Heather Munroe-Blum
Chairperson, Corporate Director and Public Policy Scholar, Board and Investment Strategy Committee (Chair), ex officio member of the Audit, Governance, Human Resources and Compensation, and Risk Committees
Montreal, Quebec
Director since December 2010
Chairperson since October 2014
Chairperson of the Gairdner Foundation, Co-founder and Co-Chair of the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation, Co-Chair of the Leader’s Council of McGill’s Tanenbaum Open Science Institute (TOSI), Advisor to the McGill University Health Centre Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4), and member, Board of Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), and, the Trilateral Commission. Among others, served on the boards of the Royal Bank of Canada, Four Seasons Hotels, Alcan, Yellow Media Inc., Hydro One (Ontario), and CGI Group, and as a member of the President’s Council of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Conference Board of Canada and the CD Howe Institute. Served for over a decade as Principal and Vice Chancellor (President), McGill University; Former Vice-President (Research and International Relations), University of Toronto. Recipient of numerous domestic and international honorary degrees and awards of distinction. Officer of the Order of Canada, l’Ordre National du Québec, Public Policy Forum Honouree, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Building on a distinguished career of clinical, scientific and public policy contributions, qualifications include over 25 years of executive leadership building institutions, partnerships and programs of global reach and significance concentrated in higher education, health, public policy and research and development; a seasoned director with more than 30 years of governance experience on corporate and not-for-profit boards.
Judith Athaide
Corporate Executive, Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Governance Committee, Risk Committee
Calgary, Alberta
Director since November 2022
Serves as a Director on boards including The Cogent Group Inc., Sustainable Development Technology Canada, HSBC Bank Canada and Kiwetinohk Energy, CMG Ltd. President and CEO of The Cogent Group Inc. Previously served as Vice President, Bow Engineering and Project Execution of EnCana Leasehold Limited Partnership. She has held academic positions at the Universities of Alberta, Brandon, Calgary and Mount Royal. Holds a B. Comm (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta.
Qualifications include experience as a professional engineer, entrepreneur and energy sector professional.
Sylvia Chrominska
Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee (Chair), Risk Committee
Stratford, Ontario
Director since September 2018
Currently serves on the board and as Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of Wajax Inc., as an ex officio member of the board of the Stratford Festival. Previously served as Chair of the Boards of the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica and Scotiabank Trinidad & Tobago, as a Director and Chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee of Emera Inc., Director and Chair of the Human Resources Committee of Dofasco Inc., as the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Bankers Association. Previously served on the Board of the University of Western Ontario and the Dean’s Advisory Committee of the Richard Ivey Business School, former member and Honorary Fellow of the Advisory Council for Dalhousie University, former Chair of the International Women’s Forum; and former member and Vice President of the Canadian Club of Toronto. Holds an Honours Degree in Business Administration and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Western Ontario.
Qualifications include more than 30 years of banking experience, including executive positions in human resources and corporate credit risk, as well as extensive board experience.
Dean Connor
Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Governance Committee, Risk Committee
Toronto, Ontario
Director since August 2021.
Currently serves as a Trustee for the University Health Network in Toronto and as a member of the Ivey Advisory Board.
Between 2011 and 2021, served as President & CEO of Sun Life Financial Inc., a leading financial services company. Prior to this, he held senior roles with Sun Life, including Head of Canadian Operations and Chief Operating Officer. Previously had a 28-year tenure with Mercer Human Resource Consulting, where he rose to be President for the Americas, a position he held until 2006.
Holds an Honours Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business at Western University.
Qualifications include more than four decades of global experience in financial services and executive consulting. Qualified as a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
William ‘Mark’ Evans
Early stage technology investor, Investment Strategy Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee, Risk Committee
London, U.K.
Director since May 2019
Spent the past 20 years working with early-stage technology entrepreneurs, following 15 years with a private financial services firm in Europe, Asia and the U.S. He has Economics degrees from Queen’s University and the University of Oxford.
Ashleigh Everett
Corporate Executive, Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Governance Committee (Chair)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Director since February 2017
Director of The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company. Former Director of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Chair of the Corporate Governance and Pension Committees). Former Director of Manitoba Telecom Services (Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committees). Former member of the Premiers Enterprise Team for the Province of Manitoba. President, Corporate Secretary and Director of Royal Canadian Securities Limited, the holding company of Royal Canadian Properties Limited, Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd., and L’Eau-1 Inc. Masters of Business Administration, Ivey School of Management, University of Western Ontario.
Qualifications include extensive board experience as a director on executive and risk, governance and pension, and human resources and compensation committees in the public telecom and finance sectors, with experience in international risk and governance issues. More than 30 years of senior management experience in private property development and retail business operations.
Tahira Hassan
Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee, Governance Committee
Toronto, Ontario
Director since February 2015
Non-executive Director of Brambles Limited. Director of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. Served on Recall Holdings Limited, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Holdings Inc., Dairy Partners America and several other international management and association boards. Past member of the Dean’s advisory council of the Laurier School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. Former Senior Vice-President at Nestlé SA with extensive international experience in transformative change including mergers & acquisitions. Held executive positions such as Global Business Head for Nescafé Ready-to-Drink, Head of Global Supply Chain and President of Ice Cream in Canada. Certified Management Accountant of Canada, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the United Kingdom and Chartered Global Management Accountant.
