Mahima Poddar

Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. engages in the provision of insurance and investment solutions. It operates through the following segments: Individual Insurance, Individual Wealth Management, Group Insurance, Group Savings and Retirement, US Operations and Other. The Individual Insurance segment refers to life, health, disability, and mortgage insurance products. The Individual Wealth Management segment offers individual products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds, in addition to securities brokerage, trust operations and mutual funds. The Group Insurance segment offers fife, health, accidental death, and dismemberment, dental care and short and long-term disability insurance products for employee plans; creditor insurance, replacement insurance, replacement warranties, extended warranties and other ancillary products for dealer services; and specialized products for special markets solutions. The Group Savings and Retirement segment provides products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds. The US Operations segment provides miscellaneous insurance products sold in the United States such as life insurance products and extended warranties relating to dealer services. The Other segment relates to auto and home insurance products and services such as set management and financing, as well as company capital. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and markets motorized recreational vehicles and powersports engines. It offers ski doo snowmobiles, lynx snowmobiles, sea doo watercraft, Can Am roadsters, evinrude outboard engine, rotax engines, rotax aircraft engines, and rotax kart engines. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Valcourt, Canada.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wellington West Capital, Inc. engages in the provision of securities brokerage services. It also offers investment advice to clients with an offering of managed investment solutions as well as expertise on individual security selection including equities; fixed income; currencies; mutual and exchange-traded funds; alternative investments; and hedging strategies. The company was founded by Charles Spiring in 1993 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Loring Ward International Ltd. provides investment advisory and asset management services. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co. of Canada provides property and casualty insurance services. It also offers auto, home, personal specialty, commercial, and understanding insurance in case of an accident, theft, and disaster. The company was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

MTS Allstream, Inc. provides communication and information technology solutions. It provides wire-line voice, high-speed Internet and data, wireless, directory, digital television, security, and alarm monitoring services. The company serves residential and business customers in Manitoba. MTS Allstream was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada

Part of James Richardson & Sons Ltd., Richardson Financial Group Ltd. is a Canadian company that provides wealth management services. The private company is based in Winnipeg, Canada. H. Sanford Riley has been the CEO of the company since 2003.

Part of Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., CIBC Wood Gundy Corp. is a Canadian company that provides brokerage services. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada.

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd., Ernst & Young, Inc. is a professional services firm based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company provides a range of services and solutions to help clients transform, grow, and operate. The private company's services include strategy consulting, analytics consulting, people advisory services, transactions and corporate finance, assurance, tax planning, and legal services. The company also offers advanced technology, audit technology, tax technology, and managed services. Ernst & Young is committed to creating long-term value for all stakeholders and building a better working world. The CEO of the company is Jad Shimaly.

Visa Canada Corp. operates as global payments technology company working to enable consumers, businesses, banks, and governments to use digital currency. It offers visa payments, visa savings, supplier management, payables automation, and merchant processing. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

National Bank Financial & Co., Inc. provides investment related services. The firm’s services include securities brokerage, trust services, investment product manufacturing, self-directed brokerage solutions and intermediary business solutions. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Énergir, Inc. engages in the distribution, transportation, and storage of natural gas primarily in Canada, as well as in the United States. It also distributes electricity in Vermont and involves in energy service business, which include the sale, lease, and maintenance of natural gas appliances. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

ExCellThera, Inc. is a world leader in blood stem cell expansion and rejuvenation. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. The Canadian company's proprietary molecule, UM171, is the standard for hematopoietic stem cell expansion in cell and gene therapy. UM171 has a first-in-class mechanism of action that expands and rejuvenates HSCs, and counteracts exhaustion from culture and gene modification, which are important limitations in cell and gene therapies. ExCellThera has developed commercial GMP grade UM171, which can be integrated into the manufacturing process of various cell and gene therapy products as a reagent and is supported by a Type II Drug Master File (DMF) filed with the FDA. ExCellThera was founded in 2013 by Peter Zandstra and Guy Sauvageau. Guy Sauvageau has been the CEO since 2013.

Energir LP is a Canadian diversified energy company with more than $8 billion in assets, serving approximately 530,000 customers and communities. The private company is based in Montreal, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company operates through its subsidiaries, generating electricity from hydraulic, wind, and solar sources, and is the leading electricity distributor and sole natural gas distributor in Quebec. Energir aims to become the partner of choice for those striving towards a better energy future, investing in innovative energy projects such as renewable natural gas and liquefied and compressed natural gas. The company was founded in 1957, and Éric Lachance has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Woodland Biofuels, Inc. develops a process technology to produce cellulosic ethanol from renewable biomass. It builds, owns, and operates cellulosic ethanol plants. Its technology eliminates the use of food to make ethanol by converting biomass, such as wood and crop waste into ethanol or other products. The company was founded by Antony G. Moran n 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Franklin Resources, Inc., Salomon Brothers Canada, Inc. is a Canadian company.