Elyse Allan was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Canada in October 2004, with a mission to grow GE’s businesses in Canada, and to advance the company’s leadership in technology, media, and financial services. The appointment marked Elyse’s return to GE, where she began her career in 1984. She served in corporate marketing in the U.S. where she worked with a number of the industrial businesses, and held senior roles in GE Canada in corporate, lighting and appliances.

Aside from her work at GE, she contributes as a Director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the C.D. Howe Institute, and the Public Policy Forum. She has served on the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy. She serves as a Director of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the Mississauga International Investment Board. She is the former Chair of Providence Healthcare, a leading Toronto healthcare institution.

Prior to her current position, Elyse was President and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade and, before that, a senior executive at Ontario Hydro.