The Board of Directors is responsible for the overall governance of OCI, and is composed of distinguished individuals drawn from the Canadian business, research and professional communities.
Among the Board’s principal functions are:
- The direction of OCI’s financial affairs;
- The appointment of OCI’s President and CEO;
- The approval of OCI’s programs and working agreements with other organizations
Mr. Paul Desjardins, Board Chair
Founder and CEO
Move Add Change
Board committees: Executive Committee, Governance & Nominating Committee
Mr. Rahul Bedi, Vice-Chair & Secretary
Sr. Director, Government Relations and Partnerships
Hydro One
Board committees: Executive Committee, HR & Compensation Committee
Dr. Malcolm Campbell
Founder and Principal
The Ideator Group
Board committees: Executive Committee, Governance & Nominating Committee (Chair)
Mr. Chris Casey
Partner and Industrials & Services Sector Leader
PwC
Board committee: Governance & Nominating Committee
Mr. Grant Courville
Senior Vice President, Products and Strategy
BlackBerry QNX
Board committee: HR & Compensation Committee
Mr. David Cunningham
Founder. Investor.
Endless Loop Investments Inc.
Board committee: HR & Compensation Committee
Mr. Neel Dayal
Head of Innovation & Partnerships
Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
Board committee: Finance & Audit Committee
Dr. Gervan Fearon
President
George Brown Polytechnic
Board committees: Executive Committee, Finance & Audit Committee (Chair)
Mr. Randy Fournier
Chief Executive Officer
Bioriginal Food & Science Corporation
Board committee: Finance & Audit Committee
Mr. Faizal Javer
Managing Partner
Greyhill Capital Partners
Board committee: Finance & Audit Committee
Dr. Claudia Krywiak
President and CEO
Ontario Centre of Innovation
Board committees: Executive Committee, Finance & Audit Committee, Governance & Nominating Committee, HR & Compensation Committee
Ms. Cheryl Sutton
President
Cheryl Sutton Coaching & Consulting
Board committees: Executive Committee, HR & Compensation Committee (Chair)
Ms. Edona Vila
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Board Committee: Governance & Nominating Committee
OCI’s team of highly qualified Program Managers are available to support your program and project administration requests.
OCI’s team of highly qualified Program Managers are available to support your program and project administration requests.
OCI’s Executive Team is made up of the organization’s President and four Vice Presidents.