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James Lockhart
Employee Benefits and Pension Advisor
James Lockhart has extensive experience as an Employee Benefits and Pension Advisor for the hospitality sector. He founded Group Lockhart in 1981 and lead the firm as it evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of hoteliers and industry associations. Group Lockhart joined Selectpath in 2023.
James Lockhart is an award-winning Benefits Advisor who has served Canada’s Hospitality Industry for over 40 years. He is the only benefits advisor in Canada recognized with the Industry’s highest honour a Pinnacle Award from Hotelier Magazine. Hoteliers and Industry Associations have turned to James for advice in choosing plan designs and underwriting Insurers as their Broker Consultant. With a dedication to the industry, James has been instrumental in helping the industry succeed by completing the first Benefits Compensation Survey for the Greater Toronto Hotel Association and serving as Advisor to Tourism HR Canada’s National Compensation Survey. As an industry leader he has answered the call to action to shape Tourism’s Future by participating in the Tourism workforce recovery project led by Tourism HR Canada.
James is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, and his credentials represent the gold standard in the benefits field in Canada as a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) through Dalhousie University and internationally as a Fellow of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialist through the Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania.