Miles Nadal

@milesnadal

Miles is an international entrepreneur and philanthropist, as well as the Founder, Chairman and CEO of MDC Partners Inc., a progressive marketing and communications network, championing innovative entrepreneurial talent. Under Miles' leadership, MDC Partners has grown into one of the world’s largest marketing communications firms whose over 35 holdings include Crispin Porter + Bogusky, kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners, Anomaly, 72andSunny, zig, Bruce Mau Design, henderson bas, Redscout, Attention, Sloane & Company, Colle + McVoy, TEAM, HL Group, Adrenalina, Hello Design, mono and Vitro Robertson.

MDC Partners provides strategic and performance marketing solutions and services to multinational clients in North America, Europe and Latin America. The network’s philosophy emphasizes the utilization of strategy, creativity and consumer insights to drive growth, and increase the return on marketing investment for clients. MDC Partners encourages creativity, innovation, and actionable strategies in its partner firms, while providing human and financial resources to accelerate growth. MDC Partners’ commitment to creative excellence is highlighted by the phenomenal success of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, one of the most awarded agencies in the world. The agency has the unprecedented distinction of winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in five separate categories, and has been named “Agency of the Year” in the trade press and at Cannes a total of fourteen times.

Miles is involved in a number of additional highly successful businesses, and was the Founder of First Asset Management Inc., one of Canada’s largest independent asset management firms with more than $35 billion under management. Founded in 1997, First Asset brought some of the best asset management firms in Canada together into one comprehensive organization that focused on money management for institutional and high net worth individuals. The firm was successfully sold to a large money management firm in late 2005.

Miles is a frequent guest lecturer on the subject of entrepreneurship at schools and universities across North America. He was a recent keynote lecturer at a joint event at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, as well as the April 2010 “Executive in Residence” for The University of Miami’s School of Business Administration. Miles is an active member of the Marketing 50, Global 50 and G100.

As Miles' business successes have grown, he has taken an increasingly larger role in support of important community and charitable organizations, focusing on the areas of health care, education and children’s welfare. He provided the keystone gift for the rebuilding of the Bloor Jewish Community Centre (now the Miles S. Nadal Jewish Community Centre), and served on the boards of Mt Sinai and Baycrest. Through his involvement with Junior Achievement and the Schulich School of Business, Miles has provided a multitude of high school and university scholarships for students striving to become the entrepreneurs of the future.

His contributions to business and society have been recognized by numerous awards, including being named Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year”, (Services Category, 1999), one of “The Top 40 Under 40”, and receiving the Human Relations Awards (2001), from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, bestowed to recognize outstanding contributions to society crossing the line of religious, racial or ethnic differences. In 2007 he was awarded the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto “Harold Lederman Award for Outstanding Community Service and Philanthropic Leadership”. That same year, he was named a Negev Dinner Honoree, in recognition of community leadership and dedication to Israel. Miles was recognized for his philanthropic initiatives from the Association of Fundraising Professionals when he was named 2004  “Volunteer of the Year.” He was a Keystone contributor to the revitalization of Ayolon/Canada Park (Canada-Israel Park), which has been named “The Miles S. Nadal & Family Environmental Community”. Miles has also been honored for his significant contributions to the Reena Foundation, an organization committed to integrating people with developmental handicaps into the mainstream of society. 

Miles resides in Nassau. He and his wife, Kelly, have four daughters, Sarah, Samantha, Olivia and Julia.