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Gail C. A. Cook-Bennett
Director Since: 1978
Gail Cook-Bennett is Chair of the Board. Gail Cook-Bennett was the Chair of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from 1998 to 2008, an investment management organization that invests the Canada Pension Plan fund to help pay the benefits of 17 million Canadians who participate in the Plan. Gail Cook-Bennett holds a BA (Honours) from Carleton University and a PhD (Economics) from the University of Michigan. She is a Member of the Order of Canada. She holds Doctor of Laws degrees (honoris causa) from Carleton University and York University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. |
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Donald A. Guloien
Director Since: 2009
Donald Guloien is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife. Mr. Guloien started as a Senior Research Analyst, Corporate Planning and during his 30-year career at Manulife has since held a variety of leadership roles in insurance and investments operations, global acquisitions and business development. Before assuming his current role, he was Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, where he was recognized as a leading global investment executive. Mr. Guloien holds a B. Comm. from the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Mayor of Shanghai's International Business Leaders' Advisory Council (IBLAC), the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, a Director of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, a member of the Campaign Cabinet of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and a former director of LIMRA International. |
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Linda B. Bammann
Director Since: 2009
Linda Bammann was Executive Vice President, Deputy Chief Risk Officer for JPMorgan Chase & Co. prior to retiring in 2005. She also held several positions with Bank One Corporation, including Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Management Officer from 2001 until its acquisition by JPMorgan in 2004. Prior to that time, Ms. Bammann was a Managing Director with UBS Warburg from 1992 to 2000. She holds a BSc from Stanford University and an MA, Public Policy from the University of Michigan. Ms. Bammann also served as a director of the Risk Management Association and Chairperson of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association. |
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Joseph P. Caron
Director Since: 2010
Joseph Caron is Principal and Founder of Joseph Caron Incorporated, a consulting business (established in 2010) providing strategic counsel to Asian businesses seeking to grow in Canada and Canadian businesses and organizations focused on development in Asia. Mr. Caron’s experience includes almost four decades with the Government of Canada where he served in a number of key diplomatic posts including, Ambassador to the Peoples’ Republic of China (2001 to 2005), Ambassador to Japan (2005 to 2008) and High Commissioner to the Republic of India (2008 to 2010). In 2010, Mr. Caron joined HB Global Advisors Corporation, the international consulting firm within Heenan Blaikie. He has also been named a Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation and an Honorary Research Associate of the University of British Columbia’s Institute of Asian Research. He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Ottawa. |
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John M. Cassaday
Director Since: 1993
John Cassaday is President and Chief Executive Officer of Corus Entertainment Inc., a position he has held since its inception in 1999. Corus is a Canadian leader in pay and specialty television, Canadian radio and a global leader in children’s programming and licencing. Prior to Corus, Mr. Cassaday was Executive Vice President of Shaw Communications, President and Chief Executive Officer of CTV Television Network and President of Campbell Soup Company in Canada and the UK. Mr. Cassaday has an MBA (Dean’s List) from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Mr. Cassaday is also active in community affairs, principally with St. Michael’s Hospital. |
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Thomas P. d’Aquino
Director Since: 2005
Thomas d’Aquino is Chairman and Chief Executive of Intercounsel Ltd. and Senior Counsel and Chair of the Business Strategy and Public Policy Group at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, a leading Canadian law firm with offices throughout Canada and internationally. He is a Distinguished Life Time Member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, an organization that he led as CEO from 1981 through 2009. He holds a BA from the University of British Columbia, an LLB from Queen’s University and the University of British Columbia, an LLM from the University of London and Doctor of Laws honorary degrees from Queen’s University and Wilfrid Laurier University. Mr. d’Aquino has served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Canada and currently is a Distinguished Visiting Professor, Global Business and Public Policy Strategies at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, an Honorary Professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business, and Chair of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation. |
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Richard B. DeWolfe
Director Since: 2004
Richard DeWolfe is Managing Partner of DeWolfe & Company, LLC, a real estate management and investment consulting firm. Mr. DeWolfe holds a BAS, Marketing and Finance from Boston University. He is also a director of The Boston Foundation; Trustee of Boston University; and an honorary director of The Boston Center for Community and Justice. He was formerly Chairman and CEO of The DeWolfe Companies, Inc., the largest homeownership organization in New England, which was previously listed on the American Stock Exchange and acquired by Cendant Corporation in 2002. Mr. DeWolfe was formerly Chairman and Founder of Reliance Relocations Services, Inc. and was formerly Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Boston University. Mr. DeWolfe holds an Advanced Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors, a national public company director education and credentialing organization. |
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Robert E. Dineen, Jr.
