Dr. Tiff Macklem is the Dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and began his five-year term in that position on July 1, 2014. Tiff Macklem served as Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, sharing responsibility with the Governor and four Deputy Governors for monetary policy and the Bank’s role in promoting financial stability. In that role, he was also the Bank of Canada’s Chief Operating Officer and a member of its board of directors, overseeing strategic planning and coordinating the Bank’s operations. Macklem has also played a leading role in efforts to ensure stable financial systems worldwide through the G20 and the Financial Stability Board.

Prior to his appointment at the Bank, Macklem served as Associate Deputy Minister of the Federal Department of Finance and Canada’s Finance Deputy at the G7 and G20. He also served as chair of the Standing Committee on Standards Implementation of the Financial Stability Board. In that role, he worked to establish an international system of peer review to promote and assess the implementation of new financial standards across the 24 most financially important countries in the world. Macklem occupied increasingly senior positions in the Bank of Canada’s Research Department (now Canadian Economic Analysis) until his appointment as Chief in January 2000. He was appointed Adviser to the Governor in August 2003.

In 2003-4, Macklem was seconded to the Department of Finance, returning to the Bank as a Deputy Governor in December 2004. He rejoined Finance as Associate Deputy Minister in 2007.

Macklem is a well-known expert in monetary and financial systems and has contributed articles to such publications as The Economic Journal, Journal of International Money and Finance, Canadian Public Policy, and the Canadian Journal of Economics, while providing chapters and commentaries on monetary, fiscal, and financial policies in over a dozen books and conference proceedings.

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Bill Black has lived all of his life in Halifax. He has been a leading member of the community combining a successful business career with a strong commitment to community service and his family. He graduated from Dalhousie University (B.A., B.Sc. 1970) and completed his actuarial training (FSA, FCIA) in 1974. He worked with Maritime Life for 34 years, rising to the office of President and CEO in 1995.

In his nine years as President, the Company grew organically and through four successful acquisitions. It gained a strong reputation for employee relations – appearing every year among the leaders in the Report on Business list of top 50 employers in Canada. At the same time, profitability was consistently excellent.

His contributions to the business community led to his being appointed Chairman of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce in 1995. His roots go well beyond those of the corporate sector. Bill served a total of nine years on the Board of the IWK Health Center – including two years as Chairman. He currently sits on the boards of Symphony Nova Scotia (past Chairman) and Dalhousie University (Vice Chair).

In 2008 Bill Black chaired the Panel reviewing Pension legislation and regulation in the Province of Nova Scotia. As well he sits on the Board of The Shaw Group, a Halifax-based resource and property development company, Standard Life of Canada (Deputy Chair) and was formerly the Lead Director at the Bank of Canada. He also leads an executive leadership seminar for CEO’s and senior executives four times a year. He and Lorraine have been married for 35 years and have three children.

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Alister Campbell is former CEO of The Guarantee Company of North America.  As CEO, he was accountable for driving The Guarantee’s continued profitable growth, and overall strategy and operations in Canada and the United States.

Over the past 28 years he has held senior executive positions in a range of capacities within the life and property-casualty insurance industries including general management, marketing, brokerage distribution strategy, financial services and e-commerce.  Prior to his appointment at The Guarantee, he was CEO of the Canadian branch of a major global insurance company.

Alister Campbell has previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Property & Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC) and as Deputy Chair of the Board of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services and the International Surety Association.  He holds degrees from the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics and the Wharton Graduate School of Business.

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Francine Champoux was appointed Chief Risk Officer of Desjardins Group in 2013. As part of her mandate, she is responsible for enterprise-wide risk management including credit, market, and operational risks. She is also responsible for implementing the Basel Accords, operationalizing risk management activities and supporting the caisses and business sectors in this regard.

Francine, who joined Desjardins Group in 1997, has held successive leadership positions in corporate banking, capital markets, and credit risk management. Prior to joining Desjardins Group, she worked in a variety of business activities and management roles within the banking industry. She holds an MBA in Finance.

