As the only program of its kind in Canada, Canadian Dealmakers attracts an impressive array of judges. A committee of preeminent business leaders evaluate to what extent each candidate meets or exceeds the awards' criteria.
The eminence of the Canadian Dealmakers program is largely due to the credibility of its judges. Below you will find the 2011 Canadian Dealmakers adjudication panel members:
Al Bellstedt
Board Director, former General Counsel, TransCanada Corporation
Brent Belzberg
Senior Managing Partner, TorQuest Partners Inc.
Elena Cherney
Editor, Report on Business, The Globe and Mail
Purdy Crawford, C.C.
Counsel, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Former CEO and non-executive Chairman, Imasco Limited and CT Financial Services Inc.
George F.J. Gosbee
President and CEO, AltaCorp Capital Inc.
John K. F. Irving
President, Commercial Properties Limited
John McArthur
Dean Emeritus, Harvard Business School
Eileen Mercier
Chair, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Gregory J. Smith
Managing Partner, Brookfield Financial, and, President, Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association
Scott Thomson
Executive Vice President, Finance, and CFO, Talisman Energy Inc.
Frank Vettese
Managing Partner, Financial Advisory, Deloitte
Adjudication panel committee:
- Jean Cumming, Lexpert
- Charles Knight, Deloitte
- Mark Davidson, Thomson Reuters
