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Established in 1972, Jacques Whitford is an internationally recognized leader in engineering, sustainability, environmental and earth sciences services solutions. With more than 45 offices across North America and internationally we are proud to be an employee owned company with more than 1,600 staff and over 100,000 projects in more than 65 countries.

Jacques Whitford Company, Inc.
Executive U.S. Head Office
835 Oak Creek Drive
Lombard, IL, 60148
T: 630 495 3813
F: 630 495 3817
E: jacqueswhitford.com

Offices - More than 45 offices across North America and internationally

Employees - More than 1,600 highly trained professionals

Ownership - 100% employee-owned

Founders - Hector Jacques & Mike Whitford (1972)


Jacques Whitford’s Areas of Expertise
At Jacques Whitford we continue to seek out challenging projects that test the boundaries of our technical creativity and innovation. In response to the growing concern over environmental issues in the 1980s, we expanded our expertise in environmental disciplines, taking a leadership role in this growing field.

Over time, we’ve broadened our expertise to include environmental engineering and sciences, as well as consulting, planning and management disciplines in both constructed and natural environments.

At Jacques Whitford, we focus on doing business in a way that protects, enhances and ultimately restores the environmental, social and economic fabric of our world. This commitment is at the heart of how we operate and how we deliver solutions for our clients. More than a year ago we were among the first consulting firms of our size to become a carbon neutral consulting company.

Our success has always been based on the understanding of our clients’ needs, whether businesses, governments or local communities. The business of our key clients includes Real Estate, Finance and Transportation; Natural Resources; Commercial, Industrial, Transportation; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Oil Sands; Power and Transmission. We find effective, efficient solutions that also balance concern for environmental and economic realities. Our clients agree – 80% of our business is from repeat customers. This is our greatest measure of success.


Board of Directors

• Hector J. Jacques, Chairman of the Board
• Robert Youden, Chief Executive Officer
• Gary C. Bruce
• Claude A. Comtois
• Hal Hamilton
• Robert T. McWhinney Jr.
• Peter Mills
• Malen Ng
  
  
  

Executive Leadership

• Robert Youden, Chief Executive Officer
• Tim Olson, President Central Canada Operations
• John Adams, President Atlantic Canada & International Operations
• Bob Seager, President Jacques Whitford-AXYS
• Mike Whitford, Executive Vice President Service & Quality
• Rick Muzyk, Executive Vice President Business Development
• Frank McLean, Executive Vice-President Human Resources
• Todd Bethune, Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  

Jacques Whitford 2008 Select Achievements

• ENR Magazine selected Jacques Whitford as one of the Top 200 International Design Firms. Rankings were based on 2007 non-home country revenue of the Top 200 international engineers, architects and consultants. 
• Jacques Whitford was selected by ENR Magazine as one of the Top 150 Global Design Firms for 2008. The Top 150 Global Design Firms contains rankings by 2007 revenue of the top 150 engineers, architects and consultants based on combined domestic and non-home country revenue. This annual list ranks the largest firms in a wide variety of market sectors and geographic markets.
• Zweig A/E Marketing Letter 2008 Marketing Excellence Awards for Target marketing