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Just four per cent of companies on the benchmark stock index have a female CEO, according to The Globe and Mail’s investigative report called Power Gap, released in January 2021. The same report found women occupy just 13 percent of senior executive roles at Canada’s largest companies. Yet, evidence is growing that organizations with balanced leadership perform better, and are more successful at hiring and retaining talent. This webcast will bring executives and inclusion experts together to share strategies for the C-suite to close the gender gap.
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Sandrine Devillard, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Wanda Costen, Dean, Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Rania Llewellyn, President and CEO, Laurentian Bank of Canada
Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors
Robyn Doolittle, Investigative Reporter, The Globe and Mail
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm, deeply committed to helping institutions in the private, public, and social sectors achieve lasting success. For 90+ years, our primary objective has been to serve as our clients’ most trusted external advisor. With consultants in 135 cities in 67 countries, across industries and functions, we bring unparalleled expertise to clients anywhere in the world. We work closely with teams at all levels of an organization to shape winning strategies, mobilize for change, build capabilities, and drive successful execution. McKinsey’s work in Canada combines our global expertise with deep local insights to help clients create Change that Matters. For more information, visit www.mckinsey.com.
Visa is a world leader in digital payments. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world. Our relentless focus on innovation is a catalyst for the rapid growth of digital commerce on any device for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce. For more information, visit www.visa.ca, and @VisaCA.
Aviso Wealth is one of Canada’s largest independent wealth management firms, with approximately $100 billion in assets under administration and management. Our multi-service platform includes MFDA- and IIROC-regulated dealer services and insurance agencies supporting thousands of financial advisors at credit unions across Canada. Our asset manager, NEI Investments, is a Canadian leader in responsible investment funds and portfolios. Our award-winning online brokerage, Qtrade Direct Investing™, and our automated investing platform, VirtualWealth®, empower self-directed investors to build their wealth with confidence. And Aviso Correspondent Partners provides custodial and carrying broker services to financial organizations including portfolio managers, investment dealers, insurance and trust companies, and introducing brokers. Aviso Wealth is backed by the collective strength of our owners, the credit union Centrals, The Co-operators/CUMIS, and Desjardins. Our values reflect our roots in the financial co-operative sector: for us, doing well goes hand in hand with doing good for individuals and communities. For more information, visit www.aviso.ca.
Dentons is the world's largest law firm, connecting top-tier talent to the world's challenges and opportunities with 20,000 professionals including 12,000 lawyers, in more than 200 locations, in more than 80 countries. Dentons' polycentric and purpose-driven approach, commitment to inclusion and diversity, and award-winning client service challenge the status quo to advance client interests. For more information, visit www.dentons.com.
First Capital REIT is a leading owner, operator, and developer of grocery anchored and mixed-use properties located in Canada’s largest cities. First Capital’s focus is on creating thriving urban neighbourhoods to generate value for businesses, residents, communities and our investors.
We strive for performance excellence at our properties and new developments, creating healthy and sustainable urban neighbourhoods. Our mixed-use developments and retail offerings are designed to provide vibrant places that meet the needs of everyday urban life – bringing together people, public spaces, retail shops and services, public art, and access to public transportation.
As one of Greater Toronto Area’s top 100 and Canada’s top small to medium employers, we foster a vibrant corporate culture that ensures equal opportunity and well-being for all employees in a dynamic and rewarding workplace. First Capital has been recognized for its gender diversity with over 50% of management positions being held by females, and we have been twice recognized on the Globe and Mail's “Women Lead Here" list”. For more information, visit www.fcr.ca.
KPMG in Canada is a full-service professional services firm owned and operated by Canadians. For over 150 years, our professionals have provided consulting, accounting, auditing, and tax services to inspire confidence, empower change, and drive innovation.
We employ more than 8,000 people in over 40 locations across the country, serving Canadian and global private- and public-sector clients.
Our goal is to be a difference-maker by delivering innovative ways of thinking, digitally enabled solutions and exceptional service to help our clients manage risks, seek out new opportunities and stay competitive. Guided by our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together and For Better, we are committed to making a difference for our clients, our communities and our people. This commitment has KPMG consistently ranked as one of Canada's top employers and one of the best places to work in the country.
We believe in the power of diversity and are passionate about creating a more inclusive and sustainable future for all. By focusing our collective skills, strengths and passions to address these issues, we hope to drive positive societal change across Canada. For more information, visit www.kpmg.ca.
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases such as obesity and rare blood and endocrine disorders. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease. Novo Nordisk employs about 45,800 people in 80 countries and markets its products in around 170 countries. Novo Nordisk’s Canadian head office is in Mississauga, Ontario. For more information, visit novonordisk.ca, or find us on Twitter: @NovoNordiskCA.
For almost 60 years, OMERS has humbly served as the steward and guardian of the retirement income of more than half a million active, deferred and retired municipal employees from communities across Ontario. For more information, visit www.omers.com.
Sponsor since 2008, Suncor is Canada's leading integrated energy company. Headquartered in Calgary with a global team of over 30,000 people, we believe in creating a great place to work for all. One with a culture of trust, inclusion and respect built on the strength of our diverse workforce. We see collaboration as essential to responsibly developing petroleum resources. With a demonstrated track record of innovation to solve cross-sector challenges, we’re profitably growing a renewable energy portfolio and advancing the transition to a low-emissions future. For more information, visit www.suncor.com.
Lean In Canada is a community of professional women empowering each other to build purposeful and fulfilling careers. Since 2013, we have grown from an audience of 20 people to over 8,500 members across the country with Networks in Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver. We built our organization for people just like us: professional women who are passionate about driving their careers forward to the next level and beyond, and who want to achieve greater success not only in work, but in life. We know that women feel more confident and empowered to drive towards this change when they feel connected to a community, thus we aim to create and support initiatives that connect women.
We want a world where people of every gender can pursue their dreams without bias or other barriers holding them back. Where girls grow up to be confident, resilient leaders any how and any way they choose. Where more women run companies and countries. We are driven by the belief our society and economy would be better if women and girls were valued as equal to men and boys.
Join a Lean In Circle, or our country wide events. There are many ways to get involved with Lean In. For more information, visit www.leanincanada.com.
Rania Llewellyn was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of the Laurentian Bank of Canada, on October 30th, 2020. She is the first woman to lead a major bank in Canada.
Ms. Llewellyn is a strategic and innovative leader with more than 25 years of experience in the banking industry. She previously served as Executive Vice President, Global Business Payments, at Scotiabank, where she began her career 26 years ago as a part-time teller. Over the years, she rose through the ranks and held Senior positions at Scotiabank such as Vice President, Multicultural Banking; President & CEO of Roynat Capital; Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, Growth Strategy; and, Senior Vice President, Products and Services, Global Transaction Banking.
Ms. Llewellyn has distinguished herself as she developed innovative products in retail and business segments. Her focus has always been on improving customer experience, driving growth and shareholder value. In 2018 and 2019, the operations teams she led were recognized for their exceptional customer service by the SMQ Group. In 2019 as well, the teams she was responsible for received the Cash Management & Payments Innovation Award by Aite Group and the Judge’s Choice Award for responsible Innovation in Financial Services at the Annual Canadian FinTech & AI Awards. That same year, she received the Women in Payments Award for Thought Leader from the Women in Payments Association for her outstanding work in modernizing the Canadian payments industry.
Born in Kuwait to an Egyptian father and Jordanian mother, Rania Llewellyn immigrated to Canada from Egypt in 1992 after the Gulf War. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, an MBA and an honorary doctorate from Saint Mary’s University. She is married to Sean Llewellyn is the mother of two wonderful children, Sofia and Zachary.
Dr. Wanda Costen began her term as Dean of Smith School of Business in July 2021. An academic leader who champions inclusive excellence, she brings a unique combination of experience in academia — as a Dean, senior administrator, researcher, and professor — as well as a private and public sector management career in sales, operations, and human resources.
To accomplish goals, Dean Costen strategizes with civic and business leaders, and campus stakeholders—faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Her collaborative approach synthesizes experiences from the military, private industry, and higher education in the United States and Canada.
Dr. Costen’s research interests include managing diversity, racial and gender inequality in organizations, women and leadership, and strategic human resources.
Dean Costen earned a Ph.D. in sociology at Washington State University, an EMBA from Pepperdine University, and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy.
Sandrine is a leader of McKinsey's European consumer and retail sectors. For more than 25 years, she has served clients in consumer goods, retail, apparel, fashion and luxury, and commercial real estate. She is also a member of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) Council, which advises on MGI’s business, economic, and technology research agenda and publications. With the latter, she leverages her deep expertise on trends such as the impact of urbanization and technology on the evolution of global consumers and diversity issues.
Sandrine has helped a number of retail clients streamline their supply chains to capture efficiency gains, including global sourcing. In one case, she led an end-to-end supply chain reconfiguration for an apparel retailer that contributed to a 60 percent profit increase. To safeguard long-term impact for her clients, Sandrine also engages in capability-building efforts in these areas.
Sandrine is the global leader of McKinsey’s Women Matter research program, which she initiated 10 years ago, having published widely on the role of women in business since then. She is an international board member of the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, and is a speaker or active member within a number of international conferences on the subject. She is also a global leader of McKinsey’s internal Women Initiative, dedicated to developing women as leaders.
Robyn Doolittle is a member of The Globe and Mail's investigative team and is a two-time winner of Canada’s Michener Award. Since coming to The Globe in 2014, she has probed suspicious business contracts, political corruption and Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her “Unfounded” investigation, which explored the ways that Canadian police services handle sexual assault cases, prompted a national overhaul of policy, training and practices around sexual violence. That series was awarded a National Newspaper Award for investigative journalism among other honours, including two awards at the international Online Journalism Awards. Her latest book, “Had It Coming – What’s Fair In The Age of #MeToo?” was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction. Doolittle was named Journalist of the Year in 2017.
Ariel Burkett leads The Globe Women’s Collective partner relationships at The Globe and Mail. She is responsible for the development and oversight of the initiative across all commercial aspects. Ariel consults with partners across various industries, to find winning strategies to support women in business in Canada.
As President and CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Rahul Bhardwaj leads a Canadian not-for-profit association of more than 15,000 members committed to improving national outcomes by growing the board leadership and governance capacities within Canadian businesses, agencies and not-for-profits.
Mr. Bhardwaj currently serves on the boards of Waterfront Toronto, the Institute of Corporate Directors, the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research as well as the Leader Council at the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership at Ivey Business School. He is also Chair, Global Network of Director Institutes and Director Emeritus at the Rideau Hall Foundation.
His corporate governance vision has made Mr. Bhardwaj a sought-after presenter, speaker and media commentator, in Canada and across the globe.