About
Bedford Hill Consulting is a boutique strategy and marketing communications firm specializing in sport, membership, and B2B organizations.
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We help leadership teams grow their organization with well constructed plans that enable cohesive execution and action.
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Our process is collaborative, effective, creates buy-in, and establishes actionable outcomes. More than that it’s proven a process with decades of refinement.
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Bedford Hill Consulting’s experienced team empowers the planning process while harnessing the wisdom of the organization’s people.
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Beyond the planning, Bedford Hill Consulting is also there to be your part-time CMO, strategic facilitator, fractional sales leader, or the person you need to get a project across the finish-line.
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Our experiences are broad and we understand the unique and different needs of sport, membership, and B2B focused organizations.
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Contact us today to book your complimentary discovery meeting.
Stephen Ilkiw MPC, Principal
stephen@bedfordhill.ca | Phone: 416-877-0325
A driven leader and organizer, Stephen Ilkiw has helmed a long list of impressive properties and events. Before founding Bedford Hill Consulting, Stephen held positions at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Tennis Canada. He’s also held volunteer leadership roles on several not-for-profit organizations where he’s led change and delivered improved strategic direction.
Stephen holds a Masters in Professional Communications from the University of Western Sydney, as well as a Certificate in Corporate Communications from Seneca College and a BA in Media, Information and Technoculture from Western University. Stephen is a trained facilitator and member of the International Association of Facilitators.
When he’s not spending time on client work, you’ll catch Stephen playing sports, gardening or spending time with his family.
Projects & Organizations that Stephen is proud to have led or been part of include:
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Fundingportal
FEI Canada Sales and Marketing Development
FEI Canada Annual Conference
CFO Leadership Beyond Finance Program
Canada’s CFO of the Year
Canadian Condominium Institute - Toronto Chapter
Condo of the Year
Luminari / LumiQ
CondoHive
PwC's Total Retail
PwC's Entertainment & Media Outlook
National Business Book Award
Team PwC (athlete sponsorship program)
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk
Team In Training
Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club re-branding
Rogers Cup - Media Centre
PwC Tower (18 York Street)
PwC Epic Tour
Ride with Ryder
Family Skate Day with Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir at Rogers Arena
Next Stop London - Olympic athlete send-off at Rogers Centre
The Dunhill Club Condos
Michael Colley, Principal
michael@bedfordhill.ca | Phone: 416-937-7857
Mature – Reliable – Respected – Trusted… Michael is a proven relationship developer, with extensive experience in integrated sponsorship marketing and revenue generation.
Offering a deep background of market connectivity, Michael has fused domestic and international properties and brands for 25 years delivering measurable ROI and mechanisms for consumer and B2B market penetration.
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Michael takes pride in having delivered the strategic partnerships and revenue generation for Alpine Canada Alpin, the sport governing body of the Canadian Alpine Ski Teams, in the years leading up to the 2010 games in Vancouver.
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Post secondary began at Carleton University then honing skills in Sport Administration at Durham College Michael has diversified his skill sets with official 'coach' exercise with CCA (as well as training in Transformational Strategy - Strategic Planning under methodology of ICA)
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Consulting in business development and strategic partnerships with a broad and diverse list of events & organizations has been the focus. Clients include:
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TD Toronto Jazz Festival
Tennis Canada- Rogers Cup
Blue Mountain Resort
Hockey Night In Canada's Play On!
Heart & Stroke Foundation
Camp Oochigeas
Resorts of the Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise World Cup
Ski-Cross World Cup
Numerous National & Provincial Sport Organizations
Canada's Largest Ribfest
Canada Music Week
Warren Miller Entertainment
Wiggles - Children's entertainment
