Roger Greenberg

Chairman

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Roger Greenberg is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Minto Apartment REIT. He is also the Executive Chairman of Minto Group as well as Executive Chairman and Managing Partner of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), sits on the Board of Governors of the Canadian Football League, and was one of five members of Ottawa's business community leading the Lansdowne Transformation Plan.

Roger joined Minto on a full time basis in 1985 and became CEO in 1991. He has since divided his time and passion between overseeing operations of Minto and lending his expertise to philanthropic causes in the community. In October 2013, Roger turned over the CEO reins to Michael Waters.

Throughout his career, Roger has received many distinguished awards, including being appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) Lifetime Achievement Award, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award by the Ottawa Jewish Community, Ottawa Business Journal's CEO of the Year in 2004 and United Way Community Builder in 2001, to name a few.

Roger obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Toronto and his law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. After completing his bar admission in 1982, Roger practiced real estate law at Toronto law firm Blaney McMurtry for three years.