BLG Stephen Sigurdson
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD RECIPIENT

John Laidlaw, KC | Irving Oil

Presented by:

canadian GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE YEAR Award

Leo Caffaro | Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc.

Christine Chen | University Pension Plan of Ontario (UPP)

Olivier Chouc | CN

Michel Lalande | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Nadine Letson | Microsoft Canada

Dominic Paradis | National Bank of Canada

Craig Segal | Hootsuite

Jennifer D. Suess | RioCan REIT

Presented by:

McCarthy Tétrault Innovation Award

Conni Gibson | Interac Corp.

Shannon Higginson | lululemon

Farah Ismail | Saint Elizabeth Healthcare (“SE Health”)

Sue-Lynn Noel | Purolator

Derek Smith | Geotab Inc.

Patrice Walch-Watson | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

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BLAKES JUDY L. WILSON DIVERSITY Award

Conni Gibson | Interac Corp.

Av Maharaj | Kraft Heinz

Shara Roy | EY Canada (Ernst & Young LLP)

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ESG AWARD

Delia Cristea | Power Sustainable

Jill Daley | Eli Lilly Canada Inc.

Carlton Mathias | Ontario Power Generation

Monic Pratch | FortisBC

Nicole Vaz | Trillium Health Partners

BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT Award

Chris Jackson | Peterson Group

William Liske | Losani Homes

Doug Nathanson | Empire Company Limited

Alena Thouin | Ontario Financing Authority

Presented by:

LITIGATION MANAGEMENT Award

Mélissa Beaudry | Bell Canada

Ernie Chan | Aecon Group Inc.

Mark Douglas Cooper | Marsh & Mercer Canada

Lorne O'Reilly | Dow Chemical Canada

Kristin Taylor | University of Toronto

Nickola Voegelin | University of Waterloo

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MID-MARKET EXCELLENCE Award

Andrea Fellows | Amica Senior Lifestyles

Aileen Gien | Infrastructure Corporation

Chris Jackson | Peterson Group

William Liske | Losani Homes

Dinesh Ramanathan | Fengate Asset Management

Steven Teal | Canaccede Financial Group Ltd. (and Fidem Finance Inc.)

Presented by:

Osler Purdy Crawford
Deal Making Award

Michèle Lefaivre | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Matthew (Matt) Segal | OMERS Infrastructure

David Snarch | MDA Space Ltd.

Nadia Somani | Forum Asset Management (“Forum”) Forum Real Estate Income and Impact Fund (“REIIF”)

Francesco Tallarico | Apotex Inc.

Alysha Valenti | Oxford Properties Group

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Sun Life TOMORROW'S LEADER Award

Charbel (“Chuck”) Andary | Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority

Rachael Andrew | Cortland Credit Group Inc.

Samson Chan | London Drugs Limited

Benjamin Farrow | Brookfield Asset Management

John Murray | Slate Asset Management

Kosta Starostin | Cohere Inc.

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