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Denise Pothier

Questioner · DISC type c
Chief Operating Officer at Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
📍 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Denise Pothier is the Chief Operating Officer at the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, leveraging over 30 years of experience. A chemical engineer with an MBA, she previously pioneered the role of Vice President of Indigenous Relations at Stantec, focusing on operational excellence and risk management throughout her career.

Outside of work, Denise is passionate about giving back to the community through volunteerism. She enjoys reading, baking, gardening, traveling, and spending time with family and friends at her ocean-side cottage in Nova Scotia. Her French Acadian and Mikmaq heritage informs her advocacy work.

Denise was named one of Canadas Most Powerful Women by the Womens Executive Network.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Chief Operating Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Personality Overview

How Denise shows up

Price-Sensitive
Not Easily Convinced
Systematic

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to analyze every situation thoroughly.
 It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions.

Priorities

Topics Denise cares about

Indigenous Relations
Her current role is COO of the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, and she was the first-ever VP of Indigenous Relations at Stantec.
STEM Advocacy
She is a passionate advocate for diversity in STEM, featured as a role model by "See it Be it STEM it" and has won awards for this work.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Chief Operating Officer
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
10-2016 - 1-2024
Vice President, Indigenous Relations
Stantec
11-2015 - 1-2024
Vice President, Practice Services
Stantec
1-2013 - 11-2015
Director, QHS&E
Stantec
1-2006 - 12-2007
Quality Manager
NGNS
In the press

Media appearances

Chief Operating Officer - CCIB. Featured in Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCIB) official website
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Athabasca University Faculty of Business
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Dalhousie University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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