PAST EXPERIENCE

John Hubbell has had two overlapping careers for most of his working life: one of sport, fitness and education and the other, corporate life. John has participated in fitness and competitive sport for the past 60 years. As an amateur, his efforts culminated as an Olympic competitor. John is a student of wellness and fitness and is still an active age group competitor in ice hockey, playing in five world recreational hockey championships, and he is now preparing for his 6th in 2021. His business career started in 1972 co-owning a manufacturing concern and over the years his business interests developed into a venture capital firm of which he sold and retired in 1998 and moved to England in support of his wife’s career.

1972 – 1998 (26 years) John’s sport and corporate business both started in 1973. On retiring from competitive sport, his sports business was in coaching and teaching and this business continued in various forms till 2014. John’s corporate business was started in owning 50% of a small manufacturing business until 1982. From the manufacturing business, he took what he learned from being a small businessman and developed this knowledge into Trusco Capital Inc. Trusco Capital became a holding company for various ventures that John and Heather-Anne were involved within Canada. Under the Trusco Capital umbrella were: Venture Trusco Inc. a limited market dealer company(securities), which brokered funding and invested in and managed small business. The Core Group Limited, (50% ownership) was involved in real estate development, mortgage brokerage and banking, construction, and real estate brokerage. This company became the main asset of Trusco Capital and was sold in 1998.

In the UK from 1998, to 2013: John worked on his bucket list, taught young offenders and social-emotional behavioural special needs students (2000 to 2010), coached ice hockey as both an amateur and professional (1998 to 2013). During his time, he earned a Master’s Degree and is now working on a part-time PhD, on the economics of biological ageing (2010 to Present). Also from 1998, John has given back-office support to his wife’s business and later from 2012 to his daughter’s business (to present).

From 2013 to Present John returned his corporate interests by returning to his Canadian business roots. This new chapter in his career has been accomplished by combining his interest in business and sport and fitness but inspired because of his ageing. The result of this is the Environs investment concept.