Mat Wilcox

Wilcox founded and leads Wilcox Group, one of Canada’s largest national corporate communications, social media and crisis management firms.
Wilcox has provided strategy and counsel to prominent Canadian business leaders on more than $4 billion worth of merger and acquisition projects, garnering millions of dollars in media coverage and national - and international - headlines. She has personally advised CEOs of multibillion-dollar, publicly traded organizations and provided key counsel to client accounts including Telus, KFC Canada, Obelysk Inc., Scott's Real Estate Investment Trust, Translink, BHP Billiton, Whole Foods Market, Dave Wireless, and Priszm Income Fund. Wilcox is also a key member of the international crisis team for .
Wilcox played a key role in the campaign to bring XM satellite radio to Canada and launched its subsequent IPO, managed communications during an intense three-month labour disruption at BHP Billiton’s Ekati Diamond Mine, led the restructuring and closure of eastern operations for SuperPages and was on the strategic leadership team to manage Canwest’s $800 million acquisition of WIC television stations. Wilcox provided ongoing leadership and communications strategy to Telus Communications during one of the most turbulent periods in telecommunications history, which included offering 6,500 employees an industry-leading voluntary separation and early retirement package, the meltdown to telecom stocks and the four-and-a-half-year-long contract negotiations that culminated in a strike of more than 15,000 unionized employees across Canada.
A testament to her inspiring community leadership, Wilcox spearheads major pro-bono projects committing thousands of team hours to raise awareness for health issues, environmental projects and community initiatives.
In 2008 and 2009, Wilcox was named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 by the Women’s Executive Network. She has also been privileged to be a finalist for PR News' Crisis Communicator of the Year award and named as an Influential Woman in Business.
Wilcox is a director for S’Cool Life Fund. She also sits on the advisory board for Wellington Financial LP.,
In addition to regularly contributing to the Globe and Mail, Wilcox sits monthly on the Globe and Mail’s business advisory panel for business incubation.
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