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Since 1988, Founder, President and CEO of Firm Capital Corporation (FCC), a mortgage banking and lending company licensed primarily in Ontario by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. FCC is the mortgage banker to various private and public entities, and a leading provider of real estate capital to the developer, builder and landlord community. President, CEO and Director of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation, a Canadian lender specialized in bridge mortgage financing. Mr. Dadouch took the company public in 1999, Toronto Stock Exchange listed under TSX symbol FC. Founder, Vice Chairman, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Trustee of Firm Capital Property Trust, a public real estate entity, listed under TSXV symbol FCD.UN Since 1987, Founder, President, and CEO of Edland Management Group Inc., an investment company; and Firm Capital Properties Inc., a property and asset manager for an owned portfolio of multi-residential, industrial and commercial real estate. Involved in all aspects of real estate, including ownership, management, development joint ventures, acquisitions and repositioning. Mr. Dadouch’s academic and professional background includes an extensive background in finance, accounting, and real estate. An accredited mortgage practitioner since 1988, licensed with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario under the Ontario Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act. Mr. Dadouch has also served as Chairman, Senior Officer and Board Member of various non-profit charitable organizations.

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Dwight Duncan serves as a Senior Strategic Advisor at McMillan LLP, one of Canada’s largest and most respected full service law firms.  At McMillan, Mr. Duncan is, or has been engaged, by some of Canada’s largest and most influential pension funds, private equity firms, insurers and gaming companies. Mr. Duncan currently serves on the Board of Travelers Insurance Canada, The Dominion General Insurance Company, Crown Crest Trust, The Global Risk Institute, the MS Society of Canada Scientific Research Foundation, the Management Advisory Board of the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor, and is Chair of the Board of the Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority. Prior to joining McMillan, Mr. Duncan had a distinguished career in public service that spanned close to 25 years. During his time as a Member of the Ontario Legislature he served as Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance, Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet, Chair of Cabinet, Government House Leader, Minister of Energy, Minister of Revenue, Minister of Government Services and Opposition House Leader. Mr. Duncan delivered six budgets and authored historic reforms to Ontario's tax, pension, insurance, and energy regimes. He played a leadership role in formulating the Province's response to the economic recession of 2008.

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Janet L. Ecker is President and CEO of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA), a growing public–private partnership dedicated to building Toronto as a global financial services centre. With government and industry support, she has also established the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services to leverage the sector’s global reputation for stability, as well as the Centre of Excellence in Financial Services Education to capitalize on Toronto region’s talent advantages. A former Ontario Finance Minister, Ms. Ecker also held the portfolios of Minister of Education, Minister of Community and Social Services and Government House Leader. Ms. Ecker currently sits on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and agencies and is also a member of the Ontario Finance Minister’s Economic Advisory Panel. A frequent public speaker and media commentator, she was recognized in 2010 as one of the “Most Influential People in the World’s Financial Centres” by Financial Centres International and received a “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award” from the Women’s Executive Network and the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2003. She is also one of the founders of Equal Voice, a national, multi-partisan organization working to elect more women.

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Rahim Hirji holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer and is responsible for the Manulife’s Enterprise Risk Management framework. This includes all aspects of risk management oversight functions worldwide such as credit, market, and insurance and operational risks. Prior to his appointment in 2011 as Chief Risk Officer, Mr. Hirji was the Chief Financial Officer for the Canadian Division, a role he held since 2007. Mr. Hirji previously headed Manulife’s Global Asset Liability Management Operations and has also held various financial and actuarial positions in the Corporate, U.S. and Canadian Divisions. Mr. Hirji holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, the Society of Actuaries, and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

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Tim Hodgson is Managing Partner of Alignvest Management Corporation, an alternative investment management firm with offices in Toronto, NY, and London. Prior to joining Alignvest Management Corporation, Mr. Hodgson was Special Advisor to Governor Mark Carney at the Bank of Canada from 2010 to 2012. In that capacity, Mr. Hodgson assisted in implementing key priorities associated with the Bank’s financial stability mandate, including the approach to regulation of OTC derivatives, support for repo market resilience, and ensuring capital adequacy at Canadian financial institutions. While serving at the Bank, Mr. Hodgson sat on the Bank’s Monetary Policy Review Committee and its Financial Stability Committee. Additionally, he represented the Bank on the Heads of Agencies Committee. Mr. Hodgson joined the Bank of Canada following a 20-year career at Goldman Sachs, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer of its Canadian subsidiary, Goldman Sachs Canada Inc., from 2005 to 2010. Prior to heading Goldman Sachs Canada, Mr. Hodgson held senior positions in Goldman’s London, New York, and Silicon Valley offices. Mr. Hodgson is currently Chair of the Investment and Risk Committee of the Board of PSP Investments and sits on the boards of KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, The Ivey School of Business and The Next36. He is a past board member of CW Media Inc. and Goldman Sachs Canada, Inc. Tim served on the board of Bridgepoint Health for eight years until July 2014. Mr. Hodgson holds an MBA from The Richard Ivey School of Business and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Manitoba. He is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

