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Ross was born and raised in Orillia, ON where he accepted Christ as his Saviour at age 10 and added to the fellowship of Dominion Gospel Hall. Among others, he has been in fellowship with assemblies at Highbury Avenue Gospel Hall (London, ON), Assemblee Christiani Evangelico (Torino, Italy) and Milton Gospel Hall (Milton, ON). Ross obtained a B.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Western Ontario (London, ON) in 1976 and a diploma in Accounting from Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, ON) in 1978 and has been a Chartered Accountant since 1979. He also earned a Masters in Theological Studies from Tyndale Seminary (Toronto, ON) in 2001. |
Ross has held a variety of financial and general management positions in his business career. He worked for five years for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, including two in Torino, Italy before returning to Canada. Ross worked two years as Financial Controller of Sonco Steel Tube Limited, before becoming Chief Financial Officer and a Director at Vulcan Packaging Inc., a company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the US Nasdaq. He has also been Chief Financial Officer of NRI Industries Inc. (Toronto, ON), Cimtek Inc. (Burlington, ON) and L. V. Lomas Limited (Brampton, ON). Ross was a Director of Stewards Canada for twelve years, from 1995 to 2007, before resigning to accept the Executive Director position of Stewards Canada. He remains a director of L. V. Lomas Limited, The HugoMark Group, and Peel CC 762 Inc. Ross continues to be active as an elder and speaker at Milton Gospel Hall in Milton, ON. Ross and his wife Shirley live in Mississauga, ON and have two grown sons. |
Ross is responsible for the daily management of all Stewards’ operations, including business relationships with its investors, borrowers, and third-party service providers.