Professional Engineers Ontario
Charles Blanco is an experienced professional in stakeholder relations and marketing, currently serving as the Manager, External and Stakeholder Relations at Professional Engineers Ontario since January 2023. Prior to this role, Charles held the position of Director, Stakeholder Relations and Policy at the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade from May 2022 to January 2023. Charles also has a background in sports marketing, having worked as the North American Representative for Feyenoord Rotterdam N.V. from May 2000 to March 2007, where strategic partnership marketing plans and recruitment strategies were developed to enhance the club's brand across North America and the Caribbean. Charles holds an Honours Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Toronto.
Professional Engineers Ontario
Professional Engineers Ontario governs over 91,000 licence and certificate holders, grants temporary, limited and provisional licences to practise professional engineering, and authorizes businesses to provide engineering services to the public. It sets standards for and regulates engineering practice. Under the Professional Engineers Act, its statutory mandate is to serve and protect the public interest where engineering is concerned. Rigorously educated, experienced and committed to a Code of Ethics that puts the public first, licensed professional engineers can be identified by the P.Eng. after their names. Limited engineering licensees can be identified by the LEL after their names. Be sure to check out PEO's LinkedIn Discussion Group, which aims to promote the discussion of regulation of the engineering profession in Ontario, at https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=6554766.