Janet L. Ecker, President and CEO, Toronto Financial Services Alliance | December 1, 2014

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Janet L. Ecker, President and CEO, Toronto Financial Services Alliance With P3s are Working: The Role of the Financial Sector in Successful Infrastructure Projects and Why You Should Care Janet L. Ecker is President and CEO of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance, TFSA, a growing public private partnership dedicated to building Toronto as an international financial services centre. With government and industry support, she has also established the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services to leverage the sector's global reputation for stability, as well as the Centre of Excellence in Financial Services Education to capitalize on the region's talent advantages. The Centre has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a best practice in collaborative public private partnerships. A former Ontario Finance Minister and the first woman to actually deliver a budget in the province, Ms. Ecker also delivered significant public policy reforms as the Minister of Education, the Minister of Community and Social Services and Government House Leader. Before entering public life, Ms. Ecker was the Director of Policy for the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the doctors' regulatory body. She currently sits on a number of boards and agencies and is also a member of the Ontario Finance Minister's Economic Advisory Panel, the Premier's Advisory Council on Government Assets and C.D. Howe Institute's National Council. A frequent public speaker and media commentator, she received the “Excellence in Leadership” award from the Transformation Institute for Leadership and Innovation in 2014, a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for public service in 2012 and was recognized as one of the “Most Influential People in the World’s Financial Centres” by Financial Centres International in 2010.  She also received one of “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award” from the Women’s Executive Network and the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2003.  Ms. Ecker is one of the founders of Equal Voice, a national, multi-partisan organization working to elect more women. Speaker: Janet L. Ecker, President and CEO, Toronto Financial Services Alliance *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*