Donald E. Clow

Donald Clow is the independent Lead Trustee of H&R REIT. Mr. Clow was President and CEO of Crombie REIT from 2009 until 2023. Crombie REIT is a Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust that owns and operates 290 grocery-anchored plazas, grocery stores, retail-related industrial and mixed-use residential properties across Canada totaling over 18 million square feet with an enterprise value of approximately $6 billion, a market capitalization of approximately $3 billion and an urban mixed-use development pipeline of approximately $5-7 billion. Prior to joining Crombie REIT, Mr. Clow held the position of President, of ECL Developments Ltd, the real estate development subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd. Before Empire he was President and minority owner of Southwest Properties Ltd., a residential and commercial real estate development company in Halifax. Mr. Clow was named Waterstone’s Most Admired CEO in Canada (Mid-Market) in 2023. Mr. Clow has been inducted into Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs Hall of Fame. Mr. Clow is a member of the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1981 Acadia Axemen Football team. Mr. Clow graduated from Acadia University with a BBA, earned his CA (now CPA) designation, and was designated a Fellow Chartered Accountant (now FCPA) in 2002. In addition to leadership programs at the Harvard Business School and the Ivey School of Business, he is a graduate of the DEP at the Rotman School of Business and is a member of WPO, CEO, and the Business Council of Canada. Mr. Clow was a trustee of Granite REIT from 2016-2019, a governor on Acadia University’s Board of Governors from 2012 to 2021, and a Director on the Board of the QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation.