CAROL OSLER

SVP & Head, Financial Crimes and Fraud Management Group and Enterprise Project Management Office

TD BANK GROUP

Carol Osler brings more than 30 years’ experience in security/operations management and expertise in leading large-scale transformation to her role overseeing the global security and enterprise needs of TD Bank Group. She is dedicated to developing and mentoring women with leadership aspirations in the security field.

“I’m most proud of the teams I have led, unlocking individual talent to achieve goals and results; this power of teamwork gets me excited every day.”

“Justice Sonia Sotomayor is a great example of a woman who has achieved her dreams; rising up over the adverse challenges of poverty, health, race and gender. She is known to be sharp, fearless, thoughtful and a fair woman who inspires others to dream big and reach for their dreams.”

“Vita Sackville-West who, back in the early 1900s, was true to herself, absolutely understanding herself, and strong enough in character that she could still be accepted in society, and very well-respected for her work as an author, poet, gardener and a wife — even though she took on many female lovers and did so fairly openly. Her quotes tell of her personality: ‘The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising and never satisfied. They always look forward to something better than they have ever done before.’ And: ‘I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting that I was strong.’”

“Back when I was a young geotechnical engineer there were very few of us females, and so the guys manning the drill rigs were not used to having a young gal giving them orders. I knew I had made it when, on a job site up near Algonquin Park, the two drillers I was working with me joined me sitting on the side of the road drinking tea out of dainty tea cups and eating thin slices of cake which had been provided by this wonderful woman who was living across the road from where we were working.”