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Dan Ciuriak
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Barbara Zvan
Former Chief Risk & Strategy Officer, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

John Crow, O.C.
Former Governor, Bank of Canada

Rudyard Griffiths
Co-founder and Executive Director, The Dominion Institute

The Honourable Jason Kenney PC, ECA
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Mark Zelmer
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Hugh MacKinnon
Chairman & CEO, Bennett Jones

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Chairman of the Board, Encana
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