Leading the Next Wave of Retail at Best Buy Canada

Michael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated on thought leadership panels worldwide.

Michael is also the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts, including Canada’s top retail industry podcast, The Voice of Retail, plus the Remarkable Retail with author Steve Dennis, Global E-Commerce Tech Talks and The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, all available on Apple, Spotify, Amazon and all major podcast platforms.

Mat doesn’t hold back any enthusiasm when he says that he’s madly in love with Best Buy and believes it is a humbling privilege to lead the team that takes care of the launchpad and marketplace for consumer tech in Canada.   

Prior to President, Mat held several roles in the company, most recently as Senior Vice President of Best Buy Retail, Geek Squad Services and Best Buy Business, where he and his team were responsible for hundreds of stores, thousands of Blue Shirts and Agents and millions of customers. 

In his time at Best Buy, his teams ushered in monumental efficiencies in retail operations, world-class culture and engagement scores, a slew of innovative store formats, the launch of some cool initiatives like Membership, subscriptions, trade-in, and really thoughtful ways to use stores for more than ever. 

Before Best Buy, Mat held senior and management positions at other great companies like HP, TELUS and LG, where he then considered himself a member of the broader Best Buy community and remains devoted to the meaningful win-win partnerships with our extended family – our vendor partners.  

Both at home and at work, he has a passion to know people, tackle problems, fix, improve and learn. “It’s really simple. It’s up to all of us to create a place we love, to spend others time well, and to have fun while we’re at it – it’s amazing to work for a company whose values are one’s not to just work by, but to live by”.