Board of Directors

Mary Condon, BA, MA, LLM, SJD 
^{Consumer Interest Director, Governance and Human Resources Committee member}

Ms. Condon is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School where she teaches Securities Regulation and Advanced Securities in Osgoode’s JD program and directs and teaches the Professional LLM program in Securities Law. She served as Dean and Interim Dean of the school from 2018 to 2023.  

In October 2023, Ms. Condon was appointed as a part-time adjudicator of the Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario). Previously, she was a board member of the Capital Markets Authority Implementation Organization, and Commissioner and board member of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), where she was also a Vice-Chair. In January 2024, she was appointed a Commission member of the Central Bank of Ireland.  

In 2018, she was named one of the top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by Women’s Executive Network. She is a recipient of the Walter S. Owen Chair from University of British Columbia and the first recipient of the Alan Marks Medal from University of Toronto.  

Jill Hugessen, BA, BCL/LL.B, ICD.D 
^{Chair, Governance and Human Resources Committee}

Ms. Hugessen is founder and principal of Hugessen Coaching, a coaching and consulting service for business executives and lawyers.

Ms. Hugessen is a graduate of McGill University, where she obtained a B.A. in 1981 and a BCL/LL.B. (law) in 1985. She has been a member of the Barreau du Québec since 1986. Prior to establishing herself as an independent executive coach in 2011, Ms. Hugessen practiced corporate law for 7 years with a major Canadian law firm. She then worked as in-house counsel for a sporting goods manufacturer for 5 years, before returning to the firm where she had started her career, to act as the firm's director of professional development for 9 years. 

Suresh Krishnasamy, MBA, MS, BASc 
^{Industry Director, Chair, Finance and Audit Committee}

Mr. Krishnasamy is the Chief Operating Officer, North American Personal & Business Banking for BMO Financial Group. In this role, he is responsible for the key integrating functions of this segment from strategy to execution. Mr. Krishnasamy joined BMO in 2006 from McKinsey and Company.  He has since held executive leadership roles in strategy, finance, and operating groups. 

Mr. Krishnasamy earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was recognized as a Palmer Scholar. Prior to earning his business degree, he earned a Master of Science in Engineering degree from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Sarah Shody
^{Industry Director, Finance and Audit Committee member}

Ms. Shody is currently VP, Legal & Compliance at the August Group. Prior to this, she was Managing Counsel at RBC, supporting RBC’s wealth management businesses, and the Associate General Counsel, Wealth for HSBC Canada, where she advised HSBC Canada on legal matters related to its wealth and asset management businesses. Before joining HSBC Canada, Ms. Shody held roles at Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal. In addition, she practiced litigation at two of Canada’s top Bay Street law firms. Ms. Shody is also an Industry Member of the Hearing Committee of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.

Ms. Shody is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario School of Law, and also holds a B.A. in Media, Information and Technoculture from the University of Western Ontario.

Ronald Smith, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D
^{Governance and Human Resources Committee member}

Mr. Smith is an independent director with many years of board experience in the private, not-for-profit and public sectors. During his career, he served as CFO of MT&T prior to the merger that created Bell Aliant, and then later as CFO of Nova Scotia Power and Emera, retiring in 2005. While a Director of Nova Scotia Business Inc., he served as Interim CEO from 2013 to 2015.

Mr. Smith currently serves on the boards of PROREIT, Covalon Technologies Inc. and the IWK Health Centre as Past Chair.

In the past, he has served on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the board of Alamos Gold Inc. and as Founding Chair of the independent board which governs the Nova Scotia Public Service Superannuation Fund. He was Chair of the Acadia University Board of Governors from 2004 to 2009 and was National Chair of The Arthritis Society from 2016 to 2018.