Directors College Faculty and Special Guest Lecturers

Faculty:

Robert Astley, Former CEO, Clarica

Anthony Atkinson, Professor of Management Accounting, School of Accountancy, University of Waterloo

Douglas Barber, Founder, Former CEO and Director, Gennum Corp.

Chris Bart , Professor of Strategic Market Leadership (Strategy & Governance), DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University; Founder, Principal & Lead Professor, The Directors College

Min Basadur, Principal, Basadur Applied Creativity

Paul K. Bates, Dean & Industry Professor, Financial Management Services, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Gilbert Bennett, Director and Recently-Retired Chairman of the Board, Canadian Tire Corporation

Eric Bentzen-Bilkvist, Chartered Accountant, Pettinelli Mastroluisi

Austin Beutel, Chairman, Oakwest Corporation Limited

Bob Blowes, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

David A.H. Brown C.Dir., Executive Director, Brown Governance; Key Faculty & Moderator, The Directors College

Brian Brown, Vice-President, Internal Audit, Great-West Life

John E. Caldwell, President and CEO, SMTC Corporation

Robert Chambers, President, AssetRisk Advisory Inc.

Robert D. Chapman, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Ron Charles, Partner, The Caldwell Partners International

Christopher Chen, Executive Compensation, Hay Group Limited

George Chiarucci, Consultant, Chiarucci & Associates

David Collie, C.Dir., President and CEO, Burlington Hydro Electric Inc.

Courtney Pratt, Chairman & CEO, Toronto Region Research Alliance - TRRA

Kelly Cowan, Executive Coach, Trainer & Facilitator, The Boost Creative Leadership Group Inc.

Blair Cowper-Smith, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, OMERS

Larry Crase, Senior Simplex Consultant, Basadur Applied Creativity

Gordon Cummings, President and CEO, Canadian Executive Service Organization

Alan Curleigh, Chairman, Canadian Commercial Corporation

John Dalla Costa, Founding Director, Centre for Ethical Orientation

Graham Dickson, Executive Director of Leadership Development, Royal Roads University

Alan Dilworth, Director, Medical Facilities Corp.

John T. Dinner, Governance Consultant, Board Governance Services

Garfield Emerson, Corporate Director,

Anne M. Fawcett, Managing Partner, The Caldwell Partners International

Gary Finch, Managing Partner, 3XCD Inc. Board Compensation Governance

Terence Flynn, APR Professor of Communications Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Eleanor Fritz, Director, Compliance & Disclosure, Toronto Stock Exchange

Peter Gardiner-Harding, Corporate Actor and Learning Facilitator, playsthatwork inc.

Jon K. Grant, Chairman, CCL Industries Inc.

Brian Graves, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Donald Green, President & CEO Greenfleet Ltd.

Charles Hantho, Chairman, Hamilton Utilities Corporation

Anne-Marie Hubert, Associeé, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Peter Jackson, Principal, riskWaves Corp

Edward P. Kerwin, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Tanya Khan, Partner, Business Risk Services, Ernst & Young

Lloyd Komori, C.Dir., Chief Risk Officer, Ontario Power Generation

Kelly Lang, Patner, Hunter, Keilty, Muntz & Beatty Ltd.

Jacques Levesque, C. Dir., President & CEO, Tranform Management Consulting Inc.

Robert W. Luba, President, Luba Financial

Edythe (Dee) Marcoux, Corporate Director, SNC Lavalin Inc and Placer Dome Inc.

Leslie Markow, Director, Client Services, Resource Global Professionals

Teal McAteer, Professor of Human Resources Management, McMaster University

Don McCreesh, C.Dir., President, The Garnet Group Inc.

Daryl McLean, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Gregory P. McQueen, Senior Vice President for Advancement, University of North Texas

Isabel Meharry, C.Dir., Vice-President, Finance, Secretary Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Green Shield Canada

Margot M. Micallef QC, Managing Director, Oliver Capital Partners

Edward Minich, C.Dir., Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Otis Canada Inc.

David C. Morrison, C.Dir., President and Chief Executive Officer, Yukon Energy Corporation

Rose M. Patten, Senior Executive Vice-President, Human Resources, BMO Financial Group

Andrea Plotnick, National Expertise Director, Organizational Effectiveness, Hay Group

Andrew J. Poprawa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario

Frank Potter, Chair, Social Responsibility Committee Canadian Tire Corporation

Bruce H. Reid, Executive in Residence, University of Western Ontario

Mary Ritchie, President & Chief Executive Officer, Richford Holdings Ltd.

Ken Robertson, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Ron Robertson, Retired Chair, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Eric Rosenfeld, President and Chief Executive Officer , Crescendo Partners, L.P.

Peter Routliff, C.Dir., Board Member, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System

Barry Rowland, Industry Leader, Financial Services and Insurance, Ernst & Young LLP

Marvin Ryder, Past Chair, Hamilton Health Sciences Corp.

Sam Bornstein, Vice President, Public Affairs, NATIONAL Public Relations

Guylaine Saucier, Corporate Director, President and Owner, Guylaine Saucier

Mike Savage, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young

Mark Schacter, Consultant, Mark Schacter Consulting

Helen Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer, BankWorks

Steve Howse, Lecturer & Consultant, DeGroote School of Business / Millington & Assoc.

Ron Stokes, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Sonja Struthers, Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

William J.L. Swirsky, Corporate Director - Chair, Audit Committee , OTPP

Lawrence G. Tapp, Former Dean, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario

Lorna Telfer, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

David Tennant, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Archie R Thomas, Consulting Internal Auditor,

Paul Tice, C.Dir., Independent Director, Consulting CFO

Harry Underwood, Partner McCarthy Tétrault

David Weiner, Senior Partner, National Public Relations

Stephen Wetmore, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bell Aliant

David Woollcombe, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Special Guest Lecturer:

Joe Chidley, Editor, Canadian Business

Penny Collenette, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law University of Ottawa

Peter J. George, President and Vice-Chancellor, McMaster University

Anne Golden, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board of Canada

Andrew Kriegler, Managing Director, Canada Moody’s Investors Services

Hon. John Manley, C.Dir., Counsel, McCarthy Tétrault

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