Stephen Bebis, the founder of Golf Town and former head of Sports and Recreation, has become the newest partner and coach of CEO Coaching International, a leadership development consultancy.
Bebis brings over 45 years of business leadership experience to CEO Coaching International, most recently working at boutique executive search firm Bigwin Group. Prior to his role there, Bebis served as president and CEO of retail company Brookstone and Liquor Stores N.A., a publicly-traded company with 252 liquor stores across North America and over $800 million in revenue.
Earlier in his career, Stephen founded his own company, Golf Town, serving as president and CEO for over a decade and driving over $365 million per year across 65 stores in Canada. In November 2004, Bebis took the company public in the form of an income trust trading on the TSX and sold the company to OMERS in 2007, who took it private.
Other roles include president and CEO of Home Depot Canada, president and CEO of Sports and Recreation, and founder, president and CEO of Toronto-based Aikenhead.
“CEO Coaching International is a world-class organization with a singular focus, to Make Big Happen, for all of its clients,” said Bebis. “CEO Coaching International will allow me to leverage my 27 years of experience as a CEO and proven best practices of entrepreneurial, early-stage and high growth companies to help CEOs around the world deliver outstanding top and bottom-line growth.”
“We are very excited to have Steve join the team,” commented Mark Moses, CEO and founding partner of CEO Coaching International. “His talent in turning concepts into multibillion-dollar global powerhouse companies, experience with 9-figure exits and knowledge across diverse industries will be hugely beneficial for our clients.”
CEO Coaching International has coached more than 350 CEOs and entrepreneurs in more than 25 countries. Every coach at CEO Coaching International is a former CEO or president.
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