Bram Lebo
Bram Lebo is a Canadian entrepreneur, lawyer, media proprietor, radio host, business consultant and local business leader in Dysart et al, Ontario, Canada.
Education
Lebo studied law at the Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1994.[1] That same year Lebo moved to the Netherlands where he completed his MBA and Master of Business Informatics from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University.[2]
Entrepreneur
In the mid-1990s, Lebo worked for DigiCash, a pioneering electronic currency corporation based in Amsterdam, followed by three years as a business developer and strategist for multinationals in Europe.[3]
In 2000, Lebo founded Expatica, an online newspaper for English-speakers living in Europe, based in Amsterdam with operations in four other countries. Expatica grew to become the most widely read English-language publication in Continental Europe, in any medium, rivaling major newspapers in readership.[2][4]
Government
Lebo later returned to Canada and worked for the Government of Ontario, and as of 2008 served as the Director of Marketing and Brand Development for ServiceOntario, a Government of Ontario initiative to give Ontarians an easy, cost-effective way to access government services.[5] In 2009 he co-founded Gravitas Business Architects.
Leader in Dysart et al
As of 2018, Lebo ran for acouncillor of Ward One in Dysart et al, had been on the board of the Chamber of Commerce there for the prior four years, had served five on the board of HHHS and four on the Dysart Economic Development Committee.[6] [7]
Radio Host
He had also been on and off for ten years, a volunteer radio Host at Canoe FM (CKHA), "the Voice of Haliburton County" in Ontario's "cottage country", hosting the shows "County Hot Seat" and "Half Facts".[8]
Law
Lebo is also a lawyer specializing in real estate, wills and estates, and corporate law.[9]
Newspaperman
Lebo is publisher of and a columnist at The Highlander newspaper[10]
Books
Lebo authored The Law Students' Guide to Articling and Summer Positions in Canada (ISBN 0920722539 (0-920722-53-9)).[11][12]
References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2018-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ""About Us", Gravitas Business Architects". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- Andrea Himmelspach, Alexander Runge, Petra Schubert, Hans-Dieter Zimmermann; Anforderungen an elektronische Zahlungssysteme; October 1996; Universität St. Gallen - Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften (HSG)
- "Expats of the world, unite!", Time magazine, March 8, 2002
- Organization chart, Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
- http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/bram-lebo-candidate-councillor-ward-1
- "Chamber of Commerce hears about impact of provincial pension plan", Angelica Ingram, Haliburton County Echo, June 21, 2016
- "Half Facts with Bram Lebo & Brigitte Gall", 100.9 Canoe FM
- lebolaw.com
- ""Archives by category: Bram Lebo", Haliburton Highlander". Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- The Law Students' Guide to Articling and Summer Positions in Canada, ABE Books
- The Law Students' Guide to Articling and Summer Positions in Canada, BookFinder.com