Ian Telfer was elected Chairman of the World Gold Council in September 2010. He is also Chairman of Goldcorp and has been a senior executive in the gold mining industry for the past 25 years. During this time Ian financed, developed and operated mines in 12 countries throughout the Americas, Asia and Australia. He has served as a director and officer of several Canadian and International mining...

Ian E. Bennett, a distinguished federal public servant, has held several positions within the Department of Finance including Deputy Minister from November 2004 to June 2006. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund representing Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean countries from September 2001 to October 2004. Mr. Bennett has also held other senior positions ...

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht has been an entrepreneur and executive in a number of emerging technology companies. In 2005, she became CEO of MaRS, which is a non-profit corporation that works to foster better conditions for innovators and entrepreneurs by providing access to critical talent, capital, specialized infrastructure and customer networks. Now she is the Executive Chair of Triphase Accelerator...

Ian Baillie is the Executive Director of the Alliance of Beverage Licensees representing British Columbia’s multi-billion dollar Liquor industry, including pubs and Liquor Retail Stores. An accomplished leader in Communications and Government Affairs, Mr. Baillie has held senior positions in both the private and public sectors and has acted as a senior strategist to numerous public officials, m...

Ian Anderson has served as President of Kinder Morgan Canada since December 2005. In this role, he provides executive leadership to Kinder Morgan’s Canadian operations, growth pursuits and social responsibility initiatives. For Mr. Anderson, this means “articulating a clear vision for the company” and all projects, “diving fully into the details” and “building and growing the personal relations...

Ian Black is the General Manager of Uber (Ontario), a technology company that is reinventing urban transportation and the way people and things move. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through an elegant smartphone app, Uber is making cities more accessible, innovating new possibilities for riders and creating new business for drivers in over 270 metros across the world. Before joining ...

Iain has overall responsibility for operations of the organization that includes: regional, provincial and national mandates, innovation programs for companies at every stage (from startup to global) and a national focus on digital media and mobile computing with leadership of the Canadian Digital Media Network.

Ian M. MacDonald MSc, MD CM is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta and recently stepped down after four terms as its Chair. From 2007-2008, he served as Branch Chief of Ophthalmic Genetics at the National Eye Institute of the NIH in Bethesda, MD. A McGill graduate in Medicine, Dr. MacDonald completed Ophthalmology residency training at the U...

Indira Naidoo-Harris was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 2014 as the MPP for Halton. Naidoo-Harris currently serves as Minister of the Status of Women and Minister Responsible for Early Years and Child Care. She was previously Associate Minister of Education, focusing on Early Years and Child Care. Before that, she was Associate Minister of Finance, focusing on the Ontario Retire...

Ivan Semeniuk reports on science for The Globe and Mail. A life-long communicator of scientific discoveries and ideas in print and broadcast media, his stories have informed Canadians about topics as diverse as space exploration, genetic engineering and climate change. Prior to joining the Globe he was the Washington-based chief of correspondents for the journal Nature, U.S. bureau chief for Ne...

LEADERSHIP | INTEGRITY | COMMITMENT An action oriented leader and decision maker with a focus on customer needs and service. One who can lead a team and is able to build consensus to maximize and leverage strengths of team members to the overall benefit of the organization. Strong background and interest in advocacy, government relations, public policy, legal/ regulatory issues, administrative...

In October 2007, the Ontario Child Advocate (the Advocate’s Office) was established with the passage of Bill 165 by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. On July 14th, 2008, an all-party panel appointed Irwin Elman as the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth to provide leadership to the Advocate’s Office – the first independent office of its kind in Ontario – to amplify the voices of child...

Ian Steff serves as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service. At the U.S. Department of Commerce, he oversees approximately 1,400 trade and investment professionals located in more than 100 U.S. cities and 70 markets around the world. He manages a $330 million annual budget and a broad portfolio of International Trad...