Dr. Nick Bontis

Dr. Nick Bontis... speaks English and Greek... soccer family (sons Dino and Charlie)... his father was born in Serres, GRE while his mother was born in Kato, GRE... he was six years old when he started playing soccer for Scarborough Maple Leafs... earned his Bachelor of Arts, Honours Business Administration) from the University of Western Ontario in 1992... earned his PhD, Business Administration at the University of Western Ontario in 1999... tenured as a professor at McMaster University where he served as the Chair, Strategic Management at the DeGroote School of Business...

served as the 35th President of the Canadian Soccer Association (2020)... honoured member of the Western Mustangs Sports Hall of Fame...

with Scarborough Azzurri, a Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Challenge Trophy in 1989)...

in Hamilton, carried the Olympic torch in the lead up to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics... in Ancaster, carried the Pan American Games torch in the lead up to the Hamilton 2015 Pan American Games...