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MacKay CEO Forums membership requirements

Every criterion MacKay CEO Forums publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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CriterionPublished requirementNoteProvenance
Role or title CEO Membership: CEO, business owner or founder Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue CEO Membership: annual company revenue $5MM-$5B+ Currency is not stated on the page; MacKay prices in Canadian dollars plus GST/HST. Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue Large Enterprise Membership: annual company revenue $1B+ Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Role or title Executive Membership: senior executive (VP, SVP, CXO, GM) at a company with $5MM+ revenue Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Role or title Family Enterprise Membership: CEO, president or business owner of a family enterprise with $5MM-$5B+ revenue Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion Members must commit to attend at least 4 of the 7 annual forum meetings Applies to the forum tiers, not to Community membership. Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion Forums are composed of carefully matched, non-competing peers Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Geographic restriction Canada Forum Chairs are listed only in Canadian regions. Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗

How admission works

Application process
Prospective members apply through the Join MacKay pages or by contacting the office, then are screened for strategic fit and matched to a forum of non-competing peers. Community members may be invited to sit in on a full-day forum meeting before committing to a forum tier.
Invitation required
No
Sponsor required
No
Selectivity
Not publicly disclosed. MacKay says peer groups are screened for strategic fit but publishes no acceptance rate.
Membership term
Annual (dues quoted as "full year")
Primary audience
Canadian CEOs, business owners and senior executives, split into forums by role and company size
Typical member
Members are chief executives, owners and senior executives of Canadian companies with revenue from about $5 million to over $5 billion, with a separate tier for companies above $1 billion. MacKay states that 37% of members are women.

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If not: alternatives to MacKay CEO Forums — Chief Executive Network, TEC Canada, Vistage, Tugboat Institute.

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

  1. CEO Peer Learning and Leadership Development - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  2. About Us - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  3. Join MacKay - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  4. Leadership Team - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  5. Forum Chair regions index (XML sitemap), MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  6. CEO Membership - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  7. Large Enterprise Membership - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  8. Executive Membership - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  9. Family Enterprise Membership - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  10. Community Membership - MacKay CEO Forums, MacKay CEO Forums. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  11. Fee-Based Peer Groups, Peer Resources. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.