Stephen Graham
Chair

Ted Nash
Vice Chair
Ted Nash is the Head of Strategic Merchant Banking and Corporate Development at CIBC and is a member of the Wholesale Bank’s Management Committee. He previously headed the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice, served as Senior Vice President of the bank’s Retail Markets group, established the firm’s merchant-banking business in Europe, and worked as a management consultant in North and South America. Mr. Nash entered the banking industry 25 years ago, since which most of his time has been spent advising companies on strategic and transactional matters. He is a member of the United Way’s Toronto cabinet, the Penn-Wharton Club’s Toronto Chapter board, the advisory boards of Brookfield Special Situations III, and The Walsingham Fund  and is a Director of CIBC Children's Miracle and CIBC Mellon.

George Przybylowski
Vice Chair
Mr. Przybylowski has 35 years of experience in the planning and management of conferences, trade shows, special events and consumer shows. Prior to working at York Communications he spent 12 years with the Government of Canada in various policy and program roles and one year acting as Special Policy Advisor to the Minister of Housing & Municipal Affairs. Mr. Przybylowski is also an active volunteer having served as Director of Rotary Cheshire Homes, the Canadian Helen Keller Centre, the Don Valley Rotary Club and acting as a Board member for the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons.

Donald McInnes
Vice Chair
Donald McInnes is the Executive Vice Chairman of Alterra Power Corp., a British Columbia based renewable power development company with a broad portfolio of clean engergy projects. Donald currently serves as Chairman of the Clean Energy Association of British Columbia and is a director of Prostate Cancer Canada, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award-British Columbia and Yukon Division and is a Governer of the British Columbia Buisness Council. He was a participant in the inaugural year (2010) of the SFU Leadership Exchange Program for the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business and was bestowed a Doctor of Technology honoris causa from the BC Institute of Technology in 2009. As well, he was a finalist for the 2008 and a recipient of the 2011 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Pacific Division Cleantech category. McInnes is a frequent public speaker and contributor to the debate on public policy and the integration and value of clean power.

Ian MacVicar
Treasurer & Secretary
Ian MacVicar is a founding partner of CastleHill Ventures, a venture capital management company focused on technology based businesses. His background includes extensive involvement in all aspects of corporate / investment / merchant banking and venture capital in Canada. He currently serves as Executive Chairman and CFO of one of Canada’s fastest growing technology companies. Mr. MacVicar has previously served on the boards and various board committees of several private and public companies, both in Canada and the United States; he is a Chartered Accountant, and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Andrew Clarke
Andrew Clarke is SVP & Deputy Chief Auditor of TD Bank Financial Group. Prior to joining TD in 2009, Mr.Clarke spent two decades with PricewaterhouseCoopers, as a partner in the Assurance and Accounting Group. In 1991 Mr. Clarke earned his Chartered Accountant Designation and in 1988, Mr. Clarke earned his Bachelors in Economics at Wilfred Laurier University. Mr. Clarke is on the Board of Directors of Prostate Cancer Canada and is a trustee with the Lakefield College School.

Jim Copeland

Jim’s current role is VP and Market Leader, TD Waterhouse Private Client Services, Atlantic Canada. This group delivers integrated wealth management solutions for affluent Canadians through TD Waterhouse Private Banking, Private Trust, and Private Investment Counsel. He has an extensive background with TD, primarily in retail banking where as District Vice President, he provided leadership to TD Canada Trust branches in the Windsor, Ontario market. Born and raised in the Maritimes, he returned to Halifax in August, 2008 after four years in Ontario.

Jim has been a valued member of the Wake-Up Call breakfast committee in Halifax for three years.  He was the Co-Chair of the event in 2010 and in 2011.”

 

Thomas Godber
Tom Godber is Senior Vice-President and Principal at Avison Young’s Montreal office. Tom leads the Capital Markets practice in Montreal and Quebec City and is in charge of the representation for dispositions of investment properties owned by financial institutions, pension funds, REIT’s and private investors. Tom began his commercial real estate career over 23 years ago. Throughout his career, Tom has been involved with over one billion worth of real estate transactions. Tom is a graduate of Bishop’s University where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, heavily involved in community Tom founded the Bermuda Golf Classic with Samuel L. Jackson and is involved on the Board of several other charitable committees.

Michael J. Gough
Michael Gough is a retired partner of Osler. Hoskin & Harcourt where he practiced in the Business Law group for more than 21 years. He led their Health Care practice for a number of years. Prior to that Mr. Gough was a senior lawyer with Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General. He has sat on a number of corporate and not -for -profit boards. Mr. Gough is a graduate of St. Patrick's College in Ottawa, the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics. 

Eileen Greene
Eileen is currently VP and Partner of HKMB HUB International Insurance Brokers, with over 21 years of progressive growth in the insurance industry. Prior to joining HKMB, Eileen was an independent producer affiliated with KRG. She is Board Alumni of Ontario Chamber of Commerce. Eileen has also made her mark in the area of community giving. Her strong personal involvement in the not for-profit sector includes a position as Director of Stop the Violence, The Argos Foundation, a principal of GreeneStone Clinic in Muskoka, Board Member of Hospice Muskoka and the Bridgepoint Health Foundation, and was a winner of the prestigious Lew Dunn Memorial Award in 2003. In this context, Eileen is an accomplished marathon runner, successfully completing events which include a race associated with the Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade. She also served on The Grey Cup Advisory Board for Grey Cup 2007 when it was hosted in Toronto.

