Ellen is an independent board director with expertise in governance, strategic planning, enterprise risk management and ESG environment, social and governance).
Ellen served as the Chair of Finance & Audit Committee on the board of Canada’s Drug Agency. She was the Vice Chair of the board and Chair of Governance of the Oikocredit Canada board. She formerly served on the Council (board) of the College of Optometrists of Ontario where she was Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and the Quality Assurance subcommittee. She was previously Chair of Governance on the board of Endeavour Consulting and has served as a member of two regulatory tribunals.
Ellen was previously General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer of Canadian Standards Association where she was also accountable for global enterprise risk management, privacy and compliance. She participated in development of standards including the ISO 14001 series of international environmental management system standards, the Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information and Canada’s National Standard on Sustainable Forest Management. Ellen is the editor and author of LexisNexis’ Corporate Governance – Practical Guidance and provides organizational advisory services in relation to corporate governance, compliance and ESG.
