Ms. Baird is currently the Chancellor for Kwantlen Polytechnic University, founder of Kim Baird Strategic Consulting, and Interim Chief Administrative Officer of the self-governing Tsawwassen First Nation. She is also currently serving on the boards of the Lasalle College Vancouver, the Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping and the Vancouver Board of Trade, and previously served on the boards of BC Hydro, Metro Vancouver and the Smithsonian National Museum of the America Indian. Ms. Baird holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, Rotman.
In 2022, Ms. Baird received the British Columbia Reconciliation Award. In 2016, Ms. Baird was awarded the Order of British Columbia after being named a Member of the Order of Canada two years earlier.
Ms. Bird is a Senior Business Advisor with the Vancouver office of Bennett Jones LLP, a large Canadian law firm, where she provides advice to private and public sector clients on matters related to the development and execution of infrastructure projects.
Ms. Bird has been directly involved with large projects for more than 20 years, including the development and construction of the Canada Line rapid transit project in Vancouver, the construction of the Waneta hydroelectric generating station in southeastern BC and the redevelopment of Canada House in London, U.K. Ms. Bird is also serving as a member of several boards including GCT Global Container Terminals Inc. and Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners.
Ms. Bird has received several awards including Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award and the Vancouver Board of Trade Sprit of Vancouver Outstanding Leadership Award. Most recently, Ms. Bird received the 2017 National Outstanding Leader Award from the Women's Infrastructure Network.
Ms. Bird holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University and an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Michèle Colpron
Ms. Colpron currently serves as the Corporate Director for Québecor inc. Prior to this role, she served for 12 years with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in several roles notably as Senior Vice-President of Financial Management, Vice-President of Investment Administration, and Vice-President of Finance and Administration, Private Equity. She has also held senior positions in the global financial services industry, including as Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch Bank (Suisse) S. A. and Finance and Human Resources Manager at Standard Chartered Bank (Switzerland) S.A.
Ms. Colpron has served as a member of several boards including the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, the Professional Insurance Liability Fund at the Barreau of Québec, and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada.
In 2016, Ms. Colpron was named Fellow of the Order of Chartered Professional Accountants of Québec. She is also a qualified corporate director duly accredited by Laval University. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC Montréal.
Bruno Guilmette
Mr. Guilmette currently serves as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Boralex. Prior to this, he served as Interim Chief Investment Officer at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and held previous roles as the Senior Vice-President of Infrastructure Investments PSP Investments and Senior Director Private Equity Investments at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. He has also served on the boards of several organizations, including AviAlliance, Isolux Infrastructure, Transelec, Southern Star and Myria/NGPL.
Mr. Guilmette holds a Bachelor of Commerce from HEC Montréal, along with a Master of Business Administration from McGill University and an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He is also a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Patricia Youzwa
Ms. Youzwa is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of SaskPower. She is the current Chair of the Conduct Review Committee for the Fiduciary Trust Company of Canada,the Chair of Human Resources and Governance Committee at the Institute for Corporate Directors, and the Chair of the TD Asset Management Alternative Funds Advisory Committee.
Ms. Youzwa previously served as Deputy Minister of Economic Development and as Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines for the Government of Saskatchewan. She has also served as a director on numerous boards and has held policy advisory roles at the national level with such organizations as the Canadian Electricity Association, the Energy Council of Canada, the Conference Board of Canada, the Canada Alberta ecoEnergy Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage and the Minister's Advisory Council on Energy Science and Technology.
Ms. Youzwa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Toronto. In 2012, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal and, in 2011, received the Lieutenant Governor's Gold Medal for Excellence in Public Administration.
