Financial Management for Small Business
Join us for a Lunch & Learn with presenter, Dr. Norman M. Betts to learn all about financial management for small business.
Dr. Norman M. Betts
Dr. Betts is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the New Brunswick Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA). He obtained his Ph.D. in finance and accounting (Management) from the School of Business, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1992.
He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of New Brunswick, having been associated with UNB since 1982. Prior to that he was a partner in a small Fredericton based accounting firm.
Norm is a director of several Toronto Stock Exchange, Toronto Venture Exchange and AMEX listed companies, including Tembec Inc. (an Canadian based company in the forest products and energy business), Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Inc, (with gold projects in Tanzania); Adex Mining Inc (developing the Mount Pleasant mine, just south of Fredericton) and 49 North Resources ( A Saskatchewan based company with a portfolio of oil, gas and base metal projects in western Canada). In addition, since 2004 he has been a Director of New Brunswick Power Corporation, and he has sat on the board of Export Development Canada, a federal Crown corporation, for the last 7 years. He also co-chairs the UNB Academic Plan, which transitioned to a shared risk model effective July 1, 2013.
Most importantly to today’s discussion, Norm is also an entrepreneur. His Smoked Salmon business, Miramichi Smoked Salmon, is sold through Sobey’s 140 stores in Atlantic Canada and Metro’s 173 stores on Ontario. Market expansion plans include the rest of Canada and the United States. In addition, Miramichi Canoes builds traditional cedar rib canoes and restores classic canoes (mainly Chestnut’s) to their original glory.
Wednesday Jun 11, 2014
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM ADT
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Registration at 11:45AM
Lunch & Learn: 12:00Noon - 1:15PM
Sam Snead's, Kingswood: 1700 Hanwell Rd, Fredericton, NB
Member: $25 (lunch is provided)
Future Member: $50 (lunch is provided)
Stacey Murray, Event Manager
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