Donald J. Carty, is a Canadian-American businessman who serves as chairman of Porter Airlines and eRewards. In addition to these chairmanships, Carty is also a director of EMC Corporation, Dell, Barrick Gold, Talisman Energy, CN Rail, and Gluskin Sheff. He was previously chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, from 1998 to 2003. Carty is a past director of Hawaiian Airlines, Sears, Placer Dome, CHC Helicopters, and Brinker. He is a past chairman of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, a former member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University and of the board of directors of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation and the Dallas Theater Center. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the SMU Cox School of Business, In January 2007. Carty became the Vice Chairman and chief financial officer of Dell. On June 13, 2008, Carty retired from day-to-day operations, but stayed on as a director.
Roy Fraser Elliott, was a Canadian lawyer, supporter of the arts, and philanthropist.
Avie Bennett, was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of First Plazas, a real estate development company that built retail strip malls in Canada. Bennett also served as the tenth chancellor of York University.
Paul Victor Godfrey, CM, OOnt is a businessman and former Canadian politician. During his career, Godfrey was a North York alderman, Chairman of Metro Toronto, President of the Toronto Sun and head of the Toronto Blue Jays. He was instrumental in bringing the Toronto Blue Jays to Toronto and has campaigned to bring the National Football League to Toronto. He is the former President and CEO of Postmedia Network.
Richard Alway, is a Canadian educator and a Catholic layman. He was the first lay President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Michael's College, a college at the University of Toronto. He was formerly Praeses (president) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto.
Gordon M. "Gord" Nixon, was the President, CEO and Director of Royal Bank of Canada, from 2001 to 2014.He is Chairman of Bell Canada Enterprises, Lead Director of George Weston Limited, Director and Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee of BlackRock Inc. and is on the Advisory Committee of KingSett Capital.
Alexander Charles Baillie is the former CEO of TD Bank Financial Group; he served in this role until December, 2002.
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO was a Canadian banker. He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and educational institutions, including the University of Toronto, National Gallery of Canada, the Champlain Society, Appleby College, Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum.
Allan Richard Taylor, is a Canadian banker. Taylor joined the Royal Bank of Canada as a clerk in his hometown at the age of sixteen. He rose to become the chairman and CEO of the bank, serving in that capacity from 1986 until 1995.
Edward Samuel Rogers III is a Canadian businessman. As of 2018, he is the chairman of Rogers Communications. He is also chairman of the Rogers Control Trust, which controls the majority of the voting shares of Rogers Communications.
John M. Thompson is the non-executive chairman of the board of Toronto-Dominion Bank Financial Corporation (TDBFC). He has held the position of Director at TDBFC since 1988 and has been chairman of the board since 2003.
John A. Pollock is a businessman who was the president of his family's company, Electrohome, from 1972 to 2008. He also was the seventh chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University, and held this position from March 31, 2008 to October 28, 2011.
William Geoffrey Beattie is a Canadian business executive. He received his law degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1984 and served as a partner in the Toronto law firm Torys LLP before joining The Woodbridge Company, where he served as president from 1998 through December 2012. The Woodbridge Company Limited is a privately held investment holding company for the Thomson family of Canada and the majority shareholder of Thomson Reuters, where Beattie served as deputy chairman from 2000 through May 2013 and director from 1998 through May 2013. He has served as chief executive officer of Generation Capital since September 2013, and he has served as chairman of Relay Ventures since June 2013. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of Royal Bank of Canada and Maple Leaf Foods Inc. In addition to his public company board memberships, Beattie is a trustee of the University Health Network in Toronto.
Tony Gagliano LL.D. is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Executive Chairman and CEO of St. Joseph Communications, Canada's largest private communications company. St. Joseph is the publisher of many of Canada's magazines including Toronto Life and Fashion. Gagliano is President of the Art Gallery of Ontario and is Co-Founder and Chair of Toronto's Festival of Creativity & Arts, Luminato. In 2009 he was appointed onto the board of the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games.
W. David Wilson, is a Canadian financial executive and administrator who was the Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission between November 1, 2005 and October 31, 2010. He obtained an MBA from Schulich School of Business in 1970.
Sandra Ann Rotman, is a Canadian philanthropist and community leader. She and her late husband, Joseph Rotman, O.C., LL.D, frequently directed their philanthropy as a couple to support Canadian institutions in the arts, health and education. Over the past twenty years, the Rotmans served on many boards and donated more than $90 million. In 2006, Sandra Rotman was honoured with the Order of Ontario and in 2007, was awarded an Honorary LL.D. from the University of Toronto. She married Joseph L. Rotman in 1959 and they have two children, Janis and Kenneth. She lives in Toronto, Canada.
Jordan Banks is a Canadian businessman, currently serving as President of Rogers Sports & Media. Prior to this, he served as VP and Country Manager of Facebook and Instagram Canada. Prior to Facebook he was the CEO of JumpTV, a publicly traded online provider of live and on-demand sports and international television that merged with Charles Wang’s Neulion Inc. in 2008. Before JumpTV, Banks served as the Managing Director for eBay Canada, a division that he helped launch in 2000.
Jay Stewart Hennick is a Canadian billionaire, businessman and philanthropist. He is the global chairman, CEO and controlling shareholder of Colliers, and the founder, chairman and largest shareholder of FirstService Corporation. Along with his wife, Barbara, he is the co-founder of The Jay and Barbara Hennick Family Foundation.
Anthony Richard Graham is a Canadian businessman based in Toronto, Canada. He is presently President and Chief Executive Officer of Sumarria Inc.
Kathleen "Katie" Patricia Taylor is a Canadian business executive who is the chair of the board of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and the first woman to chair the board of a major Canadian bank. Taylor became chair of the board in January 2014, having served on the board since 2001, and has chaired the human resources and corporate governance committees, and served on the audit and risk committees.
