David Poirier
Available to Speak:
Virtual and in-person
About David
David is an accomplished leader having progressed in his earlier career from retail clerk (while in University), to Executive and C-Suite roles in major National Grocery and Retail organizations, as well as an International Health and Life Sciences corporation.The Poirier Group is a boutique management consulting firm operating throughout North America. They focus on executing your strategy, optimizing your processes, increasing your productivity and reducing your costs.
David’s innate ability to navigate organizational bottlenecks that impede progress, and his influential style for conflict resolution across all levels of an organization have been key to instilling a culture of teamwork, focus and accountability leading to lasting change for his clients. David is a CEO, Professional Engineer and Professional Logistician. David has won numerous awards for contributions to The University of Toronto, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and for his career achievements in engineering and management. Partner of 20 years to Tina and together they have 10 children and 11 grandchildren.
Areas of Expertise
David Poirier helps CEOs and leadership teams improve organizational performance sustainably—especially when conditions are tough and change is constant. As CEO of The Poirier Group, he focuses on strategy execution, performance improvement, and transformation that sticks: aligning the executive team, translating roadmaps into actionable goals, strengthening operating discipline, and building the change capacity needed to deliver results without burning out the organization.
- Strategy execution
- Business transformation
- Performance improvement
- Operational efficiency
- Performance management
- Transformative change initiatives
- Organizational effectiveness
- Executive team alignment
- Enterprise growth execution
- Cross-functional leadership
Types of Events
Best for CEO forums, executive peer groups, and leadership offsites where leaders want practical, real-world ways to stabilize performance during uncertainty—clear priorities, execution rhythms, and change leadership tools—plus candid discussion and Q&A tied to what’s happening in their business right now.
Common Engagements
- CEO Forum meetings
- Executive peer groups
- Leadership offsites
- Performance improvement workshops
- Strategy-to-execution sessions
- Transformation working sessions
- Change leadership sessions
- Panels
- Keynotes
- Q&A sessions
