Over the last eight years, Jim Hunter has gone from his homeland of Scotland to Canada and the United States. The 53-year-old Hunter, born in Wishaw, 25 miles south of Glasgow, relishes a challenge.

Since September 2007, Hunter has been CEO and president of House Doctors (also known as House Medic in some areas), one of the nation’s leading nationally franchised, professional handyman companies. A veteran of the franchising industry from both the franchisor and franchisee perspective, Hunter saw his own father, William, spend almost 47 years working for a small Scottish engineering firm that manufactured coal-cutting machines until he was downsized.