Ron Jonkman is an executive leader who develops and implements plans for growth by building and leading successful teams. He is currently the Chief Executive Office of Allmar Inc., a national distributor of Architectural Door and Hardware for the Canadian Construction Industry. After 67 years of family ownership, in 2024 Ron led a Management Buyout of Allmar whereby the family remains part of the ownership position, but new Management investors now equally participate. Allmar has 14 locations across Canada serving markets from Ottawa west to Vancouver. Ron is experienced in all facets of business, from financial management and operational cost control through product and service innovation.
Ron is a Professional Engineer who started his career at Magellan Aerospace (then Bristol Aerospace) as a Global Sales Executive. In this role Ron then moved to Standard Aero where he served as the Vice President of Marketing for the Commercial Division. Ron was then recruited to turn around Alphair Ltd., a global manufacturer of Industrial Mining Fans and Ventilators. After building the business back to a position of profitability, Ron coordinated the sale of Alphair to US Interests. Ron then went on to serve as Vice President, Network Services at Manitoba Telecom prior to its sale to Bell. Since 2017 Ron has been leading Allmar as CEO.
Ron currently also serves as Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.