John D. Beardy

John D Beardy is currently the Director of Business Development at Windigo

Community Development Corporation. He is a member of Bearskin Lake First Nation but resides in Thunder Bay, ON.

His formal education and training is in business management, and has over 20 years of business management experience with First Nation businesses. His experience includes primarily in sales, marketing and business development roles in aviation, construction and development corporation sectors.

His interest is in managing and growing indigenous businesses for sustainability and profitability. This includes developing and strategizing how indigenous businesses grow and capture the numerous opportunities arising from development within indigenous territories. Another aspect in business development he specializes in is creating and negotiating partnerships for maximizing the benefits for the indigenous community.