Past Speakers

Conference Co-Chairs

Carol Hansell

Senior Partner
Hansell LLP

Simon Kamel

Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
Royal Canadian Mint

Government Minister

Randy Jackiw

Assistant Deputy Minister
Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Ontario

Federal Crown Executives and Directors

Vivian Abdelmessih

Chair
Export Development Canada

Francoise Bertrand

Chair
VIA Rail Canada

Frédéric Duguay

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Canada Infrastructure Bank

Jane Halford

Chair
Farm Credit Canada

Jeff Miller

Senior Counsel, Finance Legal Services
Department of Finance

Colleen Ouellette

Director & Corporate Secretary
Export Development Canada

Louise Ouellette-Bolduc

Corporate Secretary
Canada Revenue Agency

Darinka Pejic

Chair, Audit Committee and Finance Committee
Institute of Public Administration Canada (IPAC)

Robert Sanderson

Chair
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Provincial and Territorial Crown Executives and Directors

Melanie Debassige

Chair – First Nations Committee
Ontario Clean Water Agency

Vanessa Geary

Executive Lead, Crown Agencies and Board Resourcing Office (CABRO)
Government of British Columbia

Aaron Friedenthal

VP Legal Services & Assistant Corporate Secretary
ATB Financial

David Field

CEO
Legal Aid Ontario

Brad Krizan

Chair
Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council

Law Firm, Consultant & Academic Speakers

Richard Barber

CEO
Mind Tech Group
Board Director
Governance Professionals of Canada

David R. Beatty C.M., O.B.E, F.ICD, CFA

Director, The David & Sharon Johnston Centre for corporate Governance Innovation
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Shea Coulson

Partner
DLA Piper Canada LLP

Marco Falco

Partner
Torkin Manes LLP

Matt Fullbrook

Founder
Ground-Up Governance

Dr. Jodie Lobana

Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Queens University
Board Member
International Internal Audit Standards Board

Ivy Lumia

CEO
Best in Governance

Sara Mainville

Partner
JFK Law LLP

Marie-Josée Privyk

ESG Advisor
FinComm

Amy Syed

Director, Cloud & Data
PwC Canada

Thomas H. Yeo

Partner
Torys LLP