Joaquim Ballès

“Joaquim is Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Trudell Medical Limited and a member of its executive management committee. He has been with Trudell for over 20 years. Trudell is a privately held parent company of medical device and healthcare companies located in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Trudell’s head office is in London, Ontario. In addition to English, he is also fluent in French, Spanish and Catalan.

Joaquim has chaired a number of community Boards and Task Forces, including the Board of the London Chamber of Commerce and the Global Business Opportunities Committee of the London Chamber of Commerce. He is currently the Chair of the London Middlesex Immigration Employment Council and Co-Chair of the City of London’s Immigration Strategy Steering Committee. He is also a member of several professional associations.

He holds several degrees, including an MBA from the Ivey Business School (Western University, London, ON) and a JD from Queen’s Law School (Queen’s University, Kingston, ON).

In 2015, he was the first recipient of the Chamber Impact award for Ivey Alumni.”