George Affleck (entrepreneur)

George Affleck (born October 15, 1964) is a Canadian-born executive who was an on-air host with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and an author before launching Curve Communications, a Vancouver-based public relations, marketing and communications agency that is ranked in the top 10 by BIV (Business In Vancouver Magazine). He formed Curve Communications with partners Laura Ballance and Duane Lennie. He is now the president and CEO

Affleck was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and has 3 sisters He attended Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia studying business before taking an opportunity to work at Vancouver's Expo '86. He worked on a co-op in Israel's Negev Desert, took bets at a bookmaker's shop in England and bar-tended before returning to Vancouver to study English Literature at Simon Fraser University. He then studied journalism at Langara College and subsequently landed a job with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

He has joint custody of two children and currently lives with his partner, Amanda Bates (Marketing Executive) and their son in downtown Vancouver.

(1991–1998) Affleck's career in Broadcast Journalism included a regular guest hosting spot on CBC's "Saturday Show" and "Sunday Show", later renamed "North-by-Northwest". He was a regular contributor to "Definitely Not the Opera" (DNTO) and a Writer/Broadcaster on the Early Edition, BC Almanac and The Afternoon Show.

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