Yahoo Finance Here are the recipients and nominees from the 2023 Canadian General Counsel Awards
The Canadian General Counsel Awards, honouring the country’s top in-house lawyers, were handed out June 12 at a gala at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. The nominees and winners are listed below.
Recipients and nominees from the 2023 Canadian General Counsel Awards:
Canadian General Counsel Of The Year
Marisa Wyse, Rogers Communications Inc. (Award Recipient)
Angela Avery, KC, WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Chris Vollmershausen, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
Kath Hammond, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Lilac Bosma, HSBC Bank Canada
Lorne O’Reilly, KC, The Dow Chemical Company
Sharon Haward-Laird, BMO Financial Group
BLG Stephen Sigurdson Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Gordon Currie, George Weston Ltd.
Osler Purdy Crawford Deal Making
Peter A. Johnson, formerly of Shaw Communications Inc. (Award Recipient)
Chris Vollmershausen, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
Christelle Gedeon, Canopy Growth Corp.
Christopher Lemon, Pan American Silver Corp.
Kyle Rousay, Rio Tinto Group
Sofia Tsakos, Yamana Gold Inc.
Timothy R. Bradburn, Iamgold Corp.
Business Achievement
Anita Dusevic Oliva, Brookfield Asset Management (Award Recipient)
Carla Swansburg, ClearyX
Martin Cossette, Bell Ventures, BCE Inc. and Bell Canada
Naomi Loewith, Omni Bridgeway
Shelley Babin, Atura Power
Blakes Judy L. Wilson Diversity
Sun Life Canada Legal Department, led by Sloane Litchen & Patricia Callon (Award Recipient)
BASF Canada Legal Department, led by Marian Van Hoek
Laurentian Bank Legal Affairs and Regulatory Compliance team, led by Bindu Cudjoe
StackAdapt In-House Legal Team, led by Pinar Ozyetis
Toronto Metropolitan University’s Office of the General Counsel and Board Secretariat (GCBS), led by Jennifer MacInnis
Mid-market Excellence
Maxime Charbonneau, Novacap (Award Recipient)
Bernadette Corpuz, OYA Renewables
Kathryn Borgatti, Great Gulf Group
Katrina Prokopy, Coinsquare Ltd.
Laura Salvatori, Anson Advisors Inc.
Susan Spence, Triovest Realty Advisors Inc.
Litigation Management
Chantal Desbiens, Merck Canada (Award Recipient)
Barbara Capes, Kiewit
David Blais, Purdue Pharma
Jon Domanko, The TDL Group Corp.
Lesley Lee, TC Energy Corp.
Mark Lavitt, HSBC Bank Canada
Baker McKenzie Innovation
Laurentian Bank Legal Affairs and Regulatory Compliance team as led by Bindu Cudjoe (Award Recipient)
EY In-house Legal Team as led by Shara Roy
Ivanhoé Cambridge Legal Affairs Team as led by Anne-Marie Côté
Vancouver Airport Authority Innovation Team as led by Argiro Kotsalis
Wattpad Corp. Legal Team, as led by Jamie D. Greenberg
WorkSafeNB Decision Review Office as led by David Luther
BMO Climate Institute ESG
Bindu Dhaliwal, CIBC (Award Recipient)
Delia Cristea, Power Sustainable
Guenhaëlle Surpas-Lemonnier, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Jamie Hollingworth, Kinaxis Inc.
Michael Torrance, BMO Financial Group
Sheila Ritson-Bennett, Corus Entertainment Inc.
Sun Life Tomorrow’s Leader
Jacob Posen, CBRE Investment Management (Award Recipient)
Alexandre Blanchard, KPMG LLP
Ashley Butts, BASF Canada Inc.
Cynthia Hill, AutoCanada
Fei Glassco, HSBC Bank Canada
Stanley McKeen, QuadReal Property Group
