Scott Hill

CEO

Scott Hill has a unique background that qualifies him to help Tanbridge advance its mission and purpose and achieve our shared vision for the future. Many of his family and extended family members, including his mother, are teachers.

Scott founded Play On! - a nationwide 4on4 street hockey program now known as Canada’s Sports Festival. In partnership with the NHL, CBC, and Hockey Night in Canada, he grew that organization into a “national phenomenon” delivering programming for twenty years in forty-one communities and involving an estimated 2.5 million Canadians. The Play On! program has generated an impact of over $1 billion on the economic vitality and social fabric of Canada. In his time as CEO, Scott worked with all levels of government, national sports media (TSN, CBC, Sportsnet), many national sports organizations, and some of Canada’s most recognizable brands. He has received many accolades and awards, including a Guinness Record for creating the largest mass participation street sports event in the world. He currently serves as Chairman of the organization.

Scott’s professional background also includes consulting with some of Canada’s largest corporations in Deloitte’s Strategy & Operations practice, teaching entrepreneurship at the Ivey Business School (University of Western Ontario) and founding a technology start-up that attracted significant investment, for which he pitched successfully on CBC’s Dragon’s Den. The Ivey Business School has published several business cases about him. He was recently recognized as a distinguished alumnus of that University and was also named to Canadian Living Magazine’s Hockey Hall of Fame.

Scott is deeply committed to community building. He has coached or volunteered as an administrator of many leagues and teams spanning many sports. He has been a member of numerous boards and committees. He recently received an appointment from the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General to a committee that selects Justices of the Peace in that province. In 2023, Scott received a standing ovation for his work with Play On! Canada in the Alberta legislature.

Scott was a multi-sport athlete in high school and still loves to play hockey, basketball, baseball, pickleball and golf. He has lived and worked in Asia and the Middle East and speaks Mandarin Chinese.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science (Distinction) from the University of Alberta and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University. He has completed additional Executive Education at Harvard University. In 2022, he and his Alberta-born wife, Cassandra, moved back to Alberta to live closer to family. They are parents to seven children.