Biographies
J. Robert S. Prichard, Chair
J. Robert S. Prichard is Chairman of Torys, a leading international
business law firm. He previously served as President and CEO of
Metrolinx.
Mr. Prichard is also past President and Chief Executive Officer of
Torstar Corporation and President Emeritus of the University of Toronto
where he previously served as dean of law and as a professor
specializing in law and economics. Mr. Prichard is a Director of Bank of
Montreal, Onex Corporation and George Weston Ltd. He also serves as
Vice-Chair of Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council,
Chairman of the Visiting Committee of Harvard Law School, a trustee of
the Hospital for Sick Children, and a Director of the Toronto Community
Foundation.
Mr. Prichard studied honours economics at Swarthmore College,
received his MBA from the University of Chicago and earned law degrees
at the University of Toronto and Yale University. He is an Officer of
the Order of Canada, a Member of the Order of Ontario and a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Canada.
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Peter R. Smith, Vice-Chair
Peter Smith is President and Co-Founder of Andrin Limited, a real
estate development company. He has served on the Board of GO Transit
since 2004 and from 2005 to 2009 was the Chair of GO. Mr. Smith was
previously Chairman of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for
eight years. He is a past member of the Boards of Credit Valley
Hospital, The Ontario Homebuilders’ Association and Waterfront Toronto.
In addition to GO Transit and Metrolinx, Mr. Smith also sits on the
boards of First Canadian Title Insurance Company, Brampton Brick Limited
(TSX) and Geo-Global Resources (AMEX).
He holds a master’s degree from the State University of New York and a
Bachelor of Arts from McMaster University. Mr. Smith is a Member of the
Order of Canada, appointed in 2000.
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Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO, Toronto Community
Foundation
Rahul Bhardwaj is the President & CEO of the Toronto Community Foundation.
He was formerly a corporate lawyer with a leading Canadian law firm,
Vice President of the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid and then CEO of United
Way of York Region.
He has a long history of community service, including serving currently
as a Board Member of the Stratford Festival of Canada, George Brown
College and Community Foundations of Canada, and previously, the Art
Gallery of Ontario Foundation, United Way of Toronto and past Chair of
the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, among others.
In 2007, Mr. Bhardwaj was named by the National Post as one of the “Next
Generation of Toronto Civic Leaders.” In 2008, he was named as a member
of former Toronto Mayor David Miller’s “Blue Ribbon” Fiscal Review
Panel.
Mr. Bhardwaj is a popular presenter and speaker, particularly on issues
relating to the city, community and leadership as well as Toronto’s
Vital Signs ®. He has been featured in local Toronto media as well as
international media including CBC Newsworld, CNN and the national Daily
News in China.
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Joseph A.G. Halstead
Joseph Halstead is the former Commissioner responsible for Economic
Development, Culture and Tourism in the City of Toronto. In this
capacity, he was also responsible for the Parks and Recreation system,
as well as Major Events.
Previously, he spent 24 years with the Provincial Government of Ontario
in five different ministries in a broad range of management positions,
rising to the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of the Provincial
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation.
Mr. Halstead has been involved in the business sector as well as sports
and recreation sectors most of his professional career. He has served on
boards such as: the Premier’s Roundtable on Volunteerism, the Toronto
Community Foundation, Canada Games Council, the Inter-Provincial Lottery
Corporation and the Toronto Economic Development Corporation.
He was Vice-Chair of the 2015 Pan American Games Bid Committee, the
City’s lead person on Toronto’s bid for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
and the Province’s representative on the bid for the 1996 Olympic Games.
Mr. Halstead was also the Executive Lead for the World Youth Day
Conference and the Pope’s visit in 2002. Currently, he is the Acting
Chair of Ontario Place Corporation, and a Board Member of the Toronto
Raptors Foundation. In addition, he is chair of the hugely successful
Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana).
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Richard Koroscil, President and CEO, John C Munro Hamilton
International Airport
Richard Koroscil is President and Chief Executive Officer for the John C
Munro Hamilton International Airport (Canada). His distinguished career
in Airport Management spans over 32 years in both the public and private
sectors throughout Canada and internationally.
His career portfolio includes Vice President of Operations for YVRAS and
Vice President for YVRAS parent company, the Vancouver International
Airport Authority.
Richard sits on the boards of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, McMaster
Institute of Transportation and Logistics, Theatre Aquarius, past SKAL
International President in 2009 and is the founding Chairman of Southern
Ontario Gateway Council and is the 2010 Hamilton Chamber of Commerce
Chair. He also is an active member of the Jobs Prosperity Collective,
Mayors Advisory Committee on Economic Development, Co-Chairs the
Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council, Airport Employment Growth
District and the Hamilton Economic Summit Advisory Committee.
He is a graduate of Durham University/College in Aviation Management, a
Chartered Director from McMaster University/Conference Board of Canada
Directors College and studied Business Administration at the University
of Windsor in Ontario.
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Nicholas Mutton, Executive Vice President, Human Resources
and Administration, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Nicholas Mutton, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and
Administration, brings over 40 years of hotel management experience to
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. He was General Manager and Regional
Vice President at the Ritz-Carlton, Chicago (a Four Seasons Hotel), and
subsequently Senior Vice President Operations, Americas with operating
responsibilities for 40 hotels.
In 2003, Nick was promoted to Executive Vice President Human Resources
and Administration, with global responsibility for all the people,
culture and organizational issues of 36,000 employees in 34 countries
worldwide. Nick is a member of the Company’s Management Committee.
