Our board is comprised of distinguished leaders and strategic advisors who are deeply passionate about
supporting skilled newcomers. Their unwavering commitment extends to shaping the future of our organization
and contributing to the prosperity of our country in Canada.
Secretary, Chair, Loan Committee
Managing Director and Deputy Executive Director, World Education Services
Board Chair | Chair, Executive Committee
Lori Sterling was senior legal counsel at Bennett Jones LLP and prior to that, a public servant leader at both provincial and federal levels. She received the United Nations Public Service Award for Building Aboriginal Relations in 2013.
Director
Founder & President, Crux Capital Corporation
Peter Aghar is the Founder and President of Crux Capital Corporation, a boutique value-add real estate partner, developer and venture capital investor active across Canada.
Director
Founder & President, Mopheth Systems Corp.
Dapo Bankole is an entrepreneur, a social innovator, and a successful podcaster whose technology leadership experience spans over 22-years of an intense professional and character moulding journey.
Ex officio
Windmill Microlending
Claudia Hepburn has devoted her career to building innovative charities that convert human potential into prosperity. Before Windmill, she co-founded and ran NEXT Canada, to develop high-impact young entrepreneurs.
Director | Campaign Cabinet
National Co-Chair & Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Maureen Killoran is the national Co-Chair and a member of the Partnership Board of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Maureen practices out of both the Vancouver and Calgary offices, and is the former managing partner of Osler’s Calgary office (2011-17).
Director
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Definity Financial
Tatjana Lalkovic is a digital transformation leader with a global impact, driven by curiosity and passionate about driving business outcomes and customer-centric experiences by leveraging innovative technologies. She is Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer at Definity Financial, one of the leading Canadian insurers and digital leaders in the industry.
Director
Head of Sustainable Finance, Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank Canada
Angie Lamarsh is the Head of Sustainable Finance, Commercial Banking at HSBC Bank Canada where she is responsible for leading the business’s sustainability proposition in Canada and executing on HSBC’s global commitment to provide at least USD 750 billion in sustainable finance by 2030.
Director | Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee
Vice Chairwoman and Senior Partner, Deloitte Canada
Jennifer T. Lee is a bold, inspiring leader who creates global transformation for her clients at Deloitte, where her expertise centres on strategy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) specializing in growth/value creation and business model transformation.
Director
Carlos Leitao was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in 2014 and held the position of Minister of Finance between 2014 and 2018. During that time, he was a member of the Committee on Public Finance and a member of the Ministerial Committee for the Economy, Job Creation and Sustainable Development.
Secretary | Chair, Client Success and Growth Committee
Managing Director and Deputy Executive Director, World Education Services
Shamira Madhany joined World Education Services (WES) in 2018 after more than two decades of government service in Ontario. Her last position was Assistant Deputy Minister for Health, Education, and Social Policy, in Cabinet Office.
Treasurer | Chair, Finance & Risk Management Committee; Chair, Campaign Cabinet
Principal, Tower Beach Capital Ltd.
John Montalbano retired as CEO of RBC Global Asset Management in 2015, at which point the company managed $370 billion in assets, placing it among the 50 largest asset managers worldwide.
Director
President & CEO, Fondaction
President & CEO of Fondaction since January 2020, a Québec labour-sponsored fund with $3.1 billion in net assets, Geneviève Morin has been leading the shift and focus of the financial industry towards sustainability for over 30-years.
Director
President & CEO, Bow Valley College
Dr. Misheck Mwaba was appointed the 6th President and CEO of Bow Valley College in November 2020. He previously served as Vice-President Academic at Bow Valley College, Alberta’s largest comprehensive community college.
Director
Lawyer/Partner, Sarrazin+Plourde
Nicolas Plourde is a partner at Sarrazin Plourde, a litigation boutique firm in Montreal. He is an accomplished and versatile commercial litigator in a wide range of areas, including bankruptcy and insolvency, insurance, banking and injunctions.
Director
Senior Advisor, Risk & Quantitative Solutions, SAS
Naeem Siddiqi is a Senior Advisor in SAS’s Risk division. He is the author of Credit Risk Scorecards: Developing and Implementing Intelligent Credit Scoring (Wiley and Sons, NY, 2005), Intelligent Credit Scoring: Building and Implementing Better Credit Risk Scorecards (Wiley and Sons, 2017), and various papers on credit risk topics.
Client Success & Growth Committee
Senior Manager, Operations Change Delivery, TD Securities
Miho Donald is an expert in capital markets, specialized in strategy and operational enhancement. Her 18-years of experience across Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Group and TD Bank Group is uniquely entrepreneurial in that the majority of her roles was focused on launching a new department or a function.
Client Success & Growth Committee
Director Inspections, Canadian Public Accountability Board
Armaitish Sethna Dudani is an experienced Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) specializing in the audits of public companies. Currently, Armaitish is a Director in the Inspections team at the Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB) – Canada’s independent, public accounting firm regulator.
Treasurer | Chair, Finance & Risk Management Committee; Chair, Campaign Cabinet
Principal, Tower Beach Capital Ltd.
John Montalbano retired as CEO of RBC Global Asset Management in 2015, at which point the company managed $370 billion in assets, placing it among the 50 largest asset managers worldwide.
Campaign Cabinet
Managing Partner at Impression Ventures
Maor Amar is a seasoned professional in Global Capital Markets with over 20 years of experience. Currently, he serves as a Managing Partner at Impression Ventures, where he brings his extensive expertise in financial services and investment strategy.
Campaign Cabinet
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Toronto
Rohit Bhapkar is Senior Partner at McKinsey& Company in Toronto. He has worked with energy, financial services, publicsector, and consumer packaged goods clients across North America and Europe ontopics such as growth strategy, risk management, asset privatization,performance transformations and change management.
Campaign Cabinet
Senior Advisor, Clients and Industries, Bennett Jones
Claire Kennedy is the Senior Advisor, Clients and Industries at Bennett Jones in Toronto and serves as Lead Director of the Bank of Canada, the nation's central bank. She is also a director of Alamos Gold Inc. and Constellation Software Inc. and Chair of the Board of Neo Performance Materials Inc.
Director | Campaign Cabinet
National Co-Chair & Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Maureen Killoran is the national Co-Chair and a member of the Partnership Board of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Maureen practices out of both the Vancouver and Calgary offices, and is the former managing partner of Osler’s Calgary office (2011-17).
Campaign Cabinet
Co-founder and Executive Chair, LockDocs Inc.
Susan McArthur is a successful businesswoman who is the co-founder and executive chair of LockDocs Inc., a start-up focused on digital identity as a service. She has 35 years of experience across the finance, real estate technology, and insurance sectors.
Campaign Cabinet
Clinical Scientist & Physician, University Health Network
Dr. Kieran Murphy graduated in 1986 from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, completing residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Michigan and an interventional neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Geneva. He was then recruited by Johns Hopkins University to lead the division of Interventional Neuroradiology from 1998 to 2008.
Campaign Cabinet
Managing Partner, Relay Ventures | Managing Partner, Realize Capital Partners | Founder & Executive Chair, MobSquad
Irfhan Rawji is Managing Partner with Relay Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with over US$700MM of assets under management, and Managing Partner with Realize Capital Partners, a fund-of-funds social finance asset manager, recently launched with an anchor commitment from the Government of Canada. Irfhan is also an entrepreneur and is founder and executive chair of Canadian start-up MobSquad.
Campaign Cabinet
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mantle
Amar Varma holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is an entrepreneur based in Toronto.