Charles J. Rate
President
As the President of SNC-Lavalin O&M, Charles is responsible for leading Canada's largest Operations and Maintenance services provider. His experience encompasses a wide variety of design, construction, operations and maintenance activities in mission critical environments, facilities and leadership roles with SNC-Lavalin over the past 30 years.
He has been Project Manager and Director of Engineering and Construction on major crown projects in the defence and telecommunications sectors and has worked extensively on infrastructure development projects in Canada, Asia and Europe.
A Professional Engineer with an honours degree in Civil Engineering, he plays a leading role in managing international projects and business development. Charles is committed to promoting SNC-Lavalin O&M's culture of continuous improvement and collaboration, and in providing innovative solutions to our clients, helping them to succeed in the delivery of their core business.