Nick is a director of the Canadian Opera Company and the Canadian Opera
House Corporation; is a member of the MIG Cabinet of the Toronto United
Way; a member the International Advisory Board of Ecole hôtelière de
Lausanne; the Governing Committee of the International Tourism
Partnership, International Business Leaders Forum; and a Board Member of
the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program. He is also a member of the
Patient Safety and Quality Committee of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.
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Lee Parsons, Founding Partner, Malone, Given Parsons Ltd.
Lee Parsons is a Founding Partner of the planning and economic
consulting firm, Malone Given Parsons Ltd. He is President of MGP
Information Systems Ltd. and a director of Sabourin Kimble & Associates.
Over the past 25 years, he has managed many urban and regional planning,
and economic development projects in Canada and internationally. Mr.
Parsons is a graduate of Dalhousie University (Engineering, 1970) and
York University (Environment Studies, 1974).
He is a professional engineer and a member of the Professional Engineers
of Ontario. Mr. Parsons is also a professional planner and is a member
of the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Ontario Professional Planners
Institute, the Association of the Ontario Land Economists and the Urban
and Regional Information Systems Association. He was a member of the GO
Transit Board of Directors and Chair of the Risk Management Committee.
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Rose M. Patten, Senior Executive Vice-President, Head of
Human Resources and Senior Leadership Advisor, BMO Financial Group
Rose Patten’s 35 year career in Financial Services is characterized by
senior leadership roles in Business Strategy, Human Resources
Management, Executive Development and Succession, Corporate
Communications, Public Affairs, Transformational Change and Organization
Development.
Her leadership experiences have spanned the four financial sectors:
banking, trust, insurance and investment banking in Canada, the United
States and Asia and have consistently involved companies engaged in
mergers, restructuring, acquisitions or major change. She has held
senior executive positions in all instances.
In 2009, Ms. Patten was honoured with a doctor of laws degree from the
University of Toronto. In 2008, she was recognized with the YWCA Woman
of Distinction Award for Corporate Leadership and has received numerous
other recognitions for her community service contributions. She was also
recognized as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by U.S.
Banker Magazine.
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Stephen Smith, Co-Founder, Chairman and President of First
National Financial LP
Stephen Smith is the Co-Founder, Chairman and President of First
National Financial LP, Canada's largest non-bank mortgage lender with
over $50 billion of mortgage assets under administration. With over 500
employees across the country, FNFLP lends $12 billion of commercial and
single family residential mortgages to Canadians annually.
In addition, Mr. Smith is Chairman of the Board of Canada Guaranty
Mortgage Insurance Company as well as a member of the Board of Directors
of the Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company and the Empire Life
Insurance Company. Mr. Smith is also a member of the Advisory Council of
the Royal Conservatory of Music and a member of the Board of the
Historica-Dominion Institute.
Mr. Smith previously served as the Vice-Chair of the GO Transit Board of
Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee.
Born in Ottawa, Mr. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical
Engineering from Queen’s University and a master’s degree in Economics
from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also a
graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors program from the Rotman
School of Business at the University of Toronto.
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Douglas Turnbull, Deputy Chairman, TD Securities
Doug Turnbull is the Deputy Chairman of TD Securities, responsible for
executive coverage of sovereign, super-sovereign agencies, provincial,
crown corporation and quasi-government clients worldwide, with a
particular emphasis on developing and enhancing capital market and
infrastructure activities with this important client group. Prior to
this appointment, Mr. Turnbull was Managing Director, Global Head of
Government Relations.
Mr. Turnbull has over 30 years of fixed income capital markets, M&A and
advisory experience in Canada, New York and Tokyo. He has acted for
government, corporate, infrastructure and public sector clients on
numerous public and private market transactions. In addition he has
advised and spoken publicly on various topics related to capital
markets, debt management, credit ratings, provincial budgets,
infrastructure financings and privatizations.
Mr. Turnbull is Chair of the Board of Directors of George Brown College
Foundation and is a member of the Audit Committee. Doug also serves on
the Canadian Board of Directors of ORBIS International, a global charity
committed to eliminating preventable blindness in the developing world.
In addition, Doug is a member of the Ontario Finance Minister's Economic
Advisory Panel, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Toronto
Financial Services Alliance and the Conference Board of Canada's Centre
for the North.
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Bruce McCuaig, President and CEO, Metrolinx
Bruce McCuaig was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
Metrolinx, the regional transportation authority for the Greater Toronto
and Hamilton Area, on September 4, 2010.
Bruce McCuaig has a 26-year record of public service in the
transportation and land-use planning sectors. He has successfully risen
through the ranks in the Ontario Public Service, serving first in the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and then for 15 years in the
Ministry of Transportation, most recently as Ontario’s Deputy Minister
of Transportation.
As Deputy Minister of Transportation he was responsible for leading
4,000 public servants as they worked to ensure Ontario’s transportation
system was efficient in safely moving people and goods. Prior to
becoming the Deputy Minister, Mr. McCuaig headed the Provincial Highways
Management Division of the Ministry, which is the Ministry’s largest
operating division. Mr. McCuaig has also held the position of Assistant
Deputy Minister of the Policy, Planning and Standards Division of the
Ministry of Transportation.
This combination of operating, planning and policy experience perfectly
matches the needs of Metrolinx with its broad mandate for the region and
special responsibilities for GO Transit.
Mr. McCuaig has a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Urban and Regional
Planning from Ryerson University, and a master’s degree in Public
Administration from Queen’s University.
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