The CGCA Advisory Board is comprised of senior members of the Canadian bar, representing both in-house and private practice lawyers. The CGCA is dedicated to bringing together both a geographically and gender diverse board, knowledgeable about the many talented in-house counsel across Canada.
The board will meet to review nominations in all 10 categories and will vote by secret ballot to determine the award recipients.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recipient will be announced publicly following the meeting, while the results of all other categories be revealed at the CGCA gala.
Geoffrey S. Belsher
Chair
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
James Buchan
Firm Managing Partner, Clients & Markets
Gowling WLG
Julie A. Chapman
Vice President & Head of Legal, North America
LexisNexis, a division of RELX Inc.
Matthew Gottlieb
Partner
Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb
Sharon Haward-Laird
General Counsel
BMO Financial Group
Charles Hurdon
Managing Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sunil Kapur
Partner Practice Group Leader, Litigation
McCarthy Tétrault
Vaughn MacLellan
Managing Partner
DLA Piper
Vincent Mercier
Partner
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Marie-Josée Neveu
Partner
Fasken
Clifford G. Proudfoot, KC
Managing Partner
Lawson Lundell
Rima Ramchandani
Partner
Torys
Aaron Runge
Managing Partner
MLT Aikins
Kristin Taylor
Managing Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Frank Walwyn
Partner
WeirFoulds LLP
Christopher Sweeney* (Non-voting)
CEO
ZSA Legal Recruitment
Douglas Bryce
National Managing Partner
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Lydia S. Bugden, KC
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner
Stewart McKelvey
Kathryn Fuller
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Carol Hansell
Founder & Senior Partner
Hansell LLP
Joseph Hood
Editor-in-Chief
Financial Post
Monique Jilesen
Managing Partner
Lenczner Slaght
Melissa Kennedy
Sun Life Financial
Blair McCreadie
Managing Partner
Dentons
John M. Mercury
Partner and Vice Chair, Clients and Industries
Bennett Jones
Stephen Pincus
Partner
Goodmans LLP
Sarah Qadeer
Chief Legal Officer
Deloitte
Kenneth R. Rosenstein
Managing Partner, Toronto
Miller Thomson LLP
Jeffrey M. Singer
Chair
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Stephanie Vaccari
Partner, Intellectual Property
Baker McKenzie LLP
Warren Bongard* (Non-voting)
President
ZSA Legal Recruitment
