Donald Clow

Donald Clow is an experienced real estate executive and board director with more than 35 years of leadership experience across public and private real estate organizations in Canada.

He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Crombie REIT from 2009 to 2023, leading the organization through a period of significant growth and transformation. During his tenure, Crombie evolved into a diversified owner, operator, and developer of grocery-anchored retail, retail-related industrial, and mixed-use residential properties across major Canadian markets, while building a multi-billion-dollar development pipeline.

Prior to Crombie, Donald was President of ECL Developments, the real estate development arm of Empire Company, and previously held senior leadership roles at Southwest Properties Group, where he advanced from Chief Financial Officer to President and Chief Operating Officer. He began his career as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.

Donald currently serves as a board director of Extendicare and as Lead Independent Trustee of H&R REIT, and he previously served on the board of Granite REIT. He brings deep expertise in financial oversight, capital markets, development strategy, and governance, with experience working effectively in both public market and family-owned business environments.

Donald holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University and Chartered Professional Accountant, later distinguished as an FCPA by the profession.