Mitchell Goldhar

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Executive Chair of the Board since February 14, 2018. Mitchell Goldhar is the founder of SmartCentres shopping centres and owner of the Penguin Group of Companies. Mr. Goldhar has been in the real estate business for over 35 years. Since opening the first new Canadian Walmart store in Barrie, Ontario in 1994, Mr. Goldhar has developed 75 million square feet in over 265 shopping centres across Canada (including the development of 176 Walmart stores). Mr. Goldhar is a graduate of York University with a Bachelor of Political Science, a Director of Onex Corporation, a Director Emeritus with the SickKids Foundation and for 12 years has been an adjunct professor with the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. Mr. Goldhar is also on the University of Toronto steering committee, Advisory Board for the Canadian Sports Concussion Project and is owner of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club. Trustee of SmartCentres since July 8, 2005.