613-584-9758
charles.packer@cherrystone.ca
15 Sumac Court, Box 1730
Deep River
Ontario, KOJ 1P0 Canada
President, Cherrystone Management Inc.
Charles Packer was educated in England and moved to Canada in 1982 to work in the nuclear power division of Ontario Hydro (now Ontario Power Generation). Within OPG he held engineering, operational, managerial and executive positions and was the Site Vice President for the Darlington nuclear plant in Ontario, Canada.
In 2000 Charles started Cherrystone Management which specialises in safety culture improvement, leadership and strategic thinking and has clients in the nuclear industry, mining, civil aviation, education and other fields. Cherrystone specializes in safety culture assessments and related issues of leadership and Charles has delivered seminars and given addresses across Canada on these topics. He is known for his ability to engage audiences and to convey insights in words.
In his consulting role Charles has worked in Canada, Western and Eastern Europe, North and South America, China and South Africa. He has contributed extensively to the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a speaker, author and workshop presenter. He was the General Chairman of the IAEA International Conference on Safety Culture in Rio de Janeiro, December 2002, and an invited speaker at the World Nuclear University in 2008.
Charles is a member of the Nuclear Safety Committee of Vattenfall AB, Sweden, and a Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, USA. He has a lifelong interest in history and literature and brings insights from these fields to his work with organizational culture. He is Chair of the Deep River and Area Food Bank, and President of the Deep River Symphony Orchestra.
