 Christopher Bennett Director, Communications - Best Buy Canada Ltd. |
At just 31 years of age, Christopher Bennett already has more than 15 years of public relations and media communications experience under his belt. An award-winning media strategist, Christopher has worked with corporate CEOs, politicians and senior government officials both provincially and nationally. As the current Director of Communications for Best Buy Canada and Future Shop, he is responsible for the corporate message and works closely to drive the emerging social media, government relations and crisis communications strategy across Canada. Passionate about emerging media and business, when he’s not busy working at Best Buy Canada he devotes as much time as possible as a strategic counselor to other businesses and non-profits. Bennett sits on the board of Directors for Greenscape Capital Group (TSX: GRN), a public venture capital firm that works with environmental startups in Canada. Bennett recently joined the Board of Advisors for the Canadian Video Game Awards and he is also a senior advisor to the Board of TEDx Vancouver, an official TED sanctioned and licensed conference. Previously, Christopher led the national public relations program at 1-800-GOT-JUNK? from 2002 to 2006, garnering coverage in top-tier publications including USA Today, Oprah, the Wall Street Journal, The View,Associated Press and Fox News while helping to grow the company to more than 250 employees in four countries. |
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