Biographies
Ross
Cloutier is the
Principal of Bhudak Consultants Ltd. and a Partner in
Pinnacle Risk & Insurance
Consultants Inc. Ross is the founder of the
Adventure Studies
Department at Thompson Rivers
University in Kamloops, British Columbia. He was the Chair of
that department from 1992 to 2004 and remains on faculty there. Ross
is the President and CEO of the Canadian Avalanche Centre and is the
Chair of the Outward Bound Canada Safety Committee and a member of
the Outward Bound Canada national board.
Ross Cloutier is an
internationally acclaimed risk management consultant in the
adventure tourism and outdoor recreation industry. Ross works as a
consultant to government, school districts, businesses, and law
firms in the areas of legal liability, risk management, curriculum
development, product development, and international adventure
tourism development. He is a presenter at numerous symposiums and
conferences around the world each year.
As a consultant, Ross has managed accident investigations,
conducted program reviews for school boards, written strategic plans
and operating standards for governments, and conducted post-accident
investigations for government and law firms.
Ross has been involved in organizing climbing expeditions and
adventures to 35 countries. He has ascents in many of these
countries. He was the climbing leader for the 1991 Canadian Everest
Expedition on the North Ridge of Mount Everest in Tibet.
Ross has worked as a climbing and ski guide since 1978 and
operated his own lodge-based helicopter ski tour business in the
Monashee Mountains of British Columbia for many years. He was the
Provincial Search and Rescue Training Coordinator for the Justice
Institute of British Columbia between 1989 and 1992.
Ross has studied Recreation Administration and Outdoor Pursuits,
and has an MBA in International Business.
Ross is the author of dozens of publications, including the books
The Business of Adventure: Developing
an Adventure Tourism Business and
Legal Liability and Risk Management in Adventure Tourism.
Business Associates: Depending on
your project's demands, Bhudak Consultants Ltd. and Pinnacle Risk
and Insurance Consultants Inc. have an extensive network of highly
qualified associates around the world who can assist. If a project
requires the best in adventure industry attorneys, insurance or risk
management consultants, or outdoor education curriculum designers―we
know them. You can rely on getting the best expertise there is for
your project.
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