LISA SKAKUN
Chief Legal, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer, Coast Capital
 
As Chief Legal, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer, Lisa is responsible for all legal, corporate development, public affairs, compliance and financial crimes risk management, as well as all corporate governance-related functions supporting the Board of Directors at Coast Capital Savings. Lisa has her LLB from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Laws degree in business law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, and also holds her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. She is the recipient of the Lexpert Zenith Award: Celebrating Women in Law, the Association of Women in Finance’s PEAK award for Rising Star, and the National Post Award for Tomorrow’s Leader at the Western Canada General Counsel Awards and has been named to Canada’s Diversity 50 list by the Canadian Board Diversity Council. She was previously the Board Chair of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a past board member on the Cause We Care Foundation, a previous Chair of the BC Business Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, and was a member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee for the British Columbia Securities Commission.

Outside of work, Lisa is a passionate food lover, trained sommelier, Stepmom to two wonderful kids, and Mom to her Portuguese water dog, Stella.

Laurie Sterritt is Managing Partner of Leaders International’s Indigenous and Diversity search practice. She is a values-based leader with over 30 years’ experience in the fields of Indigenous, government and community relations.

Laurie has a passion for creating economic and social change with the participation of companies, governments and communities that have normally been at odds. Inspiring connections that lead to balanced and thoughtful partnerships, Laurie is known for her commitment to influencing diversity and inclusion within corporate Canada. She’s worked across the natural resources sectors including electric utilities, mining, forestry and LNG and has supported education and training initiatives with and for 100+ First Nation communities.

Active in her community, Laurie was the founder and producer of the Indigenous Women’s Leadership Summit (2018 – 2019)—a national gathering of Indigenous women who lead at all levels and in all sectors. She was most recently a Director for the Canadian Centre for Arts and Technology (CANCAT) and was formerly appointed by the BC provincial government to several Crown boards including the British Columbia Institute of Technology (1st Vice-Chair), the Industry Training Authority and the Real Estate Council of BC.

A member of the Kispiox Band of the Gitxsan Nation, Laurie holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UBC and a Certificate in Professional Fund Raising.