P. Thomas Jenkins

Chair of the Board at OpenText

Mr. Jenkins is Chair of the Board of OpenText. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Jenkins was President, then Chief Executive Officer and then from 2005 to 2013, Chief Strategy Officer of OpenText. Mr. Jenkins has served as a Director of OpenText since 1994 and as its Chairman since 1998. In addition to his OpenText responsibilities, Mr. Jenkins is Chair of the World Wide Web Foundation, a Commissioner of the Tri-Lateral Commission, founding Chair of the Ontario Global 100 (OG100) and Canadian Co-Chair of the Atlantik Bruecke. Currently, Mr. Jenkins is a board member of Manulife Financial Corporation. In the past five years, Mr. Jenkins also served as a board member of Thomson Reuters Inc. and TransAlta Corporation. He was the tenth Chancellor of the University of Waterloo and was the Chair of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Mr. Jenkins received an M.B.A. from Schulich School of Business at York University, an M.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a B.Eng. & Mgt. from McMaster University. Mr. Jenkins received honorary doctorates from six universities. He is a member of the Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, a Companion of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame and recipient of the Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year award, the McMaster Engineering L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award and the Schulich School of Business Outstanding Executive Leadership award. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE). Mr. Jenkins was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal (QJDM). Mr. Jenkins is an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC).


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OpenText

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A global leader in information management, OpenText offers integrated solutions in cybersecurity, analytics, content services, business networks, DevOps, and IT management, OpenText empowers organizations to fully manage their data, content, and private information and keep it safe against cybersecurity threats. OpenText was founded through a partnership between the University of Waterloo and Oxford University in 1991 to create the first online Oxford English Dictionary. Timothy Bray, Frank Tompa, and Gaston Gonnet worked to develop software that would allow users to search any word on any webpage. That project later became OpenText, and three decades later, the company has served more than 120,000 enterprise customers across industries such as financial services, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and public sector. In 2025, OpenText was named one of Canada’s Most Responsible Companies and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People. The company was also named one of Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business in 2024 and was one of the 20 Hottest AI Software Companies in the 2024 CRN AI 100. OpenText continues to encourage industry innovation and growth with its cloud, security, and AI solutions.


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