Wayne McHale Classification Talk

Wayne McHale has been in the club less than a year and already has stepped in to help edit the weekly newsletter. Next year he will take on the role of director of public relations for the club. It was clear from his classification talk that learning for Wayne is an ongoing expectation. He talked about his 35 years as a certified general accountant and how his various positions with Moore Corporation, a business form company, has been an ongoing apprenticeship - from working on the floor, to plant supervisor, to cost accounting and internal auditing through to plant controller. As the company restructured he became plant and logistic manager at one of the 19 plants operated by the company and then VP Commercial Print for North America and VP Operations and Logistics Canada. Eventually the 120 year old company was sold to a US company and Wayne's job was over. Following that he started a printing business acquisition company that ran for two years before becoming GM for Ricoh a company with head office in Japan. Wayne said the Japanese have a different style and are very good at what they do and he continued to learn from them. That was his last job as an employee and ended his 35 year career as an apprentice. He is now running his own consulting company, Wayne McHale and Associates, which provides small business mentoring and networking.

Wayne is married to Michelle, has two sons, Eric and Dan, and three grandchildren (with another on the way). Family is very important and they enjoy every opportunity to be together especially at their cottage in Quebec.

Wayne is a die hard Habs fan, loves to golf and travel and is extending his 35 year apprenticeship as he teaches himself how to play guitar.