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Michael Forgione

Michael Forgione

President, United Grocers Inc.

With 30 years of leadership experience in the Canadian grocery sector, Michael is an innovative and results-driven retail executive.  His extensive record of success in the retail sector has included leading teams and businesses through transformative change, grounded in consumer insights and actions.

Proficient in brick & mortar, ecommerce and wholesale grocery channels across the following functions: merchandising, category management, procurement, supply chain, operations and marketing – all with full P&L responsibility across the country.

Michael is a strategic, solution-oriented, yet hands-on leader with an entrepreneurial mindset. Dedicated to delivering superior results through strategic capabilities, consumer focused mindset while inspiring and leading teams towards a common goal, he possesses a high sense of responsibility, ethics and integrity.  In addition to serving on the School of Retail Management Advisory Council, Michael is the current Chair of United Grocers Inc.