StrategyCorp appoints new principals Aidan Grove-White and Fraser Macdonald

StrategyCorp, a public affairs consulting firm, has appointed Aidan Grove-White and Fraser Macdonald as equity principals in its Toronto office.

The two new principals deepen the firm’s expertise in land development and government relations, as well as expand its principal team to seven members.

Grove-White is a policy expert with over 15 years of experience across municipal services, Indigenous consultation, and infrastructure and land use planning. He specializes in government relations in the land and infrastructure development sectors.

Grove-White has been at StrategyCorp for the last five years, joining the firm in 2019 as a manager. Before that, he held several roles in the public service, including serving as a manager at the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and senior associate at the Ontario Growth Secretariat.

Earlier in his career, Grove-White was a planning advisor and water programs manager at Environmental Defence.

He has a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Victoria.

Macdonald is a public affairs expert, lawyer, and political strategist with nearly two decades of experience, managing several campaigns at the provincial and federal levels. In 2010, he was deputy communications director on Rob Ford’s winning mayoral campaign in Toronto. Most recently, he served as policy director on Jean Charest’s Conservative Party leadership campaign.

Macdonald has been at StrategyCorp since 2022, joining as a vice president. He was previously a VP at Stosic & Associates and an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright and Allen & Overy.

Macdonald has a juris doctor from Bond University and a bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University.

Founded in 1995, StrategyCorp provides government relations, communications, and management consulting strategic counsel to organizations in Canada and internationally.

The firm has more than 100 employees, according to LinkedIn, and offices in Ottawa and Toronto.