Stuart Morley MBA
Strategist & Keynote Speaker
Stuart works with leaders to take their organization to the next level. He is a strategist in helping clients address the issues of getting their audiences to participate in developing and implementing a better future for themselves and their organization. He is a frequent speaker to associations and corporations on “Succession to the Next Generation”.
Stuart has 25 years experience in the management consulting (focusing on marketing strategy) and investment banking sectors (focusing on financial and turnaround strategies). He has worked with more than 200 different organizations including hospitals, health units, financial institutions, large public corporations, professional firms, non-profit organizations and owner/managed enterprises.
He is a Past President of the American Marketing Association (Toronto Chapter). He is a part-time lecturer in Marketing at Georgian College (Bracebridge Campus) and is a former part time lecturer at Rhodes University in South Africa plus he was a regular guest speaker at Ryerson University.
Stuart is a frequent speaker at conferences on “Succession to the Next Generation”. He is a National Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and is a Board Member of the Toronto Chapter. Stuart is an active member of CAFÉ (Canadian Association of Family Business and is also a guest expert on the CFIB (Canadian Federation of Independent Business) website (www.cfib.ca). Stuart is a leadership coach in partnership with Fulcrum Search Science (an executive recruiting firm in Toronto). He is also on the Board of the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce.
Stuart earned a B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics and an MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Prior to starting Morley & Associates in 1996 he was a partner in an investment-banking firm for seven years. His career started as a Management Consultant with Deloitte in Cape Town and he transferred to Toronto in 1986. He became a Certified Management Consultant in 1987.
Stuart was Co-Chair of the Strategic Leadership Forum Conference on High Performance Organizations. He is on the leadership team of the Business Retention and Expansion Project for Gravenhurst, led by the Mayor of Gravenhurst.
He is a Past Vice President of Muskoka Family Focus and Children’s Place and is a Past President of Gravenhurst Minor Hockey Association.
Morley & Associates Inc. is a family business based in Gravenhurst. Stuart Morley focuses on providing clients with strategic facilitation and business planning services while Theresa Morley, CA, provides QuickBooks coaching, accounting and tax services to clients. They are also raising three children a dog and a cat.