Board of Governors

Prior to IMCO, Bert was the President and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario, which is responsible for managing the province of Ontario’s real estate portfolio, lending to municipalities and other public sector organizations and the delivery of large, complex public infrastructure projects. Earlier in his career, Bert was the Managing Director responsible for the North American infrastructure advisory business at Scotiabank. 

Bert has an LLM from Duke University School of Law, an LLB from Queen’s Law School, and a BA (Honours) from McGill University.

He is the co-founder of the National Institute on Ageing at Toronto Metropolitan University, a former adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a published author. Mitch is a member and former chair of the TFS Board of Directors, a member and former vice-chair of the North York General Board of Governors, chair of the Western Law Advisory Council, the immediate past chair of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Board of Governors and a former member of the Ontario Science Centre Board of Trustees.

He is an avid runner and has completed all six Abbott world marathon majors. Mitch was named one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer magazine and is a recipient of a number of awards and honours including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Ontario Bar Association’s Award of Excellence in Pension and Benefits Law and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Toronto Metropolitan University. He has also been admitted to the Order of Ontario.

Mark is responsible for a suite of trusted payment products including  Interac Debit, Interac Flash, Interac e-Transfer and digital offerings, such as the Interac Token Service Provider, Interac on Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay and mobile Interac Flash. He is also responsible for leading the development of fraud prevention and Digital Identity solutions and programs.

Mark has extensive experience in the payment card and banking technology industries. Previously, he was Executive Vice President, Finance Market at Emergis Inc. (now Telus) and represented Emergis Inc. on the Interac Association Board of Directors for two years. He has held other senior positions at NCR Corporation and IBM.

Harry served on the Board of St Michael’s Hospital for nine years from June 2007 to June 2016. He has also been an advisor to the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

He has a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (now Chennai) and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

In 2016, Mr. Badeau was appointed to the North York General Hospital Foundation Board of Governors, serving as Vice Chair in 2017-2018.  He has served on a number of corporation and philanthropic boards.

Mr. Badeau supports both discovery and applied research across every stage of the financing cycle.  Mr. Badeau and his family were early benefactors of North York General’s research efforts through the establishment of our successful Exploration Fund and the Badeau Family Chair in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.

Debbie is also an Executive-in-Residence in Residence at the Rotman School of Management and has taught at the Rotman Executive Leadership Development Program at the University of Toronto. She was previously the Executive Vice President, Strategy and Organizational Development at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and an Assistant Deputy Minister in Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. She has held a number of senior consulting and executive management positions in international professional services firms–Ernst &Young, Cap Gemini and KPMG.

Debbie has a BSc (Neurobiology and Comparative Physiology) from McGill University and MHA from the University of Ottawa. She also holds CHRL and ICD.D designations.

Prior to joining Canadian Tire Corporation in June 2021, Aayaz was Senior Vice-President, Digital Banking and Enterprise Innovation at CIBC, where he oversaw digital for the bank, including client experience, innovation, sales, and banking. His work at CIBC has been recognized by industry experts, receiving several accolades, including “Top Mobile Bank in Canada” by JD Power in 2020 and “Top Consumer Digital Bank in North America” by Consumer Finance in 2019. Aayaz was also responsible for building, launching and operating CIBC’s direct banking businesses across North America, including Simplii Financial – recognized as one of the world’s best banks by Forbes magazine in 2019 and 2020 – and CIBC Agility in the U.S. Previously, Aayaz spent nearly a decade at PwC Canada LLP, most recently serving as Vice-President, Management & Technology Consulting – Digital Transformation.

Aayaz has been recognized as the “Digital Banker of the Year” by American Banker, and was awarded the Ted Rogers School of Management Alumni Trailblazer award for his contribution to the school and community, the G. Raymond Chang Outstanding Volunteer award from Ryerson University, and was profiled as a “Next Gen” leader in Toronto. He is a passionate advocate for the advancement of women in the workplace, having served as an executive sponsor of CIBC’s Women’s Network and #movethedial, an organization that helps grow the pipeline of women in tech. Aayaz also dedicates time to giving back to various organizations and currently sits on several Boards including North York General Hospital and Ted Rogers School of Management’s MBA Program. He is also an active mentor at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, helping Canadian tech ventures grow and succeed.

Aayaz graduated with an MBA from Queen’s University and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, Information Technology Management, from Ryerson University.

As Managing Director, General Counsel, Mr. Walsh provides legal counsel to all of OPTrust and oversees all corporate governance, compliance, enterprise risk management and transactional structuring matters.

Before joining OPTrust, Mr. Walsh practiced corporate and securities law for a decade at two leading Canadian law firms.

Mr. Walsh has also worked at the senior levels of politics and government in Canada and the United States.

Michael has a B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, an M.B.A. from City University, Seattle and a P.Log from the Logistics Institute.

He has additionally taken numerous programs in Cybersecurity & Cryptography, Neural Networks, AI, Robotics, Lean Six Sigma, Leadership, Execution, etc. from esteemed institutions such as MIT, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Queen’s University and the University of Virginia. He has also taken numerous Fiduciary and Advisory Board programs from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Michael was born in Toronto and is a world traveler and published photographer having traveled to over 57 countries.

Janet is currently an independent practitioner and advisor with a focus on building organizational capacity, implementing strategic change and maximizing the innovation agenda in health care.

She has board experience in the not-for-profit and public sectors and is an IHPME fellow at the University of Toronto.  She is currently the Chair of the Ontario Caregiver Organization and previously sat on the boards of the Canadian Institute for Health Information, ventureLAB, CIHI, and Seneca College.  She is an invited speaker and conference participant, particularly in the areas of health care strategy and caregiver support.

