A fourth-generation family business member, Rob worked at Sobeys Inc. for 30 years before retiring in 2014 as CEO of the firm’s pharmacy business to focus his efforts on philanthropy, volunteering, and governance. He serves(d) on a variety of public widely-held and family-controlled boards, private family-controlled, private equity, foundations, post-secondary, and not-for-profit boards.

Rob volunteers in the education, visual arts, and military sectors. An active collector and promoter of Canadian Art, Rob is Chairman of the Sobey Art Foundation and its annual Sobey Art Award, the preeminent prize for Canadian contemporary visual art.

Rob is Honourary Colonel of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment of Halifax, having received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his service.

He has an honours undergrad from Queen’s University, an MBA from Babson College, and the ICD.D designation. Rob’s hobbies include motorsports, boating, travel, and music.