Page 9 - Executive Profile – Ron Foxcroft

Ron Foxcroft - NBA court-side Administrator
weren’t going to get it, but there was a section
built into that bid that stated that Hamilton and the
Hamilton International Airport area would be an
excellent fulfillment or distribution centre someday
for Amazon. The credit goes to the City for their
vision with that bid and to the developer for their
negotiating skills with Amazon.”
STAYING HUMBLE MEANS
HARD WORK AND TEAMWORK
Foxcroft’s humility is rather remarkable given his
many accolades. His involvement and contributions
throughout the Cities of Hamilton and Burlington
have led to him being named Citizen of the Year in
both municipalities. He also received an Honourary
Doctorate of Laws from McMaster University in
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Hamilton and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
He’s been inducted into the Canadian Basketball
Hall of Fame and the Hamilton and Burlington
Sports Hall of Fame, and he was named one of ten
Entrepreneurs of the Decade by Profit Magazine.
Not bad for a ‘high school dropout’.
Foxcroft attributes all of his success to his team.
“All of the awards I’ve won are not for me. They are
for the team because I couldn’t have won or been
named to any one of these awards without my
team.”
Of all the honours he has received of late, Foxcroft
was most taken aback by being named to the Order
of Canada in 2018. In fact, he was certain he was
being pranked by one of his sports buddies. It