Conference Speakers

Brian Brown
Principal, Best Job in the Company Consulting Services

Louise Champoux-Paillé
Executive in Residence, John Molson School of Business

Christopher Chen
Managing Director, Compensation Governance Partners

Caroline Codsi
President & Founder, Women in Governance

Judy Cotte
CEO, ESG Global Advisors

Joanie Coutu-Bellerose
Co-President, Certification Committee

Roopa Davé

 Partner, KPMG Sustainability Services

Gigi Dawe
Director, Corporate Oversight & Governance, Research, Guidance & Support Group/Division, CPA Canada

Edo De Vette
Founder, New Public Support and Professor, Windesheim University, The Netherlands

Peter Dey

 Chair, Paradigm Capital, Former Chair, Ontario Securities Commission

Reanna Dorscher 

Principal, Hugessen Consulting

Thierry Dorval
Senior Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Lisa Edwards
President & Chief Operating Officer, Diligent Corporation

Christelle Francois
President, Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce

Cheryl Fraser
CTO, Crombie REIT, Director at Concentra Bank and Mental Health Commission of Canada

Aaron Friedenthal

Assistant General Counsel, ATB Financial

Sara Gelgor
Vice President, Compliance, Concentra

Joe German

Director, Strategic Partnerships, Clearview Strategic Partners Inc.

Bob Gordon
Executive Director, Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange

Emily Kate Gray
Assistant Coordinator, Export Development Canada

Sylvia Groves
President, Governance Studio

Paul Gryglewicz

Senior Partner, Global Governance Advisors

Arnen Gulstene
Head, TSX Company Services, Capital Formation

Jane Halford
Founder, Halford Consulting

Kyle Hulme
National Lead Digital Strategy and Governance BDO

Ingrid Hunt
Senior Governance Analyst, 
Export Development Canada

D'Anne Hurd
Emeritus Board Member, Eileen Fisher

Sarah Kaplan
Distinguished Professor of Gender & the Economy, Professor of Strategic Management and a Fellow of the Lee-Chin Institute University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management

Adarsh Mantravadi
General Council and Director, Business Development, Passageways

Estelle Metayer
Principal and Founder, Competia

Caroline Moreau
Senior Legal Counsel, National Bank of Canada

Réjean Nguyen
CDPQ

Neil Puddicombe
Associate General Counsel, Bank Board Governance, Legal & Regulatory Compliance Group, BMO Financial Group

Cedric Robert
Founder and CEO, Clearsum

Tim Rorabeck
EVP Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Highliner Foods

Coro Strandberg
President, Strandberg Consulting and Board Director, BC Lotteries Corporation

Miekala Singh
Principal, Corporate Governance - Total Fund Management,
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Marc Tassé
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa

Janet Taylor,
Corporate Secretary, Coach,
Libro Credit Union