Board of Directors

The C.D. Howe Institute is governed by its Board of Directors, which is composed of leaders from business and the not-for-profit sector. The Board meets twice per year, in the spring and the fall. The Board has three main responsibilities: to approve the strategic direction of the Institute’s policy work, to ensure that the Institute’s commitments to independence and quality are upheld, and to ensure that the Institute’s management runs the organization efficiently and prudently, making the best possible use of donations and member and subscriber contributions.

Officers

President and CEO, C.D. Howe Institute

Chair Emeritus, Bennett Jones LLP

Chairman and CEO, Magris Performance Materials Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Scotiabank

Directors

Éric Bédard

Managing Partner, Québec, Fasken

Scott Burns

Executive Chairman & CEO, BURNCO Group of Companies

Heather Chalmers

President & CEO, GE Vernova Canada; and President, GE Vernova - Hydro North American

Bert Clark

President and Chief Executive Officer, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

Brad W. Corson

Chairman & CEO, Imperial Oil Limited

Laura Dottori-Attanasio

President and CEO, Element Fleet Management Corp.

Rick Ekstein

President and CEO, Phaze 3 Associates

Heather Evans

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Tax Foundation

Louis Gagnon

President, Canadian Operations, Intact Financial Corporation

Rosanne Hill Blaisdell

President and CEO, Harvard Developments

Brian K. Johnston, CPA, CA

Corporate Director, Johnston Family Foundation

Cyrus Madon

Executive Chairman, Private Equity, Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

Ronald P. Mathison

President & CEO, Matco Investments Ltd.

Marcia Moffat

Managing Director – Country Head of Canada, BlackRock

Gilles Ouellette

Chairman, Asset Management, BMO Financial Group

Geoff Smith

Executive Chair, EllisDon

Stephen Smith

Chairman and CEO, Smith Financial Corporation

Jonathan Tétrault

Managing Partner, Sagard Holdings

Standing Committees

Executive & Governance Committee

Audit, Finance & Risk Committee

Investment Committee

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