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Andrew Brandtserved as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) from 1991 to 2006. In 2003 he was re-appointed to an unprecedented fifth three-year term. The LCBO is the largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol products in the world with annual sales of more than $3.3 billion. Under Mr. Brandt?s leadership the LCBO increased its annual sales by $1.5 billion and achieved nine straight record dividend transfers to the province of Ontario. Prior to this Mr. Brandt enjoyed a long and distinguished career in public service. He entered politics in 1971 serving on the Council of the City of Sarnia for almost a decade including three terms as mayor. In 1981 he was elected to the Ontario Legislature as Member of Provincial Parliament for Sarnia. Mr. Brandt was appointed Minister of the Environment in 1983 and became Minister of Industry and Trade in 1985. In opposition he served as Leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party from 1987-1990. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lambton College Foundation and a past director of the Council for Canadian Unity. | 