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Chair of the Board, RBC

Hélène Desmarais, C.M.
Chairman & CEO, Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal

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

Pierre Fortin
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal

David R. Johnson
Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

Greg Sorbara
Former Minister of Finance, Ontario

Michael Horgan
Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones

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