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As Group Chief Risk Officer, Mr. Hughes oversees the strategic management of risk on an enterprise-wide basis. He is a member of Group Executive, which sets the overall strategic direction of RBC, and is also a member of the RBC Group Operating Committee. He joined RBC in 1981 and was appointed Chief Risk Officer in 2014.

Since 1981, Mr. Hughes has held progressively senior roles at the bank primarily in Corporate Banking and Global Credit and has held a number of positions in RBC’s international offices including New York and London. Appointed as an executive officer of RBC in 1995, Mr. Hughes has had responsibility for the bank’s public sector activities in Canada and was a member of the leadership team involved in the integration of the bank’s global corporate banking business into RBC Capital Markets. Prior to his current position, he was Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for RBC Capital Markets.

Mr. Hughes serves on the boards of a number of industry associations and not-for-profit organizations including Global Risk Institute (GRI), International Financial Risk Institute (IFRI), and ParticipACTION. He also serves as a director of a number of RBC subsidiaries.

Mr. Hughes received his MBA (Finance) from Manchester Business School and his LL.B from Leeds University in England. Mr. Hughes and his wife Anne have two children.

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Dr. Knight is currently a Distinguished Fellow at The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). As part of CIGI’s Global Economy Team, Dr. Knight’s research will focus on the governance related aspects of international financial regulation, standard-setting and international financial institutions. Dr. Knight was formerly Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank Global Group and served as an Advisor until his retirement from the bank in 2014. He was responsible for developing a globally-coherent strategy and coordinating DB group-wide issues on regulation, supervision and financial stability. Concurrently, Dr. Knight is Visiting Professor in Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a member of the board of directors of Swiss Re Group AG. Dr. Knight served as General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank for International Settlements during 2003-2008. From 1999 to 2003 he was Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, where he was the Bank’s chief operating officer and a member of the Board of Directors. From 1975 to 1999 Dr. Knight was with the International Monetary Fund, where he held senior positions in both research and operations. While at the IMF, Dr. Knight was also an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. From 1971 to 1975 he taught at the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. Knight holds an Honour BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of Toronto, and MSc (Econ) and PhD degrees in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published widely in the fields of macroeconomics, international finance and banking. Dr. Knight served as a Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation over 2003-07, and was a member of the Financial Stability Forum (now the Financial Stability Board) over 2003-08. He is a Trustee of the Per Jacobsson Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Patrons of the European Association for Banking and Financial History. He was inducted into the Honorary Senate of the Lindau Nobel Prizewinners Foundation in 2006 and the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2007. In 2006 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Trinity College, University of Toronto. Dr. Knight, a Canadian, is married with three grown daughters and two granddaughters.

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Paul Langill is the Chief Operating Officer of TD Securities responsible for its global governance, operations and technology services. He supports the CEO in global strategy and plays a key role on TD Securities’ senior leadership team. Paul chairs TD Securities’ Oversight Committee and Change Management Governance Committee. He is also a member of TD’s Asset/Liability and Capital Committee. Previously, Paul was SVP, Trading Risk – Risk Management, TD Bank Group responsible for setting Market Risk policies, pro-actively identifying, measuring and monitoring market risks within TDBG, measuring and managing liquidity risk within the Wholesale Bank, and providing analytical modeling expertise to all of TDBG’s businesses. Before his role in Risk Management, Paul was SVP and CFO, TD Securities. He was also a Vice President in the Bank’s Treasury and Balance Sheet Management Group. Prior to joining TD Bank Group, Paul was a partner in Ernst & Young’s Capital Markets Practice. In 2007, Paul was honoured as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. He also completed The Wharton/RMA Advanced Risk Management Program in 2008. Paul serves on University of Waterloo’s School of Accounting and Finance Advisory Council which has helped guide the finance program’s development. Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Accounting degree from the University of Waterloo. He is a Chartered Accountant.

