Jim Spatz

Jim Spatz is the Executive Chairman of Southwest Properties Limited, one of Atlantic Canada’s leading real estate developers.  Southwest owns, operates and develops residential and commercial real estate in Atlantic Canada. Jim has led the company for the past 35 years.  His first career was as a physician. Jim practiced Family and then Emergency Medicine for 15 years.    Along with his responsibilities in the office, Jim is actively involved in a number of community activities. Jim is a Life Director of Neptune Theatre and a member of the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee’s (CJPAC) Advisory Board.   Jim also served on the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University and was Dalhousie’s Board Chair from 2008 – 2014. Jim sat on the Board of the Halifax Port Authority; the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation and the National Executive Committee for the 2017 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.  Jim recently was awarded the Order or Canada for extraordinary contributions to the nation.