Christine Thomas
Vice-President, Governance, Risk & Compliance & Legal Counsel

Christine has an extensive background in legal services, corporate governance, risk management and compliance having provided oversight in these areas to not-for-profit entities, privately held corporations, financial institutions as well as private foundations, both in private practice and in-house. In her current role, she is responsible for providing governance, risk and compliance leadership to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and its subsidiaries, as well as the CMA Foundation, the charitable arm of the CMA. Prior to this position she served as Associate Vice-President, Legal and Governance at MD Financial, a financial services company dedicated to providing financial services to physicians and their families across Canada. Each of these roles has involved creativity and innovation in establishing frameworks in effective governance, enterprise risk and compliance in a variety of different environments. She is a strong believer in giving back and has served in various capacities on a number of not-for-profit boards in both her personal and professional communities, including acting as a mentor for in-house counsel lawyers, serving as a member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (Ontario Section) and on the Risk Management Sub-Committee for the Canadian Bar Association.

Christine has been a proud member of the Board of Directors of GPC since 2018 served as Chair of the Board. She is currently completing her GPC.D. through Governance Professionals of Canada and recommends it to her colleagues in the profession.