Category Archives: Board members

Daniel Tran (he/him) works as a political advisor in economic development, at the cabinet of the mayor and the executive committee for the city of Montreal. His previous work experiences were in various sectors, including healthcare, advisory services and management.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, led an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers and managed various mass vaccination [...]

Alison Breen holds a BA (History), B.C.L and LL.B law degrees from McGill University. She is Managing Director, Head of Legal (Americas) and Corporate Secretary at PSP Investments in Montreal, where she has worked since 2007. Prior to joining PSP Investments, Alison was a partner in the Business Law Group of McCarthy Tetrault LLP. Why [...]

Robert Yalden (he/him) is the inaugural holder of the Stephen Sigurdson Professorship in Corporate Law and Finance at the Faculty of Law at Queen's University. Robert is a former Chair of the Board of Equitas (2007-13), has served as its Treasurer and continues to serve on a number of its Board Committees, including its Finance, [...]

Katie Shaw (she/her), is Principal at Earnscliffe Strategy Group since August 2021. Prior to that, she was Director, Stakeholder Relations & Communications for BC Infrastructure Benefits. Katie has a Masters of Arts in Community Development and Adult Education and a Bachelor Degree in Sociology from the University of Victoria, and a certificate in Indigenous Cultural [...]

Karine Joizil (she/her), is an experienced lawyer specializing in civil, commercial, and medical liability litigation. She has extensive expertise in class actions, injunctions, and contractual disputes, particularly in health and life sciences law. A dedicated professor for nearly 20 years, she has been teaching public and administrative law at the training center of the Quebec [...]

Drew Wawin (he/him), has been working for TD Bank Group since 2007 and is currently Vice President, Montreal-Est district.

David Chemla (he/him), is President and Founder of Sage Project Advisors since 2018. Previously, he worked at Deloitte Canada for 8 years as Vice President, Infrastructure & Capital projects.

André Beaulieu (he/his) joined Bell in 2007 and is now Senior Vice President, Corporate Services. He held a variety of management positions at Bell, including Vice President, Corporate Strategy, SVP Corporate Services, including Security and Realty Services, and chief procurement officer and SVP value creation.  Before joining Bell, André held various management positions with Bain [...]

Marcel Forget (he/him) worked at Air Canada for more than 30 years where he was appointed Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy. He's now retired since 2017 and is a member of our board since 2019. Why Equitas? On the Equitas Board of Directors, each member brings his or her own life experience, professional and academic [...]

Darryl Yates (he/him) is the Executive Director of Clinical Programs at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. Darryl is a passionate and respected Executive Health Care Leader with a track record of leading and inspiring interprofessional teams to design and improve systems that deliver exceptional patient care and achieve strategic imperatives. Darryl has successfully led teams in [...]