As the president & COO for Best Buy Canada Ltd., Mike is responsible for ensuring he remains focused on executing the company’s successful dual brand strategy in Canada.

In his role, Mike oversees all aspects of the company’s dual brand strategy and his goal is to articulate the vision and define the look and feel of the company’s next growth chapter, having successfully achieved $5.6 billion in sales in Fiscal 2007.

Prior to his current role, Mike was instrumental in managing Best Buy Canada’s rapid and successful growth and expansion plans, starting with eight locations in the Greater Toronto Area in 2002 through to 48 (now 52) stores today in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

Mike joined Future Shop in 1990 and since then, he has held increasingly senior positions, including general manager, district manager, director of operations and vice president for Best Buy Canada.

In his spare time, Mike enjoys an array of fitness activities, boating and spending time with his wife.

As Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Best Buy Canada Ltd., Annalisa oversees the company’s strategic planning, budget reporting, accounting, auditing, decision support and financial analysis business areas. Annalisa also carries the responsibility for overseeing Information Technology, Legal, Real Estate, and Supply Chain & Logistics functions within the company. An integral part of the development of Best Buy Canada Ltd.’s growth plans, she provides analysis of and sound guidance around the achievement of the company’s priority fiscal targets.

Always on the go, Annalisa King is one of Canada’s most respected senior business executives. She is a three-time recipient of the Women’s Executive Network’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 award (first named in 2005, then 2007 and again in 2009). Her dedication to leadership has earned her a reputation as a dynamic business thought-leader in the areas of corporate finance and business transformation.

Prior to joining Best Buy Canada Ltd., Annalisa was the Senior Vice President of Business Transformation for Maple Leaf Foods Toronto. She has also held senior positions throughout her career at consumer packaged goods giants, such as Kraft and Pillsbury Canada.

Within the office, Annalisa enjoys mentoring junior associates looking to develop themselves and their careers. Outside the office, the award-winning executive can be found outdoors, be it scuba diving, playing tennis or travelling.

With a career at Best Buy Canada that started in 1991 working at an Edmonton Future Shop store, Ron Wilson has been a brand builder for more than 18 years. As Senior Vice President of Merchandising, Marketing and Ecommerce, Ron has made customer-centricity a key focus in his leadership efforts and planning since assuming the role in early 2008.

A senior member of the President’s direct report team, Ron is carefully guiding the company’s global vendor partnerships around the world. Responsible for the merchandising and inventory of both the Best Buy Canada and Future Shop brands, Ron works closely with an array of divisions to develop programs on the leading edge of new business thinking that meet – and often exceed – the unique needs of each brand’s unique customers.

In 2007, Ron led a critical organizational restructuring of Best Buy Canada Ltd. Under his direction the company was able to substantially reduce both sales, general and administration expenses (SG&A), while also helping to double the company’s profits in fiscal 2007.

With a keen interest towards the new trends in ecommerce and consumer insights, Ron is presently leading several key initiatives to drive both into the new frontier of the “connected world and home” approach more and more consumers are demanding. Ron also provides strategic direction and oversight into both Future Shop and Best Buy Canada’s marketing program and creative messages. His team’s efforts have helped introduce some of the latest and most exciting products into retail stores across the country over the last four years.

Passionate about the outdoors when he’s not at work, you’ll likely find Ron on the golf course, snowboarding in the Whistler backcountry or spending time with his wife and three children.

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Charles Tobin is the senior vice president of store operations for Best Buy Canada. His focus at the company is on bringing the unique Best Buy experience to Canadian customers and in doing so, making Best Buy Canada the premier consumer electronics and computer retailer in Canada.

Since joining the company in 1991, Charles has held increasingly senior positions for both Future Shop and Best Buy Canada, including sales associate for Future Shop, computer hardware buyer for Future Shop, director for entertainment and IPG, and vice president of merchandising for Best Buy Canada.

Charles and his team are playing an integral role in driving Best Buy Canada towards its goal of increasing sales and operating profit by focusing on customer centricity, employee engagement, the operating model and on providing customers with end to end solutions, helping them integrate technology into their lifestyles.

Prior to joining Best Buy Canada (then Future Shop, Ltd.), Charles was a senior director of sales for e-Machines in California.

Along with golfing, skiing, running and reading, Charles enjoys spending time with his family.