James Sbrolla

Chairman Environmental Business Consultants

  • Toronto ON

James Sbrolla: Cleantech Bridge to the Investment Industry

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Biography

James Sbrolla is a veteran of the financial and environmental industries. His career has been focused primarily on public and private companies in the “Clean-Tech” sector.

He is Chairman of Environmental Business Consultant and serves on other boards including Actual Media, WE Communications and BlueZone Technologies.

James is also an “Entrepreneur in Residence” in the Business Accelerator Program funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation. In this mentorship role, he coaches entrepreneurs and technology developers through the process of commercialization. He also is a “qualified expert” for the Investment Accelerator Fund and sits on the Ontario Centers of Excellence funding panel as a Cleantech domain expert. He regularly conducts due diligence for institutional investors and other organizations.

A widely-published and often quoted journalist in business media, James has written on a variety of topics including a multi-national study on finance, the environment and sustainable development. James is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and in 2011 graduated from the Institute of Corporate Director’s Program at the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto. He is also past faculty at WLU.

Industry Expertise

Travel and Tourism
Cleantech
International Trade and Development
Management Consulting
Program Development
Renewables and Environmental
Sanitation and Waste Management

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Technologies
Recycling
Waste Management and Remediation
Environmentally Sustainable Business Practices
Urban Planning
Clean Tech
Land Use Development

Accomplishments

Board Roles- Various

Active board member: Actual Media (publishers of ReNew, Canada’s Infrastructure Magazine & Water Canada Magazine), BlueZone Technologies, We Communications, Green Students Fundraising and HR Logic

Chairman- Enviromental Business Consultants

Founder of the firm, serving clients in the clean-tech & financial services sectors. Assist clients with business strategy & implementation and merger & acquisition projects, financial analysis and due diligence. Clients include public & private companies, institutional investors Stewardship Organizations and government.

Entrepreneur-in-Residence - RIC Centre

The Research, Innovation, Commercialization Centre (RIC) was launched in 2008 as a not-for-profit organization supporting the development of innovation and entrepreneurship in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon. RIC Centre provides commercialization support to help new entrepreneurs and seasoned business people take technical innovations to market.

Education

Wilfrid Laurier University - Graduate Accolade in Management

Management

Rotman

ICD.D

ICD Directors Program

2011

University of Western Ontario

B.A.

Administrative and Commercial Studies

Affiliations

  • ICD.D, Institute of Corporate Directors

Event Appearances

10 Trends in Cleantech Investing

The Business of Cleantech: Opportunities, Innovation and Funding  Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre

2010-03-31

International Cleantech Study

Three Years, Sixty Countries... What's going on in the World of Cleantech!  Many times, in Canada and overseas

Growing Your Business Breakfast Series

Four Year Series Presented by the RIC Centre  University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus

Sample Talks

International Cleantech Study

This three-year project investigated environmental issues from a Canadian perspective analyzing the world market. The objectives of the study were three-fold:

1. To explore environmental opportunities for Canadian companies abroad
2. To share Canadian technological advances with the rest of the world
3. To explore remediation technologies and techniques for use in Canada

The study included 60 countries on six continents, all ten provinces, and 25 states in the US.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC

Fees

$1000 to $10000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee