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Oct 02

Women in Leadership

Toronto ON, C.D. Howe Institute, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 300

Rising Leaders Series with JoAnne Butler, Charyl Galpin, and Shirlee Sharkey

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Registration: Member $40 | Guest $65 | Table of Six $200

JoAnne Butler, Vice President, Market & Resource Development, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)

Ms. Butler is currently Vice President, Market & Resource Development at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and was the Vice President, Electricity Resources at the Ontario Power Authority (OPA).  Through amendments to the Electricity Act, the operations of the IESO and the OPA were merged on January 1, 2015, bringing together real-time operations of the grid with long-term planning, procurement and conservation efforts.  Prior to joining the OPA in 2008, Ms. Butler was president of TransAlta Mexico, where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of the business, including supporting business development and contracting activities as well as the ongoing operation of the company’s two Mexican electricity generating plants.  Prior to moving to Mexico in 2001, she was TransAlta’s general manager for western operations in Calgary and was responsible for the operation of four new generating stations.

Ms. Butler also worked in the oil and gas exploration sector with Amoco Corporation for 21 years, and in her last assignment as general manager for engineering and construction and Chief Engineer, she led support teams for construction and operations in Canada and internationally. Expatriate roles included temporary assignments in Egypt and Tunisia, and a five-year assignment in the United Arab Emirates.

Ms. Butler holds a Bachelor of Science (honours) degree in civil engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston. She was an executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for her six years in Mexico, including a two-year term as its president. She has a Chartered Director (C. Dir) designation from the Director’s College and is currently a Board member of the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) of Ontario and the Association of Power Exchanges (APEx).  In 2013, Ms. Butler was one of the Top 100: Canada’s Most Powerful Women in the Public Sector Leaders category.
 

Charyl Galpin, Chief Regulatory Officer, Wealth Management, BMO Financial Group  

As Chief Regulatory Officer, Charyl is responsible for providing a unified view of regulatory and risk matters across the BMO’s Wealth businesses, helping to stay ahead of and strategically respond to the evolving environment and acting as a senior external representative of BMO on regulatory matters. Charyl’s deep knowledge of operations and risk, relationships across BMO, and understanding of clients’ evolving needs, makes her particularly well-suited to drive this important agenda for BMO’s Wealth businesses.

Ms. Galpin has a rich background in financial services. Joining Bank of Montreal in 1979 and spending her first seven years with the Retail and Corporate and Government Banking groups, Ms. Galpin moved to Burns Fry in 1986 where she embarked upon a series of operations roles. In 2000, she was appointed SVP and Managing Director, Head of National Operations, Private Client Group. In 2006, she was appointed Chief Operating Officer for PCD. In that role, she oversaw all operational and administrative functions and shared responsibility for developing and executing the overall strategy for full-service investing. In 2011, she was appointed as Co-Head of BMO Nesbitt Burns, Private Client Division and then in November 2014, she was made Head.  Ms. Galpin serves as a Director of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Holdings Corporation, BMO Life Insurance Company, BMO Life Assurance and BMO Estate Insurance Advisory Services Inc.

In addition to sitting on a number of internal Boards, Ms. Galpin is the past Chair and Director of the Lakeridge Health Foundation and past Trustee of the Lakeridge Health Corporation. She previously served as a Governor for Trinity College School and was recently appointed a Trustee.  Ms. Galpin is a Director of the Children’s Aid Foundation and the Trinity College School Foundation and is a member of the Ontario Chapter Executive – Institute of Corporate Directors.  Most Recently, Ms. Galpin was named Chair of the Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC).

Ms. Galpin is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers and has received the ICD.D certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors. A graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School, she was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2014 by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN).  Ms. Galpin was named Champion of Change – Women in Capital Markets in 2016 and was named one of Diversity 50 2016 Board Candidates by the Canadian Board Diversity Council. Most recently she was awarded the Carole Tanenbaum Women of Action Business Award by the Israel Cancer Research Fund. She is also the Executive Sponsor of W.I.S.E. Canada, an employee resource group advocating for the support and advancement of women at BMO Financial Group. 

Shirlee M. Sharkey, Chief Executive Officer, Saint Elizabeth, CHE, MHSc, BScN, BA, LLD (honoris causa)

Shirlee Sharkey is the President and CEO of Saint Elizabeth, a national social enterprise providing home care, health solutions and education to people where they are and when they need it. Under Ms. Sharkey’s leadership, the not-for-profit charitable organization has enjoyed exponential growth and expansion, and facilitated transformative solutions in areas such as Indigenous health, end of life care, and caregiver wellness and support. Today, Saint Elizabeth delivers 20,000 care exchanges daily through its team of 9,000 leaders and professionals.

Active in public service, Ms. Sharkey is the current Chair of Excellence Canada and a board member of the Canadian Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation. She is also member of the MaRS EXCITE International Advisory Council. Ms. Sharkey shares her knowledge and passion for social innovation as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto’s Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.

Ms. Sharkey has received many accolades and awards throughout her distinguished career, including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to Canada, and being named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network. In 2017, she was presented with an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. 

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