Doug Horner

Currently Mr. Horner chairs the Canada Asia Synergy Group, a company involved in business to business transactions with Asia. He is the President of Timber Wolf Investments, Partner in Canada Asia Trading Corp, Principal Business advisor for Timber Wolf Advisory Services, as well as a former board member for the Edmonton International Airport. Mr. Horner is a senior Advisor with P3 capital Partners Inc.

Mr. Horner was a four term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Spruce Grove-St. Albert.
Mr. Horner has held such portfolios as Deputy Premier, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance, Minister of Enterprise, Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, Minister of Agriculture and most recently as Senior Advisor to the Premier on Internal Trade and Federal and Provincial Relations. Having served in the Canadian Armed forces, Reserve, he was proud to also be the first provincial liaison to the Canadian Forces as Deputy Premier.

Mr. Horner has been a strong proponent of the commercialization of Alberta’s knowledge base, research and technology and has led many trade and investment missions to emerging markets with a specialization in the ASEAN and Chinese markets. He established the biofuels initiative to create new energy sources from agricultural waste and created the Alberta Innovates corporations, focusing several research institutes into commercial ventures. Mr. Horner also established Campus Alberta, a collaborative association of Alberta’s postsecondary institutions.

Mr. Horner has a solid background in business. He worked in both the banking and agriculture industry prior to his political career. Following the sale of his family’s grain processing business to ConAgra in 1993, Mr. Horner moved to the company’s Nebraska office, where he was responsible for the international marketing and sales of specialty grains. He later returned to Canada and established a trading company for agri-foods and agri-feeds for domestic and international markets.

Mr. Horner graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) with a diploma in business. After completing further studies, he was accredited by the Institute of Canadian Bankers. Mr. Horner holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, as well as several honorary degrees and awards.