivan created and Chaired the Nova Scotia Business and Labour Economic Coalition to become a point of contact for government as they made rapid decisions, to advocate for business and their employees during this challenging time, to ensure all Nova Scotians were heard and supported, and to assist in the development of a recovery plan. The group represented over 5,000 organizations and over 200,000 people in the workforce in Nova Scotia.

A passionate advocate for blending business and community, Mr. Sullivan sits on several boards: the Advisory Board for the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, the Bluenose Marathon Board of Directors and was most recently Chair of the TELUS Atlantic Community Board. Patrick and his wife have raised four CNIB guide dog puppies of which two went on to become guide dogs.

He began his career at Procter and Gamble and has held several senior positions in marketing and general management at Moosehead Breweries Ltd., The Upper Canada Brewing Company, Indigo.ca, Workopolis.com and the Nova Scotia Tourism Agency.

Mr. Sullivan enjoys running and has run half/marathons, marathons and in October of 2011 completed a 250km run across the Sahara Desert. This run helped raise over $100,000 for the National Advertising Benevolent Association or NABS. He is a proud MSVU alumni with a Bachelor of Business Administration.

They’re usually alone. They know no one. What little resources they have come from family or are doled out slowly by the government. There are many obstacles in their way and they’re expected to overcome them on their own. The surprising thing is, they usually do. “Our Guest Is” introduces us to this resilient group of people typically grouped together under the term immigrants, but perhaps better described as entrepreneurs, community builders, and survivors. Every other week we are joined by a different guest—tune in to hear about their journey in their own words.

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