Finalist for Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007

As CEO of Pegasus since 1999, Leslie has been responsible for the development of the company's current policies across the business enterprise from Sales and Recruiting to Client Development. In addition to responsibilities in the legal and contractual side of the business her influence has been felt in a number of areas, included implementing management methodologies in administration, staffing, recruiting and building strategic alliances.

As a small company Pegasus is challenged by competition with some of the larger multinationals in the IT sector. " We can't compete in terms of size, nor do we attempt to, but I strongly believe in practicing business integrity, a policy established by John Goldsmith. It is the single most important element in marketing our services successfully, it gives us confidence and edge and has established our reputation as a fair competitor."  

We also have a great advantage in our professional staff at Pegasus. We have an effective Sales and Recruiting Team, because each member has confidence in their individual abilities to get the job done and at the same time be supportive of the other team members...you have to keep that focus and remember success is always a state of mind. The Pegasus Team has that focus and to paraphrase Doris Lessing: Anyone can blossom with a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so" Pegasus provides that opportunity and is rewarded by success.

John was responsible for building the company from a consulting startup in 1987 to its present structure and was an active managing partner until his retirement in 2000. John's early career was in management consulting and later sales and marketing, a diverse background that took him to Europe, Britain, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Principality of Liechtenstein and eventually North America. After National Service in Britain, John graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University with a B.A. (Hon's.) Modern Languages and Law. John is held in high regard at Pegasus not only for his 'wit and wisdom' but also for his lifetime dedication to sports, a dedication that is carried on by his son Neil, fostering a wonderfully competitive environment for the rest of the Sales & Recruiting Team. He is also known for his propensity to ' jump out of airplanes', which perhaps comes from his 4 year stint in the Territorial Army with the 16th British Airborne Brigade in London. This was followed 2 years' National Service, mainly in Cyprus in 1948-49. He claims that the only risk for a 18 year-old boy just out of boarding school was the local ouzo, wine and brandy. Latterly, John has jumped with a pal at a flying club just north of Toronto and says he will make his last jump this year and has issued a challenge to the Pegasus Team to accompany him.

The Pegasus company logo comes from the British Airborne Division, the famous winged horse immortalized in WW2 by the Arnhem landings in the Netherlands in 1944. No matter how changeable economic times have been for Pegasus - both good and bad - John's motto inspires the team "onwards, upwards and never say die."