Aaron Friedenthal,
VP Legal Services & Assistant Corporate Secretary, ATB Financial

Aaron leads ATB’s Legal Services and Corporate Governance teams, who partner with the Board and leaders in all areas of ATB’s business and support them in providing financial services to ATB’s customers. He provides governance support to the ATB Board of Directors and is Corporate Secretary for ATB’s wealth management and investment banking Subsidiaries.

Aaron also had the opportunity to lead ATB’s Internal Assurance team during a secondment. The Internal Assurance team are professional internal auditors that looked for opportunities to enhance business processes and governance at ATB Financial. Internal Assurance also has a team of investigators that not only investigate internal fraud, but look for opportunities to prevent it.

Aaron has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta. He also leads the Edmonton chapter of the Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC) and is a member of the board of the Cantilon Choral Music Society.