A graduate of Dalhousie University and the University of Toronto, Janet holds a Master of Nursing degree.

Kaiyan is presently Vice President, Senior’s Health & Chief Clinical Executive at SE Health.  Previously, she was Ontario’s Provincial Chief Nursing Officer, CEO at Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care and a Director at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Kaiyan is certified with the Institute of Corporate Directors, and has served on the Boards of Accreditation Canada, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and Canadian College of Health Leaders.  Kaiyan holds a Master of Health Science (Health Administration) from the University of Toronto.

Prior to her role at OICR, Dr. Williams held various leadership positions at the Canadian Cancer Society, most recently as its Chief Mission Officer & Scientific Director, responsible for strategy development and program delivery nationwide. She is currently a member of a number of boards and advisory committees, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Sinai Health System, The Canadian Cancer Trials Group and various other research and community organizations.

She received a degree in Life Sciences from Queen’s University and a PhD in Immunology from the University of Toronto. She received postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University where she studied the molecular pathways involved in the development of leukemia and lymphoma in children.

He also currently serves on the Board of Directors for Cystic Fibrosis Canada and is a member of Young Presidents’ Organization International. Robert earned his Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of British Columbia and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

She is a Director for Habitat for Humanity Canada. Toni also served as Board Chair for Habitat Toronto, was the First Chair of the largest Canadian Women Build and the inaugural Board Chair for a Canadian Olympic Athlete’s Fund, ULI’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, was Board Director for Toronto CREW, and a member of Toronto’s Legacy and Toronto CivicAction Committees.

Toni serves on Ryerson’s Realty Advisory, ULI’s Advisory Board, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Realty Committee. Toni was the 2020 WIN Outstanding Leader Recipient and was recently elected to serve as the first female Chair of REALPAC Board.

Toni holds an Honours BPHE from the University of Toronto and an ICD.D from The Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto).

Robert has also been responsible for leading several of McKinsey’s global practices. From 2000 to 2010, he founded and ran McKinsey’s Institutional Investor practice where he worked with some of the leading pension plans globally on issues of strategy, investments and value creation. From 2010 to 2019, Robert founded and ran McKinsey’s Global Infrastructure practice where his work focused on helping governments and investors execute PPPs as well as deliver large, complex infrastructure projects on-time and on-budget. From 2019 to 2022, Robert founded and ran McKinsey’s real estate practice where his work focused on bring advanced analytics to real estate and successful real estate development.

Robert earned an M.B.A. with Ivey Scholar Distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (with Distinction) in International Relations from the University of Toronto. Robert was also named Canada’s Top 40 under 40 in 2006.

In the past, Robert was a Board member of the A.G. Bell Association, UJA Federation of Toronto, Centre for Jewish Education and Alpine Canada. He is an avid alpine skier, road cyclist and sailor.

Robert is married to Barbara, a teacher for children with hearing impairments. They have two children, Samantha (23) and Noah (19).

Everton’s passion for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion led him to champion the establishment of NYGH’s first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office.

Beyond his roles with NYGH, he serves on the Board of Face the Future Foundation, which provides lifesaving facial reconstructive surgery for disadvantaged young people in developing countries.

Everton has received multiple awards including the Black Business and Professional Association’s Harry Jerome Trailblazer Award in 2017, the Urban Hero Award from Metroland Media also in 2017, and the University of Toronto’s Excellence in Community Based Teaching award for 2021.

During his time at NYGH, Dr. Shin has pursued additional training in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement at the University of Toronto, a Master’s degree in Bioethics at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, as well as advanced healthcare leadership through the Rotman School of Management.

Dr. Shin has been involved extensively in teaching and research. He has won multiple teaching awards and has served as a member of the University of Toronto Adult Critical Care Residency Program Training Committee since 2018. He has developed a successful ICU clinical trials research program at NYGH and was a founding member of the Canadian Community ICU Research Network. He also has a keen interest in supporting organ donation and has served as the NYGH Hospital Donation Physician for the Trillium Gift of Life Network since 2017.

Outside of work, he enjoys spending his time with his wife (also an NYGH physician), three teenage daughters, and pandemic dog. He is an aspiring golfer and tennis player

Ben obtained his MD from the University of Toronto in 2008, where he also pursued his internal medicine residency, followed by a general internal medicine fellowship.

Aine O’Flynn joined BMO Capital Markets in Equity Research in 1997 and moved into Equity Sales in 2000 where she leveraged her knowledge base and expertise to develop valued and deep relationships with leading Canadian investor clients. In December 2013, Aine was appointed Director of Canadian and European Equity Research. Her experience on the desk gave her valuable insight into our clients’ needs. In January 2017, Ms. O’Flynn was appointed Co-head of Global Equity Products alongside Alan Tannenbaum and was appointed Global Head of Equity Products in November 2017. On February 1st, 2021 Aine was appointed Head of Investment Banking Capital Markets. In this role, Aine’s proven ability to forge relationships and build businesses will be instrumental in driving the business forward.

Ms. O’Flynn takes part in the annual United Way campaign and the BMO Capital Markets mentorship and sponsorship programs. She takes part in her community through a variety of activities.

Aine has been a member of the Board for the past four years and previously served as Chair of the Foundation’s Audit and Finance Committee. She holds an Honours B.A.(French) from the University of Western Ontario, an International MBA from the Schulich School of Business, and is a CFA charterholder.