The International Society of Female Professionals Recognizes Jayne McNaughton


Jayne McNaughton serves as Executive Vice President & Founding Partner for CAI Global Group. Specializing in consulting, project management, and leadership, she holds her Bachelor’s degree from University of Western Ontario.

CAI offers expert services primarily for the manufacturing sector including investment & location advisory strategies for expansion projects, site selection data in terms of labor and business environment analyses as well as government tax credit & incentives management and negotiation. For its public sector clients, CAI offers economic development consulting as it relates to the attraction of foreign direct investment, benchmarking jurisdictions, business retention, expansion and promotion, as well as training and mentoring.

As a co-founder of the CAI Global Group, she has worked for over 35 years offering services relating to investment project strategies for multinational, national and domestic companies. She has managed all aspects of the company, according particular attention to corporate communications, customer retention, corporate image and maintaining the high standards and level of quality that extend to CAI’s entire range of services and values.

Her extensive background and experience in the field of economic development were instrumental to many of CAI’s comprehensive initiatives such as the New York Center for Commerce and Export, the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Advanced Technology Association, initiator of the Forum for Senior Leaders of Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries in Quebec, Investment Canada’s ‘Attracting World Mandates – Perspectives from Canadian CEOs’ initiative, to name just a few. In addition, Jayne has organized a series of events and roundtable sessions comprised of senior business executives and government representatives to analyze and interpret the issues concerning the attraction and retention of foreign direct investment.

The most important role that Jayne has played over the 35 years at CAI, is that of relationship building with staff, clients, partners, suppliers, government, and other people that contribute to CAI’s success.
Jayne is Leader of the Junior Council for Economic Development (Hemmingford). She resides in Quebec.

International Society of Female Professionals Member, Jayne McNaughton, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.