Patrick Pelliccione is a key player in shaping Canada’s food landscape with a persevering career spanning over three decades.

A graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Patrick is now the president of Jan K Overweel Ltd., a dynamic, vertically integrated company that manages production and distribution of foods from all over the world and supplying them to food retailers and food service establishments.

Patrick is an engaged member of his industry and community, where he heads up the International Cheese Council of Canada and is the Co-President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario, respectively. He is also on the boards of various charities including the Humber River Hospital Foundation. In his spare time, Patrick is an avid reader, golfer and traveler. He lives in Vaughan, Ontario with his loving wife and two sons.