BOARD AND STAFF

NEXT Canada Co-founders

NEXT Canada Board

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REZA SATCHU
Founding Chairman and Co-Chair, NEXT Canada and Managing Partner, Alignvest Management Corp.

JOHN KELLEHER
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

AMY BARYSHNIK
Chief of Staff, Knixwear

ADAM JIWAN
Founder, CEO and Chairman, Spring Labs

AJAY AGRAWAL
Academic Director, NEXT Canada, Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and NBER

ALAN DEPENCIER
Chief Marketing Officer, RBC – Personal & Commercial Banking and Insurance

Braden Ream

BRADEN REAM
CEO, Voiceflow

COLLEEN MCMORROW
Corporate Director, Retired Partner, EY

Colleen Moorehead

COLLEEN MOOREHEAD
Chief Client Officer, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

EMILIE CUSHMAN

EMILIE CUSHMAN
Co-founder and CEO, Kira Talent

IAN BURGESS
Co-founder and President, Validere

KARIM LAKHANI
Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, & The Dorothy And Michael Hintze Fellow, Harvard Business School

LAUREN LAKE
(Observer) COO & Co-Founder, Bridgit

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MALLORIE BRODIE
CEO & Co-Founder, Bridgit

SANDRA ODENDAHL
Senior Vice President & Head of Sustainability and Diversity, BDC

SOM SEIF
Founder and CEO, Purpose Investments

TIM PRICE
Chairman, Brookfield Funds

NEXT Canada Emeritus Board of Advisors

PAUL DESMARAIS III
Chair, NEXT Canada Emeritus Board of Advisors; Vice-President, Power Corporation of Canada

CHARLES FIELD-MARSHAM
Founder and President, Kestrel Capital Management Corp.

JACQUI ALLARD
EVP, Personal Financing Products RBC

JULIE DI LORENZO
President, Diamante Urban Corporation; Civic Development Corporation

KEVIN SULLIVAN
Co-founder, GMP Securities

NADIR H. MOHAMED, C.M.
Chairman, ScaleUp Ventures; Former President & CEO, Rogers Communications

NEXT Canada Staff

KYLE J. WINTERS
Chief Executive Officer, NEXT Canada

ALEXANDRA MCGREGOR
Chief Program Officer, NEXT Canada

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JASKARAN CHAUHAN
Manager of Stewardship and Office of the CEO, NEXT Canada

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JULIE VAN KESSEL
Director of Finance and Operations, NEXT Canada

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MISCHA HAMARA
Director of Founder Success, NEXT Canada

STEPHANIA STEFANAKOU
Venture Manager, NEXT Canada

FLETCHER MCLAUGHLIN
Program Coordinator, NEXT Canada

RAFAL DITTWALD
IT and Digital Security Consultant, NEXT Canada

Next AI - Montréal Staff

SIMON DANDAVINO
Director of Operations, Next AI – Montréal

DENIS A. GRÉGOIRE
Professor, HEC Montréal

JULIEN BILLOT
Program Director, Next AI – Montréal

GEORGE KORKEJIAN
Director of Ventures, Next AI – Montréal

LAURENT CHARLIN
Associate Professor, HEC Montréal

MAUD RAZAFINDRAMBOA
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal

JOGRAL JEAN
Senior Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal

PHILIPPE ZDEBELAK
Logistics & Operations, HEC Montréal – École des Dirigeants, Next AI – Montréal

GÉRALDINE JIPPÉ
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Watergeeks, Next AI – Montréal

BENJAMIN CHALIER
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal