Emilio Rigato has been to the board of directors of the Thunder Bay Port Authority for a three-year term. His appointment was announced June 13.
Rigato, a professional engineer, won a Northern Ontario Business Award as the Executive of the Year Award in 1995.
Since 2010, he has been the president of ESLB Enterprises Inc., a business consulting firm in Thunder Bay and is a consultant and capital project manager of a cogeneration project in Northern Ontario.
From 2002 to 2010, Rigato was project manager for both the Algoma Steel cogeneration project in Sault Ste. Marie, and a coated paper project in the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec.
He started his career as a mill plant engineer in 1973 and has been involved in mill operations for several companies in Ontario, Quebec and Washington State. Mr. Rigato started his career as a mill plant engineer in 1973.
Rigato is involved in various Thunder Bay organizations serving as executive secretary for the Da Vinci Centre, as a board member for the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre, and as a founding member of the Ambassadors North West.
