Éric Filion was appointed President of Hydro-Québec Distribution in April 2018. He also assumed responsibility for Hydro-Québec’s shared services in May 2020 and for strategic procurement in February 2021, at which time his division was replaced by a group and he became Executive Vice-President – Distribution, Procurement and Shared Services. In this capacity, he is responsible for supplying the Québec market with electricity and delivering reliable power and constantly evolving services to 4.4 million customers throughout the province. In addition, he oversees the procurement of goods and services and the provision of essential services to the entire company, including materials, real estate and vehicle fleet management, as well as food, lodging and air transportation services.
Mr. Filion joined Hydro-Québec in 2016 as Vice-President – Customers.

Previously, he spent 20 years in the aeronautics industry where he held several operational management positions, notably in engineering, industrial production, procurement and logistics, product development, and customer relations. He worked at CAE Électronique, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Bombardier, where he was Vice-President and General Manager for Challenger business aircraft and successfully carried out a two-year assignment in the UK. Over the course of his career, he implemented several Lean transformations that resulted in significant business performance improvements and an enhanced customer experience.

Phil is a senior partner in IBM, responsible for energy and sustainability in IBM Consulting in Europe. He has spent many years working with energy and utilities companies delivering technology that enables them to transform whether for customers, regulatory needs or operational needs - and in particular his focus is on how technology can enable the transition to net zero and a low carbon energy system. He leads on electrification propositions for IBM, and believes that net zero and the transformation needed to our energy system can only be achieved if enabled by technology to run the massively distributed electricity system we need, and enable participation from cities, buildings, homes, transport - and people!

Kathryn Blaze Baum has been a national reporter for The Globe and Mail since 2013.

For several years, she covered the issue of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women. In this role, she delved into untold stories, covered breaking news across the country and worked on investigations, including into Manitoba’s dangerous use of hotels for emergency foster-care placements. Her work on Indigenous issues earned her a 2015 National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Hillman Prize. She was also part of a team whose investigative MMIW coverage was nominated for a Michener Award for public-service journalism. Previous to her beat work, Kathryn was a parliamentary reporter in the Ottawa bureau. Her coverage for The Globe has also included breaking news such as the 2014 Moncton shootings and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and manhunt.

Earlier, as a reporter for The National Post, she traveled to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, to New York for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and to several U.S. states for the 2012 presidential election. She appeared on Dan Rather Reports for her investigative work on Canada’s historic adoption practices. Before moving to Toronto, she was a Manhattan-based stringer for The New York Times, writing for the Metro and Business Day sections and covering the 2008 presidential election.

Kathryn studied journalism at Carleton University and obtained a masters in journalism from New York University. She hails from Winnipeg.

Leona is a proud member of the Heiltsuk First Nation of Bella Bella, a remote, isolated community located in the central coast of British Columbia. In 2014, she was elected to the local Heiltsuk Tribal Council. Leona is currently taking SFU’s Executive Master of Business Administration tailored for Indigenous Business and Leadership. She is a proud mother to five children and grandmother to four grandchildren - her precious treasures. In Leona's words: "It’s a whole new level of love and makes her work in leadership that much more meaningful". Leona is ecstatic for her nation’s opportunity with the Indigenous Off-diesel Initiative and her appointment as a Champion for the 20/20 Catalyst Program. She deems this an opportunity to set the table “for our children’s tomorrows”.

Karen Tam Wu is the regional director of British Columbia at the Pembina Institute, Canada’s leading clean energy think tank. She is also a member of the B.C. government’s Climate Solutions Council. 

Through research and collaboration with partners, Karen and her team advance policies that aim to build a resilient, low carbon economy and create a safe climate by accelerating the switch to renewable energy and cutting carbon pollution across sectors. 

Karen has been named one of Business in Vancouver’s most influential business leaders in B.C. and a Georgia Straight Trailblazer. She was awarded the Foresight Industry Impact Award and Clean50 Project of the Year. 

Previously, Karen worked for over a decade with Indigenous communities, governments, and multi-stakeholder initiatives on important conservation initiatives in B.C. and to implement sustainable forest management around the world.

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