TORONTO GLOBAL FORUM

Toronto Global Forum
Advisory Board

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CHAIRMAN

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Brian V. Tobin

Vice-Chair, BMO Financial Group

Chair Emeritus

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John M. Beck

Founder and Chairman at Aecon & and Chairman of the Advisory Board at the Toronto Global Forum

Members

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Christiane Bergevin

President, Bergevin Capital and Past Chair of the Board, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

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Joseph S. Mancinelli

International Vice President and Regional Manager of Central and Eastern Canada, Labourers International Union of North America (LiUNA)

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Allan O'Dette

Canadian Business Leader and former Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Medical Association

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Benoit Parent

Vice-President, Power Generation Business and Nuclear Operations, Cummins Sales and Service

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Lisa Raitt

Vice-Chair, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

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Nicholas Rémillard

Chief Executive Officer, International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA)

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Dimitri Soudas

Chairman, Letho Resources; Vice-President, Groupe Selection, Co-Founder Kids Inc

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Roelof-Jan (RJ) Steenstra

President and CEO, PortsToronto

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Jeffrey Steiner

Founder and Owner, New Franchise Media

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Kenneth Tanenbaum

Chairman, Kilmer Developments; and Vice-Chairman, Kilmer Van Nostrand (KVN)

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Douglas E. Turnbull

Vice-Chairman and Country Head, Canada, DBRS Morningstar

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Sonja Volpe

President and Chief Executive Officer, BNP Paribas Canada

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National Counsel, McCarthy Tetrault

Paul Zed

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Toronto Global Forum

The Toronto Global Forum (TGF) was launched in 2006 and is hosted by the IEFA in association with Integra Capital. The TGF gathers international thought leaders across business, government and civil society to discuss the major challenges, and subsequent opportunities, the world economy is facing today.

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