Pamela Jeffery
Pamela Jeffery, MBA
President & CEO
The Jeffery Group of Companies
Pamela Jeffery is one of Canada's top government relations and communications strategists. She has over 20 years of experience providing strategic communications counsel to private sector and government clients. Pamela delivers bottom-line results for industry leaders on Parliament Hill and at Queen’s Park across all sectors.
Prior to founding The Jeffery Group, Pamela served as a Political Advisor in the David Peterson government and continues to maintain strong relationships at Queen's Park and in Ottawa. Recognized by the National Post as a “communications wizard,” she served as Ontario Communications Advisor to Prime Minister Martin in the 2004 federal election. She has chaired many federal and provincial political fundraisers as well as a 2002-2003 series of five CEO dinner fundraisers. She hosted the 2007 and 2003 provincial election women’s events for Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. In 2000, Pamela was appointed by Ontario Conservative Finance Minister Ernie Eves to the Ontario Business Tax Review Panel to develop recommendations on future corporate, property and personal income tax policy. In 2004, Pamela was appointed by Ontario Attorney-General Michael Bryant to the Democracy Renewal Advisory Committee.
Pamela is also the Founder of the Women’s Executive Network™, Canada’s national by-invitation network for women in managerial and executive positions. Since its founding in 1997, WXN has grown to 10,000 select women. In 2003, she founded Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™, now Canada’s preeminent awards program for women. Initially based in Toronto, WXN has expanded to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Mississauga, Ottawa and Montréal. In 2008, under Pamela’s continued leadership, WXN launched in Ireland – its first step towards creating an international community of women leaders. In 2009, she founded the Canadian Board Diversity Council with a mandate to increase the number of women sitting on private and public sector boards of directors.
Pamela's commitment to community service is extensive. She is well-versed in corporate governance in the broader public and not-for-profit sectors having served on 14 boards and governance committees. She serves as a Director of The Canadian Opera Company and a member of the Trent University Board of Governors nominating and governance committee. She is also a member of the TELUS Toronto Community Advisory Board.
She is a past Director and President of the National Club, Ivey School of Business Alumni Association, Trent University Board of Governors, Bloorview Kids Rehab Foundation, Casey House Foundation, Sick Kids Connection and The Donwood (now the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health). She is a past member of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Finance and Taxation Committee and the Governance Committees of the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Toronto Board of Trade.
Pamela holds an MBA and an HBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. She lives in Toronto with her husband Norman Inkster and is the mother of two teenage sons Stephen and Samuel.
What our clients say about us
“We retained The Jeffery Group because of their outstanding professionalism, strategic excellence and history of success. They did not disappoint. The firm became an integral member of our project team and provided the critical expertise we needed to help get the job done.
The Jeffery Group worked with us for over two years and never wavered in their commitment to our objectives. Each member of their team was superb to work with and they performed their jobs with the utmost integrity, skill and goodwill. It was a tremendous effort and we were thrilled with the outcome. The Jeffery Group was a key factor in our success and we would have no hesitation in working with them again in the future.”
Derek Strang
Chief Operating Officer
Tennis Canada