Master of Ceremonies
Christelle Gedeon
Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Canopy Growth
BLG STEPHEN SIGURDSON
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD RECIPIENT
Simon A. Fish
General Counsel
Bank of Montreal
CANADIAN GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE YEAR AWARD
Angela Avery K.C.
Group EVP, Chief People, Corporate & Sustainability Officer
WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Lilac Bosma
Formerly General Counsel and SVP
HSBC Bank Canada
Elliot John Burger
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Global Vice President of Corporate Development
Linamar Corporation
Yonni David Fushman
Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary
Northland Power Inc.
Heather Platt
Chief Legal Officer
Metrolinx
Sarah Qadeer
Chief Legal Officer
Deloitte Canada & Chile
MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT INNOVATION AWARD
Soma Choudhury
Vice President Legal and Chief Compliance Officer
Onex Canada Asset Management
Rosie Kogan
Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
GreenShield
Sue-Lynn Noel
Senior VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Purolator Inc.
Andrea Wood
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Governance Officer
TELUS Legal and Regulatory Affairs Team
Muneeb Yusuf
Chief Legal Officer
League Inc.
BLAKES JUDY L. WILSON DIVERSITY AWARD
Mary Abbott
Chief Legal Officer
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Greg Barker
Chief Legal Officer & Senior Vice President, Corporate Governance
Canada Lands Company Limited and its subsidiaries
Riccardo Anthony D'Angelo
Head of Legal, Accenture Canada & North America Market Maker Legal Lead
Accenture Inc.
Elsa Li
Senior Vice-President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
CI Global Asset Management
Andrea Wood
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Governance Officer
TELUS Legal and Regulatory Affairs Team
Angela Yadav
Former Associate General Counsel, Canadian Legal Department, HBCA and the current Director and Managing Counsel, RBC
HSBC Bank Canada
BMO CLIMATE INSTITUTE ESG AWARD
Jennifer Addison
SVP Sustainability, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
EPCOR Utilities Inc.
Sheila Colman
VP Legal and Sustainability
Lundin Gold Inc.
Frédéric Duguay
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Canada Infrastructure Bank
Jamie Hollingworth
Chief Legal Officer
Kinaxis Inc.
Sean Quinn K.C
Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Cameco Corporation
Shara Roy
Chief Legal Counsel
EY Canada (Ernst & Young LLP)
BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Gillian Akai
Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
& Corporate Secretary
Postmedia Network Inc.
Marc Andrew Babinski
Chief Legal Counsel
Davie Canada Inc.
Paul Petrelli
President & CEO
Assuris
Tolek Strukoff
President
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited
Charles Todd
Managing Director, Investments
Canada Infrastructure Bank
LITIGATION MANAGEMENT AWARD
Chanelle Charron-Watson
Director Legal Services
Bombardier Inc.
Mark Lavitt
Assistant General Counsel
HSBC Bank Canada
Kristina Milbourn
Managing Counsel, Litigation
Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
Karen M. O'Keeffe
Senior Litigation Counsel
Coastal GasLink / TC Energy
Frank V Reda
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Arthur J. Gallagher Canada Limited / Gallagher
Nickola Jane Voegelin
General Counsel
University of Waterloo
MID-MARKET EXCELLENCE AWARD
Yong-Jae Kim
General Counsel
Uranium Royalty Corp.
Andrew McLaughlin
VP Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Major Drilling Group International Inc.
Kamika Francene McLean
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
WeShall Investments Inc.
Brandon Parent
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Navacord
Susan Spence
EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Triovest Inc.
Jason Michael Tsoukas
VP Legal & General Counsel
Foodtastic Inc.
OSLER PURDY CRAWFORD DEAL MAKING AWARD
D'Arcy Pierson Doherty
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Affairs & Corporate Secretary
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.
Canaccord Genuity Corp.
Mark Eade
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Crescent Point Energy Corp.
Sharon Haward-Laird
General Counsel
BMO Financial Group
Keir Hunt
Managing Director, Infrastructure
Brookfield Infrastructure Group
Jessica Lee
Associate General Counsel,
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Altus Group
Michèle Lefaivre
Senior Director, Legal Affairs, Investment
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
SUN LIFE TOMORROW'S LEADER AWARD
David Charles Colman
EVP, Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer
Element Fleet Management Corp.
Nicolas Drolet
Senior Counsel Litigation and
Manager Global Claims
Air Canada
Tom Ladner
Vice President, Legal
Augusta Group of Companies
Titan Mining Corporation
Kamika Francene McLean
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
WeShall Investments Inc.
Lauren Parrish
Head of Legal, Canada
WESCO International Inc.
Kosta Starostin
Director of Legal
Cohere Inc.