Paul M. Grod

Paul M. Grod

Paul Grod is President and CEO of Rodan Energy. In 2001 he became Vice President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), and in 2007 he followed Orysia Sushko as President of the UCC. In 2010[1] and 2013.[2]

He accompanied Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s and Foreign Minister John Baird's delegations to Ukraine.[3]

Overview

Paul Grod is President & CEO of Rodan Energy, a leading North American smart grid company delivering integrated energy solutions to electricity consumers, distributors and power producers. Prior to founding Rodan Energy, Paul was a corporate and investment banker with CIBC World Markets and a lawyer with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP practicing corporate finance and M&A law. Paul actively volunteers his time with a number of charities and is currently the National President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress which coordinates and represents the interests of one of Canada’s largest ethnocultural communities (1.25 million). Paul is also Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress. Paul has substantial experience in the electoral process and election monitoring having led several international election observation missions in Ukraine. Paul was recently awarded the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal at a ceremony on Parliament Hill in recognition for his significant contributions and achievements in service to Canada. For a third consecutive year, Paul was named in 2014 as one of the top 100 people influencing Canada’s global future by Embassy Magazine & Hill Times’ Power and Influence magazine [LINK]. After visiting Ukraine as part of Prime Minister Harper’s delegation in March 2014, Paul was one of 13 Canadians santioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin and barred from entering Russia. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and holds Bachelor of Political Science, Bachelor of Laws, and Master of Business Administration degrees. Paul is married and has four young children.

Honours and Sanctions

Grod was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal at a ceremony on Parliament Hill on May 17, 2012 by Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney in recognition for his significant contributions and achievements in service to Canada.[4]

For a third consecutive year, Grod was named in 2014 as one of the top 100 people influencing Canada’s global future by Embassy Magazine & Hill Times’ Power and Influence magazine.[5]

In March 2014 he was one of 13 Canadians sanctioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin and barred from entering Russia.[6]

Rodan Energy

Prior to co-founding Rodan Energy in 2003, Paul was a corporate and investment banker with CIBC World Markets and later practiced corporate finance and M&A law with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, one of Canada’s largest national law firms. Paul is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and holds a Bachelor of Political Science degree, a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Master of Business Administration degree.

References

  1. ↑ At the XXIII Congress of Ukrainian Canadians on November 9, 2010 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Grod has been reelected as President of the UCC for three years.
  2. ↑ Report about UCC XXIV Triennial Congress on November 8-10, 2013 in Toronto.
  3. ↑ President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met President of the Ukrainian World Congress Eugene Czolij and President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Paul Grod, 11 June 2014.
  4. ↑ UCC Congratulates National President Paul Grod for receiving Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal Award, May 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ Top 80 influencers: Foreign policy hot shots, Embassy News, March 28, 2012 (retrieved on August 4, 2014).
  6. ↑ Russia releases 13-people sanctions list in response to Canada's move, Voice of Russia, March 24, 2014 (retrieved on August 4, 2014).
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