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

CHIKO NANJI
Group Chairman, Metro Supply Chain Group of Companies

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

JOSH DOMINGUES
Founder & Executive Chairman at Flashfood

Braden Ream

BRADEN REAM
CEO, Voiceflow

COLLEEN MCMORROW
Corporate Director, Retired Partner, EY

TIM PRICE
Chairman, Brookfield Funds

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

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

ENG C LAU
Design Director (Consultant), NEXT Canada

RAFAL DITTWALD
IT and Digital Security Consultant, NEXT Canada

Next AI - Montréal Staff

JULIEN BILLOT
Program Director, Next AI – Montréal

SIMON DANDAVINO
Director of Operations, Next AI – Montréal

MAUD RAZAFINDRAMBOA
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal

GEORGE KORKEJIAN
Director of Ventures, Next AI – Montréal

BENJAMIN CHALIER
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal

CLARA BELGHAZI
Lead – Operations, Next AI – Montréal

TAREK AL SHAWA
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal

BRENDA MINIACI
Agente logistique, HEC Montréal – École des Dirigeants

RAPHAELLE D’AMOURS
Agente logistique, HEC Montréal – École des Dirigeants

JOGRAL JEAN
Senior Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal

KIARA VILCHEZ
Community Manager, Next AI – Montréal