Entrepreneur & Community Leader Talk with James Cumming

Entrepreneur & Community Leader Talk with James Cumming

James Cumming is the former President & CEO of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, the largest urban chamber in Canada, James is an active leader in Edmonton’s business and non-profit volunteer communities.

As a life-long entrepreneur, James understands the focus and drive needed to build something from scratch – whether starting out as an independent business owner or becoming the Chair of NAIT’s Board of Governors.

With entrepreneurship comes an inherent responsibility to give back to your community. This is why James has actively supported non-profit organizations such as Junior Achievement, Northlands Park, Edmonton Construction Association, Alberta Art Stabilization Fund, Norlien Foundation, Alberta Opportunity Corporation, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada, to name a few. A recipient of NAIT’s Alumni Award of Distinction and Top 50 Alumni, James is a current member of the World Presidents’ Organization and the Harvard University Alumni OPM 27.

A lifelong Edmontonian born and raised in Edmonton Centre, James and his wife Debbie have been married for 35 years. They are the proud parents of three beautiful children, and are grandparents.

Description

An entrepreneur is an individual who takes the risk to start their own business based on an idea they have or a product they have created while assuming most of the risks and reaping most of the rewards of the business.

Job Forecast

In 2019, there were 1,143,610 active enterprises in Canada with one or more employees. Of those, 64.6% had four employees or less. In the same year, there were 79,530 births and 90,710 deaths of enterprises. The construction sector represented the largest number of high-growth enterprises by employment and by revenue. With 1,140 high-growth enterprises by employment and 2,530 high-growth enterprises by revenue, this sector accounted for 15.9% and 19.5% of the total, respectively.

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