Family Enterprise & Founder-Led Organizations

As a family-founded and family-run firm, Phelps understands firsthand the unique dynamics, values, and long-term vision that drive family enterprises. For nearly 40 years, we’ve supported family-owned businesses, founder-led organizations, and multi-generational enterprises across Canada in building leadership teams that honour their legacy while embracing the future.
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Indigenous & First Nations-Led Organizations

Phelps is honoured to support Indigenous and First Nations-led organizations in identifying and developing leaders who reflect the values, traditions, and self-determined priorities of their communities. We partner with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit organizations, tribal councils, and urban Indigenous agencies across Canada—recognizing the diversity of governance structures, histories, and cultural frameworks within and between Nations.
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Municipalities

Local governments are at the forefront of service delivery, infrastructure planning, and community resilience. We work with cities and regions to recruit senior leaders in operations, public works, planning, public health, and innovation—people who can engage councils and communities while driving transformation and equity at the local level.
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Consumer, Sports & Entertainment

Brand loyalty, fan engagement, and customer experience define success in this sector. Phelps works with CPG brands, retailers, sports organizations, and entertainment/media companies to place growth-minded, digitally fluent executives who connect strategy to emotion, creativity to ROI, and customers to purpose.
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Financial Services & FinTech

Disruption and digitization are redefining finance. We help banks, credit unions, insurers, pension funds, and fintech disruptors recruit leaders who bring clarity amid complexity. Our focus includes executives with expertise in cybersecurity, AI-enhanced risk management, ESG reporting, customer trust, and agile digital strategy.
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