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Richard Nesbitt is CEO of Global Risk Institute in Financial Services, which is building a globally recognized research organization in the management of emerging risks.

Richard is also a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, United Kingdom, an Adjunct Professor of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and chair of the Advisory Board of the Mind Brain Behavior Hive at the same University

At Rotman, Richard created and teaches a course entitled “How Banks Work: Management in a New Regulatory Age”.  The course examines the regulations arising from the financial crisis of 2008 and then examines how banks manage successfully to adapt and prosper in their businesses within these new regulations.  He is also an active public speaker at conferences and events across North America where he presents on the topics of risk management and securities market structure.

In June 2017, Richard published a book (with Barbara Annis) titled “Results at the Top” on the issue of men’s responsibility for gender diversity to improve their organizations (Wiley 2017). 

Richard, who serves on a variety of corporate and community boards, was recognized in 2014 by the organization Women in Capital Markets with its Visionary Award. This honour was bestowed on Richard for work over his career to sponsor gender diverse management teams and boards in order to produce better companies.  He also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for community service and the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto for his work with the school.

Before joining the Global Risk Institute, Richard was Chief Operating Officer of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce until he retired from that position in September 2014. In this role, he was responsible for the global operations of Wholesale Banking, Technology and Operations; Strategy and Corporate Development; CIBC’s International Operations, including CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank; and Treasury.  He joined CIBC in 2008 following his more than 20 years of experience in the securities industry which included CIBC Wood Gundy from 1987 to 1997.

From 2004 to 2008 Richard was Chief Executive Officer of TSX Group, a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, having joined TSX as President of TSX Markets in 2001. He was responsible for the consolidation of the various local exchanges across Canada into what is today known as the TMX Group.

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Nicola Wickes is Senior Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer, Europe and Asia at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. In this role, she is accountable for sound risk management practices in the Europe and Asia regions covering management of Corporate Credit Risk and oversight of all other types of risk including Special Loans, Trading Credit Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, Reputation Risk and Regulatory Risk.

Prior to this role, Ms. Wickes was the Vice-President, Wholesale Credit and Investment Risk Management for the European Region. Ms. Wickes joined CIBC in 1998 as Executive Director, Credit Risk Management. Prior to joining CIBC, Ms. Wickes was with UBS in London.

Ms. Wickes is the Chair of the CIBC Europe Diversity Committee and serves on the CIBC World Markets Plc Board of Directors. In addition, Ms. Wickes is a member of the Global Risk Committee, the Credit Committee and the Cybercrime Steering Committee for the Bank. Ms. Wickes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Studies from Oxford Brookes University.

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Don Wilson, a Corporate Director, retired from JP Morgan Chase & Co., a U.S. bank, in 2006 where he had served as the bank’s first Chief Risk Officer. He was also a member of the bank’s Executive Committee and Operating Committee. Mr. Wilson’s career experiences at JPMorgan included major divisional management responsibilities in New York, London, and Tokyo in corporate finance, investment banking, and capital markets. He graduated from Harvard University in 1970 (AB cum laude) and from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College in 1973 (M.B.A.).

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Barbara Zvan and her team provide liability and risk expertise focused on long‐term Total Fund investment strategy, risk management and the governance framework. Ms. Zvan and her team are also charged with ensuring the Plan is sustainable, and that the funding risk is aligned to the Board's Risk Appetite Statement.

Ms. Zvan joined Ontario Teachers' in 1995 as an assistant portfolio manager and has risen to positions of increasing authority. As Chief Risk & Strategy Officer, she leads the Strategy & Risk team in supporting the Plan Sponsors in plan design decisions and the Board in determining the appropriate benchmarks and risk appetite. Ms. Zvan and her team provide input and risk insights to the Investing teams and create an effective risk management framework to underpin it. In addition, Ms. Zvan drives the responsible investing and climate change risk management and strategy for the Fund and directs the Enterprise and Operational Risk Management approach for the organization.

Ms. Zvan is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and holds an M.Math from the University of Waterloo.

Ms. Zvan serves as Chair of the International Centre of Pension Management (ICPM). She also serves on the boards of Cadillac Fairview, Global Risk Institute and the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance.

She was honoured as one of Canada's 2008 Top 40 Under 40.

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