Ian Collins

Group Leader & Mentor

Ian has been an important part of CEO Global Network for many years having first joined a Senior Executive Group in 2006.  At the time, he was the Vice President of Operations at Toronto Hydro Telecom. 

Ian became the President of Cogeco Data Services after Toronto Hydro Telecom was sold to Cogeco for $215M in 2008. He was recruited to be the President & COO of Atria Networks, a Birch Hill Equity company in 2009, where he worked closely with John Piercy, Atria’s CEO, to build a very successful company which they sold to Rogers in 2011 for over $400M. He worked with Rogers senior leadership to integrate Atria and left in late 2011 to pursue other opportunities in transitional interim leadership with companies needing to define a new leadership structure and direction.      

He was also the COO of CEO Global Network from 2013 to 2020 before becoming the interim President of Vybbe.

Ian is currently the Owner & President of Claremont Holdings Inc. a company that has helped many CEOs and companies succeed through better strategic planning and execution as well as being a partner in the recently established Clarus Advisory Group with a focus on leveraging his experiences in preparing companies for a sale, merger or acquisition. 

He has been on a number of Boards including Zip Telecom and as Chair of ENVI Networks, assisting both in successful dispositions.  

Ian is a professional engineer (retired) and has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from McMaster University and a diploma in business administration from Wilfrid Laurier.

He is an avid golfer and Past President and Member of the Board of Directors of the Oakville Golf Club and is a member of the Board of his community in Ft Myers, Florida.