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, C.M.
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
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
Advisors
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
SHANNON K. MONK
CEO, Sakatay Global
MARTIN REGG COHN
Political Columnist,
Toronto Star
VINAY SHANDAL
Managing Director & Senior Partner,
BCG
ANDREW STEELE
VP & Group Head,
StrategyCorp
MARK WALLACE
CEO, Cority Software
BILL YOUNG
Founder & Chairman,
Social Capital Partners
MARY JANE BRAIDE
Strategist & Brand Coach
LISA DINNICK
Communications Consultant
MICHAEL DODSWORTH
Human Resources Consultant
DAMIAN ELEFTHERIOU
EY Canada Consulting Leader, Private Equity and Pensions
CLIFF GREVLER
Chair, BCG Canada
MARC GILBERT
Managing Director
& Senior Partner, BCG
JAKE IRWIN
Partner,
McCarthy Tétrault