Director Since: 1999
Robert Dineen is currently an Attorney at Law. For 34 years, Mr. Dineen was Of Counsel to and a Partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP, a leading international law firm headquartered in New York where he was a partner from 1974 until his retirement in December 2005. Mr. Dineen holds a BA from Brown University and an LLB from Syracuse University. Mr. Dineen led several of the firm’s corporate groups, including groups in Asia and Latin America and its project finance work worldwide. Mr. Dineen has extensive experience in public finance transactions in the oil and gas pipeline business and as a specialist in U.S. and international private banking and financial transactions. |
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Sheila Fraser
Director Since: 2011
Ms. Fraser served as Auditor General of Canada from 2001 to 2011. Prior to joining the Office of the Auditor General as Deputy Auditor General in 1999, she was a partner at Ernst and Young for 18 years. Her contributions to the accounting and auditing profession include her current role as member of the International Federation of Accountants-International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IFAC-IPSASB). She has also chaired two committees of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) as well as the Public Sector Accounting Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Ms. Fraser earned a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, is a Chartered Accountant and among her many honours has received the designation “Fellow” from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec. |
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Scott M. Hand
Director Since: 2007
Scott Hand is Executive Chairman of the Board of Royal Nickel Corporation. Previously, Mr. Hand was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inco Limited (“Inco”) from April 2002 until he retired in January 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Hand was the President of Inco and held positions in Strategic Planning, Business Development and Law. Inco has been a major global Canadian-based resources enterprise and a leading producer and marketer of nickel and other metals. Mr. Hand also serves on the boards of Juno Special Situations Corporation (mining resource investment), Boyd Technologies LLC (paper non-woven materials) and the World Wildlife Fund Canada. Mr. Hand received a BA from Hamilton College and a JD from Cornell University. |
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Robert J.Harding
Director Since: 2008
Robert Harding is Chairman of Brookfield Infrastructure Global Advisory Board, an advisory Board to the Brookfield Group of Companies. Mr. Harding was previously Chairman of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“Brookfield”), a position he held since 1997. Brookfield is a global asset management company focused on property, power generation and other infrastructure assets. At Brookfield (and its predecessor companies), he held various executive positions including Chief Financial Officer and President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Harding also represents Brookfield’s interests as a director and Chairman of Norbord Inc., an affiliate of Brookfield. Mr. Harding holds a BA Mathematics and a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from the University of Waterloo and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo and a member of the Board of Trustees for the United Way of Greater Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children and the Art Gallery of Ontario. |
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Luther S. Helms
Director Since: 2007
Luther Helms has been the Managing Director of Sonata Capital Group (“Sonata”) since 2000. Sonata is a privately-owned registered investment advisory firm. Mr. Helms has extensive banking and financial services experience, holding various positions at Bank of America Corporation, including Vice Chairman from 1993-1998 and was the Vice Chairman of KeyBank from 1998-2000. Mr. Helms has an MBA from the University of Santa Clara and a BA, History and Economics from the University of Arizona. |
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Tsun-yan Hsieh
Director Since: 2011
Tsun-yan Hsieh, a resident of Singapore, has extensive experience in international business, leadership development and corporate transformation. During his 30-year career with McKinsey & Co, he founded the McKinsey Center for Asian Leadership and worked with clients in more than 30 countries and industries. Mr. Hsieh is a director of Sony Corporation and Bharti Airtel Limited. He is a member of the Management Advisory Board at the School of Business and an adjunct professor of leadership at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, both at the National University in Singapore. Mr. Hsieh is also the Chairman of LinHart Group Pte Ltd., a firm he founded to provide leadership counseling. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta and holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard. |
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Donald Lindsay
Director Since: 2010
Donald Lindsay is President and CEO of Teck Resources Limited, Canada’s largest diversified mining, mineral processing and metallurgical company, a position he has held since 2005. Mr. Lindsay’s experience includes almost two decades with CIBC World Markets Inc., where he ultimately served as President after periods as Head of Investment and Corporate Banking and Head of the Asia Pacific Region. He earned a BSc in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
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Lorna R. Marsden
Director Since: 1995
Lorna Marsden is President Emerita and Professor of York University. Prior to her retirement in May 2007, she was President and Vice-Chancellor and a member of the Board of Governors of York University. Dr. Marsden was President and Vice-Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University and served as a member of the Senate of Canada. Dr. Marsden holds a BA from the University of Toronto and a PhD from Princeton University. She is a recipient of honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of New Brunswick, the University of Winnipeg, Queen’s University and the University of Toronto. Dr. Marsden serves as a director of several private and non-profit organizations. Dr. Marsden was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2009. |
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John R.V. Palmer
Director Since: 2009
John Palmer is Chairman and a founding director of the Toronto Leadership Centre, an organization focused on leadership in financial supervision. Mr. Palmer was the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada from 1994 - 2001 following his career at KPMG LLP (Canada) where he held senior positions, including Managing Partner and Deputy Chairman. He was also the Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has advised other regulators including the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. He is a Fellow of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and British Columbia and holds a BA from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Palmer serves as a director of several non-public organizations including Central Provident Fund Board of Singapore. |
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Andrea S. Rosen
Director Since: 2011
Andrea Rosen’s extensive knowledge of the financial services industry includes investment management and banking. Her experience includes more than a decade with the TD Bank Financial Group, where she ultimately served as Vice Chair, TD Bank Financial Group and President of TD Canada Trust. Earlier in her career, she held progressively senior positions at Wood Gundy Inc. and was Vice President at Varity Corporation. Ms. Rosen serves as a director on the boards of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Emera Inc. and Hiscox Ltd. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University. |
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Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.
Director Since: 1985
Hugh Sloan is Chairman of Spartan Motors Inc., a leader in the design, engineering and manufacturing of custom chassis and vehicles for the emergency-rescue, recreational vehicle and specialty vehicle markets. Mr. Sloan was the Deputy Chairman of Woodbridge Foam Corporation, a manufacturer of automobile parts, where he held various management positions for more than 20 years. Mr. Sloan holds a BA (Honours) from Princeton University. Mr. Sloan serves as a director of a number of Canadian and American corporate organizations. He is a former Staff Assistant to President Richard Nixon and a former Trustee of Princeton University. |
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