Daryl Porter

Vice President, Omnichannel & Online Grocery Walmart Canada

Daryl started his career with Walmart Canada in 1995 as a store associate, and has been a student of retail ever since.  In 2003, he was promoted to Store Manager and later progressed to hold many single and multi-unit operational roles.  In February 2016, Daryl transitioned to the eCommerce business unit in the role of Vice-President, Omni Channel and Online Grocery.  He is currently responsible for advancing Walmart Canada’s digital efforts in the omni-channel space, as well as leading the team to develop and deploy the Online Grocery business across Canada. Daryl’s team has been responsible for innovations such as urban hub and spoke, mobile check-in, co-branded pickup and crowd-sourced home delivery.  He also leads Walmart Canada’s eCommerce acceleration strategy.

Daryl is proud to have served in the Canadian Forces Reserve.  He held the role of Infantry Sergeant and retired after 11 years.  He recently served for 3 years as President of the Lorne Scots Regimental Association and now sits on the Board of Directors of the Juno Beach Centre. Daryl earned his Masters of Business Administration in Executive Management at Royal Roads University in 2014.