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business elite canada
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DECEMBER 2014
The industry has undergone vast changes since
Allied Global’s early days. The company dates
back to 1955 when Rae’s father started an ac-
counts receivable firm for local doctors who,
prior to the launch of OHIP, had to collect pay-
ments from their patients. After several years
of growth in Canada, the business expanded
into the United Kingdom and later underwent
extensive changes, including ownership, over
the next few decades. In 1989, the senior Rae
decided to sell the company and in the fol-
lowing year, David stepped in to purchase a
20-percent stake in the company. Four years
later, he and four partners bought the balance
of the business from his father’s estate and set
out to create the multinational company that
Allied Global is today with locations in Canada,
the UK, the United States and, most recently,
the Philippines.
Left to right: Takese Kinglon, Alexandra Hubbard, Richard Beckstead, Nicholas Shokoff and Daniel Delnaraine
That’s why the employee experience revolves around a culture of respect, fairness and
something known as “cheering the progress”, which celebrates both success and failure
and encourages employees to learn from each other.
