Ms. Amaimo joined Fortis Inc. in 2016. Previously, she worked at ITC Holdings Corp. (ITC) for more than 10 years where she held various roles in investor relations, treasury, and financial planning and analysis. Ms. Amaimo was the Director of Investor Relations at the time of the Fortis acquisition of ITC.

She earned a Bachelor of Administration from The University of Michigan-Dearborn and a Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University.

Ms. Amaimo served on the Board of Directors for North Star Reach, a non-profit organization that offers life-changing camp experiences for children with serious health challenges and their families in 2016, 2017, 2018.

Ben Ashwell is the editor at IR Magazine and digital editor at Corporate Secretary, covering investor relations, governance, risk and compliance. Prior to this, he was the founder and editor of Executive Talent, the global quarterly magazine from the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants. Before moving to the US, Ben was the vice president and editor at Executive Grapevine, overseeing a daily news website, ten annual supplements and HR Grapevine, the UK’s leading HR and talent management magazine. In his spare time, Ben writes fiction, poetry and arts and culture reviews. Eyewear Publishing recently named him in their list of the Best New British and Irish Poets.

Adam Borgatti is Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations, responsible for leading Aecon’s Investor Relations, Corporate Affairs, Corporate Communications and Marketing functions, as well as supporting the leadership team with developing long-term business plans, evaluating strategic initiatives, and leading the assessment and execution of Aecon’s acquisition opportunities. Mr. Borgatti brings a depth of experience and knowledge of both capital markets and the construction industry.

Prior to joining Aecon in 2009, Mr. Borgatti held leadership roles in the financial industry, including Vice President, RBC Capital Markets, and Vice President, National Bank Financial. Before assuming his current position at Aecon – in 2017-18, he served as Vice President, Investor Relations, at Scotiabank and was responsible for leading all aspects of investor relations, providing strategic direction, leadership and oversight for the company’s investor relations portfolio globally.

Over his career at Aecon, Mr. Borgatti has held leadership roles in the Energy and Infrastructure segments, Strategic Finance division, and previously served as Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Mr. Borgatti holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship from McGill University as well as CFA and CPIR designations. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) and serves as Audit Committee Chair.

Mr. Butcher joined CN in 1993, initially working as a project officer in Financial Planning before moving to Marketing in 1999, serving in the Revenue Planning, Metals and Minerals, as well as Intermodal groups. He was involved in key growth projects at CN such as the new container port at the Port of Prince Rupert, among others. Prior to his most recent appointment, Mr. Butcher had been Senior Manager of Investor Relations since November 2009.

Before joining CN, Mr. Butcher worked two years as an economist in Ottawa at Informetrica Limited.

He holds a Bachelor and Masters degree in Economics from the University of Montreal.

Mark is currently Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Investor Relations at Gibson Energy, an oil-focused infrastructure company, and was previously Vice President, Corporate Planning & Investor Relations at Veresen Inc.  In both these roles, Mark’s IR duties focused on transforming the companies’ communication, positioning and perception in the market.  Mark is CFA charterholder, and through both Investment Banking and corporate roles, has a broad spectrum of experience including strategic planning, corporate development, equity & debt capital markets, corporate finance, risk management and M&A.

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Jon Ennis, AVP, Senior Analyst, leads the credit analyst group within the Mackenzie Fixed Income Team. His role involves oversight of more than $20B of corporate debt holdings.

Jon joined Mackenzie Investments in 2008, working in the Portfolio Operations department before joining the Fixed Income Team in 2010 as an Associate Investment Analyst. He has developed research coverage across a range of sectors such as Real Estate, Utilities, Infrastructure, Homebuilders, Building Products, Forestry, Aerospace & Defense, and Airlines. He has also helped to expand the credit research geographic footprint from North America to include Europe and Latin America and is also responsible for ESG integration across all corporate debt holdings.

Jon has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Jason Paltrowitz is Executive Vice President, Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group, where he is responsible for managing the firm’s international and domestic Corporate Services business. Drawing upon his expertise in cross-border trading and as a recognized proponent of Reg A+ and small company capital raising, Jason is an advocate for small cap issuers, start-ups, and entrepreneurial innovators working to alleviate the cost, time and complexity associated with being a public company. Prior to joining OTC Markets in October 2013, Jason was Managing Director and Segment Head at JP Morgan Chase responsible for the custody, clearing and collateral management business in the Corporate and Investment Bank division.

Jason also held multiple senior management positions at BNY Mellon, most notably, as Head of M&A for the Financial Markets and Treasury Services Sector and 11 years as the Head of the Global Capital Markets Group in the Depositary Receipt Division. Jason currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) and also served as a member of the Board of Directors at OTC Markets Group from 2008 – 2011. Jason holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Boston University and received his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Leslie Preston joined TD Economics department in January 2011, and has over twelve years’ experience as an economist.

In her current role as a Senior Economist, Leslie works on macroeconomic forecasts and current analysis for the U.S. economy. In her time at TD, Leslie has worked on a wide range of subjects including public policy issues, the monthly financial markets Dollars & Sense publication and the Canadian macroeconomic forecast. She regularly speaks about the economic outlook to various internal and external audiences, and provides economic commentary to the media.

Leslie holds a Masters of Arts degree in economics from the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Queen’s University.

Marie-Josée offers advisory services to companies on improving their ESG reporting to investors, drawing on nearly 30 years of experience in capital markets, namely as Financial Analyst of small and mid cap companies (Marleau, Lemire Inc., National Bank Financial Inc.), as Director of Investor Relations (Innergex Inc.), and as ESG Integration Consultant to investors and issuers (Millani).

Marie-Josée is a member of CFA Montreal’s ESG Committee and leader of the SASB-FSA community of practice in Montreal. She also sits on the board of the St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre.

Marie-Josée holds a B.Com. in finance from McGill University and a certificate in Applied Communications from Université de Montréal. She is a CFA charterholder, and holds the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), as well as the Responsible Investment Professional Certification (RIPC) designation from the Canadian Responsible Investment Association. She has also successfully completed the Advanced Responsible Investment Analysis course from the UN Principles for Responsible Investment’s PRI Academy.

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A 25-year Wall Street veteran, Mr. Rose co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dahlman Rose & Company, an investment bank focused on transportation, commodities and infrastructure. Under his leadership, Dahlman Rose grew from 6 to 200 employees across five offices in the United States and Canada and expanded its research coverage from a single sector to over 20 discrete sectors focused around the theme of our natural resource economy and supply chain. Mr. Rose advocated a collaborative and horizontally-integrated approach to research coverage which has since been widely adopted. The firm executed over 75 securities offerings for public and private companies, raising in excess of $10 billion for its clients. Dahlman Rose & Company also acted as the sole advisor or co-advisor on numerous high-profile M&A transactions, including the largest public company acquisition in the history of the marine transportation sector. The firm was sold to Cowen Group, a publicly-listed financial services firm, in April 2013.