Team

Executive Leadership Team.

Mathias Memmel

President

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Lawyer, Litigation and Dispute Resolution | Fasken

Ksenia Kussner

Executive Vice President, Initiatives

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Supervisor, Communications Design | Initiative

Owen Berry

Executive Vice President, Operations

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Senior Strategy & Technology Consultant | Konrad Group

Shiv

Chief Accountability and Impact Officer

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Internal Leadership Team.

Hanson Feng

Vice-President, Partnerships

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Consulting Analyst, Kearney

Sean McIver

Director, PR & Risk Management; Co-Chair of L2BPO

Senior Graphic Designer | BTY Group

Leyla Shahid

Director, Talent

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Senior Policy Analyst, Fairness and Inclusion | Government of Canada

Krishiv Shah

Director, Logistics

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Digital Consulting Associate | Huron

Sarah Bonner-Proulx

Associate Director, Corporate Relations

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Articling Student | Gowling WLG

Peter Garrett

Manager, Legal Partnerships | Corporate Relations

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External Leadership Team.

Rachel Allen

Director, Legal Moots

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Lawyer | Adair Goldblatt Bieber

Angus Finnigan

Director, Marketing

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Revenue Marketing Specialist | Nasdaq

Anran Wang

Co-Lead, OOBS

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Marketing Associate, US | Invest In Canada

Thomas Pfanner

Co-Lead, OOBS

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Business Manager | German International School Toronto

Ashika Verma

Co-Lead, Industry Nights

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Manager, Financial Crime | Deloitte

James Bui

Co-Lead, Industry Nights

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Revenue Growth Management Analyst | The J.M. Smucker Co

Board of Directors & Governance.

Brione Lacey

Chair of the Board of Directors

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Relationship Manager - Commercial Financial Services | RBC

Brooke Robinson

Board Member

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Manager, Deals Value Creation (M&A) | PwC

Rachel Jurgens CPACC, CPA, CA, CIA, SSM

Board Member

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Partner & National Access, Equity and People Risk Client Services Leader | Deloitte

Charmaine de Silva

Board Member

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Senior Account Director - Corporate Affairs | Burson

Alexander Wichmann

Board Member & Chair of the Finance Committee

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Senior Manager, Strategy, Financial Planning Delivery Excellence | TD

Chris Bos

Board Member & Chair of the HR & Governance Committee

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Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Global Inclusion | Scotiabank

Trevor Farlie

Board Member

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Counsel, Corporate & Securities | Thomson Reuters

Shana-Kay Wright

Corporate Secretary

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Legal Counsel | Sobeys

Jonathan Généreux, MSc, CPA

Corporate Treasure

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Senior Manager, Audit | KPMG

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