Craig Dobbin
| Craig Dobbin | |
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| Born |
September 12, 1935 St. John's, Newfoundland 
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| Died | October 7, 2006 (aged 71) Beachy Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador 
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| Occupation | Chairman, CHC Helicopter |
Craig Lawrence Dobbin, OC (September 12, 1935 – October 7, 2006) was an industrialist and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CHC Helicopter Corporation, a public company traded on the and the . The company, headquartered in Richmond, BC, is the world's largest helicopter company, providing global helicopter services.
Dobbin was born in St. John's and received his early education at Saint Bonaventure's College in St. John's. After a period of employment with P. J. Dobbin Lumber and Building Supplies, Dobbin engaged in a short-haul trucking venture and underwater salvage operation until he started real estate speculation in St. John's in 1963. The venture, later known as Omega Investments Ltd., moved operations to Ottawa and subsequently established offices in Montreal.
In the early 1970s, Dobbin returned to Newfoundland, where he established Sealand Helicopters in 1977. In 1988, Dobbin merged Toronto Helicopters, Okanagan Helicopters and Sealand Helicopters into CHC (Canadian Holding Company) and operated as CHC Helicopters and Canadian Helicopters. CHC acquired British International Helicopters in 1994. CHC later divested itself of all domestic helicopter operations in Canada (except a base in Halifax, Nova Scotia). In 1999, CHC Helicopter Corporation, with Dobbin as CEO and chairman, took control of Helikopter Services Group ASA of Norway, making CHC Helicopters the largest provider of global helicopter transportation.
Dobbin was Chairman of the Ireland Canada University Foundation located in Dublin which assists and promotes Canadian Studies in Irish Universities; a member of the Board of Directors of Newfoundland Capital Corporation and was the Honorary Consul General of Ireland for Newfoundland and Labrador.
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