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Advisory Board 2010
 | Alok Mukherjee has been Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board since September 2005. He is the first South Asian to occupy this position. As a Vice President of the Ontario Association of Police Boards and Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Association of Police Boards, Dr. Mukherjee is actively involved in efforts to promote community-based policing under civilian oversight provincially and nationally. He is frequently called upon to speak on policing issues to a variety of audiences. He brings a unique perspective to law enforcement issues from his experiences in a highly multicultural and multiracial environment. Dr. Mukherjee has worked as an educator and a consultant. He has written extensively in a variety of areas including diversity and inclusivity, employment equity for racially visible and aboriginal people, and anti-racist education. Dr. Mukherjee has held several public appointments, including membership on the Toronto District School Board Safe and Compassionate School Taskforce and the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services, and has served as Vice Chair and Acting Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. |
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 | Dr. Asha Seth is a recognized pioneer in the medical field, saving lives, educating families and youth about healthcare, and offering a caring hand to the sick and needy. Dr. Seth has been in private practice since 1976 and on staff at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto. She is an obstetrician and gynecologist within family practice, fully qualified to practice in the U. K., Canada, and USA with over thirty years of medical practice. Served hundreds of families and successfully delivered thousands of babies. Dr. Seth is committed to professional development and to making a positive impact on society through philanthropic activities and by inspiring others to participate in improving the world. Recipient of innumerable awards, she is a major voice in the Canadian media. She serves on several boards and is ICCC’s President Award winner in 2009. 1997 Her personality and activities point out to her strong desire to give back to the society |
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 | Benji Thomas is Partner, Transaction Services, KPMG Toronto. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Honours BA from University of Waterloo. In his over 10 years of Transaction Services experience, Benjie has been involved in a variety of transactions in several industry sectors including private equity, telecommunications, manufacturing, distribution, retail, information and entertainment. His focus is to co-ordinate and provide advisory services in many aspects around mergers and acquisitions including financial due diligence, transaction management, dispositions and financings. Benjie is a member of KPMGs Global Private Equity Team and Global Diversified and Industrials Team. Benjie is the Head of Canada’s India desk serving the Canadian-India corridor. Benji’s Private Equity clients include Teachers’ Private Capital, EdgeStone Capital Partners, Tricor Pacific Capital Inc., ONEX, ONCAP, OMERS, Birch Hill Equity Partners, TorQuest Capital Partners, Trivest Partners, Ironbridge Equity Partners, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise and McKenna Gale Capital Inc. His Corporate clients include Research In Motion Limited, Mattamy Homes, Tharco Packaging, CPI Card Company, Chartwell Housing REIT, and GolfTown Inc. |
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 | As the Regional Vice President for the Toronto Northwest market, Gurinder Singh Hundal has responsibility for RBC's Personal, Financial Planning and Small Business clients in the Toronto Northwest area.
Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia as a first-generation Canadian, Gord has also lived abroad, spending time in both England and Malaysia. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree in the Sciences from the University of Victoria, Gord went on to earn a Masters of Business Administration before moving into the financial world.
Gord joined RBC eight years ago as a credit analyst and progressed to the role of Senior Relationship Manager, where he worked with several private and public companies in the knowledge-based and technology industries in British Columbia. Subsequently, he moved to Toronto four years ago where he worked with the Financing Products team in the Commercial Financial Services business.
