Champions & Advisors
The Equity Opportunity Champions
JOAN DEA, CHAIR
Chair of the Board
Beckwith Investments, Past BMO Senior Executive and BCG Global Partner
VIVIAN ABDELMESSIH
Chair, Export Development Canada; EVP TD Bank Group (Retired)
JACQUI ALLARD
Group Head, Global Wealth Management, Scotiabank
JANET BANNISTER
Founder and Managing Partner, Staircase Ventures
HELEN BURSTYN
Chair, Evergreen
GILLIAN RILEY
Executive Vice President, Scotiabank, President & CEO, Tangerine
CATHERINE ROCHE
Chief Marketing Officer, BMO Financial Group
GODYNE SIBAY
Senior Strategic Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault
LISA WOLVERTON
President, The Philanthropy Workshop Canada & Wolverton Foundation
HUA YU
Managing Partner, Level5 Strategy
ROWENA CHAN
President, Sun Life Financial Distributors (Canada) Inc. & SVP, Retail Advice & Solutions, Sun Life Financial
NAN DASGUPTA
Managing Director & Senior Partner, BCG
SUSAN DAVIS
Lawyer (non-practicing), Philanthropist and Champion for Women
ANTONELLA DEO
Deputy General Counsel, Manulife
SARAH DINNICK
Photographer / Graphic Designer
JACQUELINE MOSS
Corporate Director, Founder & CEO
Advisors
PHILIP MOORE
Advisory Council Chair
Former SVP, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
NINA ABDELMESSIH
Chief of Operations & External Relations, BCG Canada
SARAH ANDREWES
Senior VP,
H+K Strategies
KATHRYN BABCOCK
Consultant
CEO, capitalW
BRAD BAKER
Managing Director & Partner, BCG
KATE BANTING
Head of Social Impact & Marketing for Canada, BCG
JOHN P. BROWN
Legal and Strategic Advisor,
Indigenous Initiatives,
McCarthy Tétrault
MARY JANE BRAIDE
Strategist & Brand Coach
SARAH BURNS
Director, Corporate Strategy and Power Business Development, Enbridge
LISA DINNICK
Communications Consultant
JULIE PARLA
Partner,
McCarthy Tétrault
VIVEK PRABHU
Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs & Strategic Initiatives,
Switch Health
ROHIT PURI
EY National TMT Industry
Sector Leader, EY Canada
ERIC RAWLINSON
Chief Financial Officer,
EY Canada
MARTIN REGG COHN
Political Columnist,
Toronto Star
VINAY SHANDAL
Managing Director & Senior Partner,
BCG
GODYNE SIBAY
Senior Strategic Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault
ANDREW STEELE
VP & Group Head,
StrategyCorp
MARK WALLACE
CEO, Cority Software
BILL YOUNG
Founder & Chairman,
Social Capital Partners
MICHAEL DODSWORTH
Human Resources Consultant
DAMIAN ELEFTHERIOU
EY Canada Consulting Leader, Private Equity and Pensions
ASHLEY FRASER
Lead Program Manager,
Verily Life Sciences
MICHAEL GARDINER
Chairman, Fairwater Capital Corporation
CLIFF GREVLER
Chair, BCG Canada
MARC GILBERT
Managing Director
& Senior Partner, BCG
ALISON HOLT
Consulting Partner,
Marts & Lundy Inc.
JAKE IRWIN
Partner,
McCarthy Tétrault
AVON MACFARLANE
Principal,
ACM Consulting
DEVON MACMURRAY
Vice President, Mergers &
Acquisitions, EY Canada
SHANNON K. MONK
CEO, Sakatay Global