MAARIKA PAUL

EVP & CFO CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET PLACEMENT DU QUÉBEC

Charlene Ripley brings more than 25 years of corporate law experience to her role leading the legal, ethics and compliance, internal audit, insurance and enterprise risk-management departments. She developed the company’s anti-corruption compliance program, enhanced its code of conduct and provides key support for strategic business development.

“There are still too few women in senior operations roles in mining. I ensured our succession planning process has a component that requires identification of high-potential women and ongoing review.”

“I have 30-minute, weekly one-on-one meetings with my direct reports. We talk about anything, everything, including how I am supporting them.”

“Think about what excites you — where it feels as if you’re not ‘working.’ Focus on how you can enhance that in the role you have and search for a role to give you more of that.”