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.
Lori Sterling
Board Chair | Chair, Executive Committee
Senior Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP
Lori has been a public servant leader at both provincial and federal levels and is currently senior counsel at
Bennett Jones LLP. She received the United Nations Public Service Award for Building Aboriginal Relations
in 2013.
Shamira Madhany
Secretary | Chair, Client Success and Growth Committee
Managing Director and Deputy Executive Director, World Education Services
Shamira 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.
John Montalbano
Treasurer | Chair, Finance & Risk Management Committee
Principal, Tower Beach Capital Ltd.
John 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.
Jennifer T. Lee
Director | Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee
Vice Chairwoman and Senior Partner, Deloitte Canada
Jennifer 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.
Peter Aghar
Director
Founder & President, Crux Capital Corporation
Peter is the Founder and President of Crux Capital Corporation, a boutique value-add real estate partner,
developer and venture capital investor active across Canada.
Dapo Bankole
Director
Founder & President, Mopheth Systems Corp.
5/16
Dapo 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.
Carsten Jensen
Director
Partner, JSS Barristers
Carsten is one of the founding partners of JSS Barristers, a Calgary based litigation law firm. Carsten’s
practice focuses exclusively on civil litigation, with an emphasis on corporate and commercial litigation
including commercial class actions, oil and gas disputes, shareholder disputes, multi-party litigation and
arbitrations.
Maureen Killoran
Director
National Co-Chair & Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Maureen 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).
Tatjana Lalkovic
Director
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Definity Financial
7/16
Tatjana 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.
Angie Lamarsh
Director
Head of Sustainable Finance, Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank Canada
Angie 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.
Carlos Leitao
Director
Carlos 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.
Geneviève Morin
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.
Misheck Mwaba
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.
Nicolas Plourde
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.
Naeem Siddiqi
Director
Senior Advisor, Risk & Quantitative Solutions, SAS
Naeem 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.
Claudia Hepburn
CEO
Windmill Microlending
Claudia 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.
Non-board volunteers
Armaitish Sethna
Finance & Risk Management Committee | Client Success & Growth Committee
Director Inspections, Canadian Public Accountability Board
Armaitish 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.
Miho Donald
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.
Mark Wallace
Loan Committee
President & CEO, Cority Software Inc.
Mark is CEO of Cority Software Inc., a Toronto-based, award-winning, global SaaS company. Under Mark’s
leadership, Cority’s revenue has grown consistently at a compounded rate in excess of 20%. The company
has grown in employees from 29 when Mark started in 2003 to ~600 employees today