Robert Waite is Senior Vice President, Communications & Stakeholder Relations for Canada Post. His areas of responsibility include brand management and corporate advertising, internal and external communications, government issues and advocacy, stamp design, sponsorship, donations and community relations.

Mr. Waite has more than 30 years experience running communications, marketing and government relations organizations in the public and private sectors. Employers included CIBC, CAE Inc., IBM Canada, Ford of Canada, the Export-Import Bank of the United States and two United States Senators, Bob Dole of Kansas and Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts.

An immigrant to Canada, he became a citizen in 1995. Married to Karen Shigeishi-Waite, he has two children, Joseph Wataru, 15, and Emily Akada, 13.