A sports enthusiast who is married with two children, Gord spends his personal time at his son’s hockey games and his daughter’s ballet recitals, including coaching his children's respective soccer teams. |
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 | Harcharan (Harry) Singh has over 35 years of professional experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry encompassing various Corporate positions and entrepreneurship. In 1990, he founded Glopec International Inc, a global Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients/Fine Chemicals trading company and was instrumental in USFDA approvals of many Indian pharmaceutical companies. Subsequently, he has been an equity investor/ Director in several companies including RA Chem Pharma, India, Eirgen Pharma, Ireland, Concord Biotech, India and Synovics Pharma Inc, US. Harry's previous Corporate positions include General Manager & COO, Tata Pharma, India and Director, Lederle International, India. He also serves on the Board of St Michael's Hospital, Toronto which is one of Canada's leading hospitals. Harry is a B. Tech from the India Institute of Technology, Madras, India and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. |
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 | The Honourable Jim Peterson P.C., B.A., LL.B, LL.M, D.C.L. is Counsel to Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and was Member of Parliament for Willowdale in Toronto, Canada from 1980 to 1984 and 1988 to 2007. He also has served for 4 years as Chair on the Finance Committee, 5 years as Secretary of State for Financial Institutions and 2 years as Minister of International Trade. In addition, he has led trade missions to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai; headed the Canadian delegation at the Technology Summit in Delhi, concluded the S&T Agreement, opened a Consulate in Chennai and was appointed full-time EDC representative to India. He has also worked closely with Minister Nath on WTO and bilateral issues and hosted Minister Sibal’s visit to Canada.
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 | Sampat Poddar is the founding president and CEO of Byrex Gems Inc. He built the company from its inception to a major supplier of precious stones and jewelry to the jewelry industry in Canada. Its current office locations include Montreal, New York, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Jaipur (India) with over 50 employees. He has been an Adjunct Professor, Business Finance, Pace University, New York, NY and a Partner in a gem stone supply House in Jewellery District, New York, NY. He was also a senior tax advisor, Tax Policy, Government of Alberta, Edmonton and developed various tax and royalty incentive programs to promote Oil and gas Exploration and development activities in Alberta. He is treasurer, American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) and Chairman, Budget and Finance Committee, AGTA, since 2008 |
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 | Sandeep Lal is President of Metro Label, one of North America’s largest producers of pressure sensitive labels. In 2006, their Toronto plant became one of the first LEED Certified manufacturing facilities in Canada. Under his leadership Metro Label has been recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies numerous times. Founded on the belief that an exceptional team, state of the art equipment, quality customer service and a commitment to excellence are the key ingredients for manufacturing quality products, Metro Label now operate manufacturing facilities in Toronto (Ontario), Langley (British Colombia), Napa Valley (California), and Montreal (Quebec). In 2006, he was honoured as a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and he received a "Distinguished Service Award" from tennis Canada . He also serves on the Board of Trillium Health Care Products Inc., and Bridgepoint Health. |
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 | Yezdi Pavri is the Managing Partner for Deloitte in Toronto, with overall responsibility for delivering on the Strategic Priorities of the firm in the Region. He is also a member of the Firm’s Senior Leadership Team. Prior to this appointment in June 2004, Yezdi was the National Leader of Deloitte’s Enterprise Risk Services (ERS) Practice, a group that he was instrumental in building to over 500 professionals over a 20 year period. Yezdi serves some of our largest Financial Services clients, specializing in Operational and IT Risk Management & Governance. He served Royal Bank as the IT Audit Partner for a number of years in the 1990’s, and has assisted various Canadian Banks, including the Royal Bank and one International Bank, in implementing Enterprise Risk Management. Currently, Yezdi serves Sun Life, Canadian Tire, and Scotiabank in an Advisory Partner capacity and he sits on the Board of TRIEC and the United Way of Toronto. Yezdi has been with the Firm in Canada for 30 years and, prior to that, with a predecessor Firm in the UK for 5 years. In his role, Yezdi is focused on leading the entire Deloitte Toronto team of over 2,000 professionals in sustaining the Firm’s leadership position.
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| CALGARYSunday, August 15, 2010Indian Independence Day MILTON, ONMonday, August 16, 2010Golf Classic CALGARYSunday, September 5, 2010ICCC Dinner TORONTOTuesday, September 7, 2010Business Reception MississaugaTuesday, September 14, 2010Interactive session
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