Kathleen Taylor named Chair of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference

The Board of Directors of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference (GGCLC) has confirmed Kathleen (Katie) Taylor, C.M., as Chair of the GGCLC and Chair of the next Conference. Ms. Taylor is Chair of the Board at Royal Bank of Canada.

Ms. Taylor replaces Donald R. Lindsay, who formally handed over his responsibilities after the November 17, 2017, Annual General Meeting, which was held in Vancouver, B.C.

Ms. Taylor is a distinguished business executive with extensive community involvement. She is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and is Chair of the Sick Kids Foundation and a Trustee of the Sick Kids Hospital of Toronto. She is also Vice Chair of The Adecco Group (based in Zurich) and a Director of Air Canada and of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Ms. Taylor holds an MBA and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Toronto. Her many accolades for business achievement include the Schulich School of Business Award for Outstanding Executive Leadership and the inaugural Medal for Career Achievement from the Hennick Centre for Business and Law at York University.

She has been inducted into the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends and was named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) in 2011, 2014 and 2016. In 2016, Ms. Taylor was made a Member of the Order of Canada.