Gordon I. Kirke, Q.C., LL.B., LL.M, D.JURIS (HON.),

Mr. Kirke is with Global Resolutions and is one of the most in-demand mediators in a diverse range of business and legal matters.  As a lawyer, Mr. Kirke has acted for several sports teams and many of Canada's top hockey players. He is a Professor at both Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.  In addition, he is a past director of the Scarborough Distress Centre, the Sheldon Kennedy Foundation and serves on the boards of several other charities, including Stop The Violence, the Easter Seal Society and the Scarborough Hospital Foundation. He has been named by the Globe & Mail as one of the 25 most important persons in sports for three consecutive years.

Randy Magnussen
As Executive Vice President, Randy Magnussen is responsible for asset management for Bentall Kennedy's largest pension fund client. Randy has over 25 years of management experience in both residential and commercial real estate. Randy came to Bentall Kennedy in 2002 with the acquisition of Beutel Goodman Real Estate Group, a firm he joined in 1990. Prior to that, he was with Genstar Homes in a variety of roles, including Vice President, Marketing for Genstar's five operating companies in Canada and the US. Randy also worked for Campeau Corporation as Group Manager for Property Management in Western Canada.

Peter Myers
Peter is Executive Managing Director and Head of Investment & Corporate Banking, Canada with additional responsibility for Europe & Australia. He is a member of the BMO Capital Markets Executive Committee. Peter previously had responsibility for the BMO Capital Markets Global Equity Capital Markets business, which he headed since joining BMO in 2002.

Peter started in the financial services industry in 1986 assuming various roles with increasing responsibility and leading to his role as Director and Head of Energy Investment Banking. He then started his Equity Capital Markets career in 1996, and prior to joining BMO was Head of Equity Capital Markets for a global investment dealer.

Peter has a Bachelor of Commerce degree, joint honours program in Economics and Finance from McGill University.

Neil Parkinson
Mr. Parkinson is a partner in KPMG LLP based in Toronto, where he is national director of the firm’s Insurance Industry Practice. He has over 30 years of experience in providing public accounting and advisory services and has served as chair, vice-chair or member of several Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants technical working groups as well as advisory committees for regulatory bodies and industry associations. Mr. Parkinson is a native of Cambridge, Ontario and graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics before earning his Chartered Accountant designation, and was named an FCA in 2009. He has served numerous local charities throughout his career.

Pradeep Sood
Pradeep Sood is the founder of XactScribe Inc., and OutSource Process Inc. Mr. Sood is the Chair of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and was a Director on the Board of Directors of the Toronto Board of Trade from 2007-2009. He is the past President of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce and has also been a member of the Canadian Advisory Council of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Passionate about giving back to the community, Mr. Sood has organized numerous fundraising events to support community organizations including the Royal Ontario Museum, Harbourfront Centre, the Textile Museum of Canada and the Bridgepoint Health Foundation. He brings extensive international experience and diverse cultural knowledge to the Board, with over 30 years experience at both operations and management levels in Asia, Africa and North America.

Lee Watchorn
Past Chair, Board of Directors
Lee Watchorn retired as a senior officer of Sun Life Financial and is currently President of Watchorn Advisory Group, a firm he founded to  provide advice to senior management. He is a Director of a number of companies including Equitable Life of Canada and BF&M limited and he teaches a course at the SculichSchool at YorkUniversity. He has long been active with volunteer organizations, having been President of St. John Ambulance in Ontario and a member of a number of other Boards in both health care and education.

Robert Watson

Robert Watson became SaskPower's President in 2010. Before joining SaskPower, Watson served as President and CEO of SaskTel beginning in 2004. Prior to that appointment he held several senior executive positions. Previous positions include: President of Shaw FiberLink Ltd., Shaw Mobilecomm; and WIC Connexus (divisions of Shaw Communications); President and Chief Operating Officer, STN; President and CEO, ACC; Executive Vice-President, Country Manager, Cable & Wireless; Executive Vice-President, Carrier Services; and Vice-President of Business Development, 360 Networks, Engineering, Operations, Customer Service and Chief Quality Officer at Group Telecom. Watson is a graduate in Electrical Technologies from Ryerson University, and has attended the International Executive Development Program at the INSEAD Centre in Fountainbleau, France, as well as the Executive Management Program at Ashridge College in the United Kingdom. He also holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. A recipient of the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal, Watson currently serves as a board member for the Conference Board of Canada, Prostate Cancer Canada, the Information Technology Association of Canada (past chair), the Canadian Electricity Association and the Canadian Nuclear Association. Robert and his wife, Brenda, have two adult children, a son-in-law and a granddaughter. 

Honorary Directors

Wesley Brown
Mr. Brown was instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.

J.G. (Geoff) Clarke
Mr. Clarke was the first Chair of the Board of Directors of the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation and has been instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.

Donald J. Harrison
Mr. Harrison retired as an active Board member after seven years and has been instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.

Ralph Noble
Mr. Noble was instrumental in the establishment of the predecessor organizations, which became the present day Prostate Cancer Canada.