Qualifications include more than 45 years of business and board expertise, in multinational environments including lived-in experiences in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Pakistan, in addition to Canada.
John Montalbano
Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee (Chair), Risk Committee (ex officio member), Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Vancouver, British Columbia
Director since February 2017
Serves as Director on a number of corporate boards, including AbCellera Biologics (Audit Chair), Aritzia Inc., Autozen (Chair), Canalyst Financial Modeling Corporation (Chair) and Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Audit Chair). Current member of the Asia Pacific Foundation Board, Gairdner Foundation, Windmill Microlending and The Vancouver Police Foundation (former Chair), and serves as Chair of The St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. Former Vice Chairman of RBC Wealth Management. Past Chair, University of British Columbia. Served as Chief Executive Officer of RBC Global Asset Management from 2008 to 2015. Previously President of Phillips and Hager & North Investment Management. Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Leslie Wong Fellow of the UBC Portfolio Management Foundation. UBC B.Comm (Hons).
Qualifications include nearly 30 years working in asset management and extensive senior management experience, including overseeing double-digit annual growth over seven years as CEO of the new RBC Global Asset Management, making it one of the 50 largest asset managers in the world.
Barry Perry
Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Newfoundland & Labrador
Director since August 2021.
Currently serves on the Board of Capital Power.
Previously served as a Board member of Fortis, ITC Holdings, UNS Energy, FortisBC Energy, FortisAlberta, Central Hudson Gas & Electric and Newfoundland Power.
Between 2015 and 2020, held senior roles with Fortis Inc., most recently serving as President & CEO, as well as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2014. Prior to joining Fortis Inc., he served as Vice President and Treasurer with a global forest products company and Corporate Controller with a large crude oil refinery.
Holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Qualifications include more than three decades of executive and board experience in the utilities sector. Member of the Association of Chartered Professional Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Mary Phibbs
Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee (ex officio member), Risk Committee (Chair)
London, U.K.
Director since May 2017
Chairperson of Virgin Money Unit Trust Managers Limited. Previously a non-executive Director of Morgan Stanley International Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co International plc and Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited, Novae Group plc, New Day Group Limited, Nottingham Building Society, Friends Life Group plc, Stewart Title Limited, The Charity Bank Limited and Northern Rock plc during its period of public ownership. Held senior positions at Standard Chartered Bank plc, ANZ Banking Group, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Allied Irish Banks plc, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, among others. Holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Surrey, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Qualifications include more than 40 years of international business, risk management and board experience in various countries in the Australian, Pacific, Southeast Asia, Middle East and European regions including the United Kingdom.
Boon Sim
Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee
New York, USA
Director since July 2020
Founder and Managing Partner of Artius Capital Partners, a New York-based growth and private equity investment firm, and previously CEO of Artius Acquisition Inc. Held senior roles with Temasek International, most recently President, Americas, Head of International Group and Head of Life Science and Credit Portfolios, between 2012 and 2017. Prior to joining Temasek, served a 20-year tenure with Credit Suisse Group and its predecessor firm, The First Boston Corporation, including various senior leadership positions, last as Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions based in New York, NY, U.S. Served as a semiconductor and process automation design engineer with Texas Instruments Inc. prior to joining The First Boston Corporation. Holds a Master of Science in Engineering (SM) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Private & Public Management (MPPM) from Yale University and a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore.
Qualifications include more than 30 years of global experience in the finance and technologies industries and expertise in a range of high-growth sectors including technology, financial- technology and healthcare. Currently a member of the Yale University School of Management Board of Advisors and a board member of Origin Materials, Inc., and previously served on the boards of WorldPay Inc. and Vantiv Inc.
Kathleen Taylor
Global Executive, Corporate Director, Investment Strategy Committee, Audit Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Toronto, Ontario
Director since October 2013
Chair of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada since 2014 and Board member since 2001. Immediate past Chair of the Board of SickKids Foundation and Chair-designate of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children. Vice Chair of The Adecco Group since April 2017 and Director since April 2015. Director of Air Canada since May 2016. Chair of Altas Partners, a Toronto-based private equity firm, since April 2019. Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Recipient of the Order of Canada with the grade of member (2016). Recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University (2015) and Honorary Doctorates of Laws from University of Toronto (2019), McGill University (2017), Trent University (2016) and York University (2014). Named the first woman Corporate Hotelier of the World by Hotels Magazine (2011) and was inducted to the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends (2010). Recipient of the Inaugural Medal for Career Achievement from Hennick Centre for Business and Law (2010), and the Schulich School of Business Award for Outstanding Executive Leadership (2001).
Executive qualifications include almost 25 years of international experience building a global culture, overseeing major strategic and operations initiatives, negotiating expertise and strong relationship management capabilities. More recently, a senior partner in a private equity firm. Also, a seasoned director with 20 years of governance experience on a number of corporate and not-for-profit boards.