Empire Club of Canada

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Tony Griffiths In Conversation With Howard Green On Real Life Governance Matters in the Boardroom Tony Griffiths: Born in Rangoon, Burma, and educated in the United States and Canada. He holds an MBA from Harvard. He is the chairman of Russel Metals Inc., and Novadaq Technologies, and a director of Vitran Corp., and is a director of The Brick. Previous directors...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Andrea Horwath, Leader of Ontario NDP on Creating Jobs and Building a Stronger Economy: Building a Budget that Works for Ontario Families Andrea Horwath is the Leader of Ontario's New Democrats. Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Andrea knows that the financial success of our province depends on the financial success of families who make the province work. Ho...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: His Excellency Jean Marc Ayrault, Prime Minister of France Born on January 25, 1950, in Maulévrier, Maineet Loire, Jean Marc Ayrault was appointed Prime Minister of France on May 15, 2012, by the President of the Republic of France, François Hollande. A member of the Socialist Party, Jean Marc Ayrault was the Mayor of the city of Nantes, Loire Atlantique, from 1...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: David Naylor, President, University of Toronto With Zombie versus Zombies: Tackling Two Dangerous Myths in Higher Education and Advanced Research David Naylor has been President of the University of Toronto since 2005. He earned his MD at Toronto in 1978, followed by a D Phil at Oxford where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Naylor completed clinical specialty tra...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Piers Handling, Director and Chief Executive Officer, TIFF With TIFF Takes on the World Piers Handling is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of TIFF. He has held this position since 1994, responsible for leading both the operational and artistic growth of the organization. TIFF has a $33 million annual operating budget and employs more than 150 full time s...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Ambassador David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada With What Obama's Second Term Will Mean for Canada David Jacobson presented his credentials to the Governor General of Canada and became the 22nd U.S. Ambassador to Canada on October 2, 2009. Before coming to Ottawa, Ambassador Jacobson served as Special Assistant to the President. Prior to serving in the Whit...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:  Thorsten Heins, President and Chief Executive Officer, Blackberry with Special Introduction by Nadir Mohamed, CEO Rogers Communications Thorsten Heins was named President and Chief Executive Officer at Research In Motion in January 2012. Over the past year he has undertaken an extensive program to revitalize the organization while readying for the launch o...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Ian Russell, President and CEO, Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) With Getting the Facts: What Clients Actually Value and Demand from Financial Advisors lan Russell is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Industry Association of Canada, a position he has held since its inauguration in April 2006. Prior to his appointment at IIAC...

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:  Former Ambassador Ken Taylor In Conversation With Senator Pamela Wallin Ken Taylor, a graduate of University of Toronto, Victoria, B.A. and the University of California Berkeley M.B.A., joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1959. His assignments ranged from Guatemala, Detroit, Pakistan, London, Ottawa, Tehran and New York. He resigned from the diplomatic...