Canada
I am a MacKay CEO Forum Chair and Strategic Advisor, focused on one of the most overlooked realities of leadership: it’s lonely at the top. Having served as a CEO three times, I know the weight of the role — the decisions, the pressure, and the lack of safe, unbiased sounding boards. Today, I lead multiple CEO peer groups where leaders come together in non-competitive, fully confidential forums to work through business, family, and personal challenges. When CEOs have the right environment and perspective, their impact multiplies. I also work with MacKay CEO Forums to expand our presence across Ontario and Eastern Canada — helping more CEOs access this kind of high-value peer support. As a “super connector,” I bring together 1,300 members, 5,000 alumni, 75 Chairs, ~200 advisors, and 25 partners to create meaningful relationships and opportunities. Previously, I was a CEO and senior financial services executive, leading complex, regulated organizations through transformation, growth, and uncertainty. I’ve built and scaled businesses, executed turnarounds, launched new ventures, and reset strategy, operating models, and leadership teams to restore performance. My experience spans customer strategy, risk, operations, technology, culture, and governance. I’ve led through defining moments — M&A, rebrands, expansion, crisis, and enterprise change — and have spent much of my career building cultures that drive accountability, engagement, and results. Today, my focus is simple: helping CEOs think better, decide better, and lead better.
I serve as Chair for CEO peer forums, facilitating confidential, high-trust discussions among senior leaders focused on business performance, leadership effectiveness, and strategic decision-making. My role is to curate exceptional peer groups, guide rigorous dialogue, and help CEOs challenge assumptions, navigate complexity, and drive measurable impact in their organizations. Iis lonely at the top, CEOs and senior executives need peer support more than ever!
I am engaged in selective advisory and consulting work with boards and senior leadership teams. This work allows me to remain deeply connected to real operating decisions, continue learning, and contribute to complex transformation efforts — without shifting my identity away from that of an operator. I am particularly drawn to organizations facing pivotal moments: strategic reset, transformation, scale, or inflection — where disciplined execution, strong leadership, and board partnership matter most.
Advisor to the KOHO leadership team & lead KOHO's initiative to become a licensed operational schedule 1 bank. Created business case, obtained board approval, compiled and delivered full Phase 2 application package.
I joined the organization as a leader in change management, working to rebuild and restructure the organization’s leadership, staff, processes, and systems, while developing strategies to increase volume and capacity. I took a hands-on approach to guide strategy implementations to build the company, its people, and its systems to grow profitability, the client base, and the scalability of the business.
I was recruited to help represent the company in the public markets, raise capital, and continue its upward trajectory within the industry. In this role, I collaboratively developed the company vision, mission and values, built up the compliance and governance infrastructure and helped to forge relationships in multiple countries for continued growth and expansion. Moreover, I led employees with poise during crisis.