BOARD AND STAFF
NEXT Canada Co-founders
NEXT Canada Board
REZA SATCHU
Founding Chairman and Co-Chair, NEXT Canada and Managing Partner, Alignvest Management Corp
JOHN KELLEHER
Co-Chair, NEXT Canada and Partner, McKinsey & Company
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
ANTHONY LACAVERA
Founder & Chairman, Globalive Capital
COLLEEN MCMORROW
Corporate Director, Retired Partner, EY
EMILIE CUSHMAN
Co-founder and CEO, Kira Talent
IAN BURGESS
Co-founder and President, Validere
JOE CANAVAN
Principal, Canavan Capital
SANDRA ODENDAHL
Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability, Scotiabank
SOM SEIF
Founder and CEO, Purpose Investments
BRADEN REAM
CEO, Voiceflow
KARIM LAKHANI
Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, & The Dorothy And Michael Hintze Fellow at The Harvard Business School
TIM PRICE
Chairman, Brookfield Funds
MALLORIE BRODIE
CEO & Co-Founder, Bridgit
AMY BARYSHNIK
Chief of Staff, Knixwear
LAUREN LAKE
(Observer) COO & Co-Founder, Bridgit
COLLEEN MOORHEAD
Chief Client Officer, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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
JAINY TONG
Marketing and Communications Director, NEXT Canada
PHIL RIVARD
Director of Ventures, NEXT Canada
LESLEY MCCARROLL
Director of Development, NEXT Canada
JULIE VAN KESSEL
Director of Finance and Operations, NEXT Canada
MISCHA HAMARA
Director of Programs, NEXT Canada
KATHRYN MCLENNAN
Senior Manager of Development, NEXT Canada
NAOMI HELLER
Stewardship and Impact Manager, NEXT Canada
KALEIGH DONNELLY
Manager of Alumni Engagement, NEXT Canada
JEWELS MACPHERSON-ZORRO
Creative & Marketing Manager, NEXT Canada
JASKARAN CHAUHAN
Office Coordinator, NEXT Canada
LUISA JUAREZ
Programs Coordinator, NEXT Canada
RAFAL DITTWALD
IT and Digital Security Consultant, NEXT Canada
Next AI - Montréal Staff
DENIS A. GRÉGOIRE
Academic Director, Next AI – Montréal; Associate Professor, HEC Montréal
SIMON DANDAVINO
Director of Operations, Next AI – Montréal
JULIEN BILLOT
Program Director, Next AI – Montréal
GEORGE KORKEJIAN
Director of Ventures, Next AI – Montréal
LAURENT CHARLIN
Academic Technical Lead, Next AI – Montréal; Associate Professor, HEC Montréal
MAUD RAZAFINDRAMBOA
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal
JOGRAL JEAN
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal
PEDRO HERRERA
Venture Manager, Next AI – Montréal
PHILIPPE ZDEBELAK
Logistics & Operations, HEC Montréal – École des Dirigeants