Jim Ludlow

President at True North Real Estate Development

Speaker

Jim Ludlow served as President and CEO of True North Sports & Entertainment Limited from the inception of the company in 1999. During that time the MTS Centre grew to become one of the busiest concert venues in North America, served as the home of the AHL’s Manitoba Moose and in 2011 became the home of the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets. In mid 2014 in an effort to advance and develop a variety of commercial and real estate opportunities for True North and its investee companies, expand the business footprint of True North and add to Winnipeg’s physical and business landscape Jim took on a further leadership role as President of True North Real Estate Development Limited. Prior to coming to True North, Jim was a partner with a senior Western Canadian law firm, practicing in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and previous to that the Vice-President of Corporate Development and General Counsel to a leading Canadian venture capital firm based in Calgary, Alberta.