canada A9 nationalpost.com NATIONAL POST, Tuesday, Sept ember 29, 2020 Toronto discover our newest ® Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year 2020 FRESH ADV ISORY BOAR D market store INDIRA SAMARASEKERA, O. C. MEMBER, CANADA’SOUTSTANDING CEOOFTHE YEAR® ADVISORYBOARD Presidentemerita, University of Alberta Bennett Jones, Caldwell, BNN Bloomberg and National Post are pleased to announce Samarasekera to Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year ® Advisory Board for 2020. the appointment of Indira Dr. Indira Samarasekera was the 12th President and Vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. She holds a B.SC. (in mechanical engineering) from the University of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a M.SC. (in mechanical engineering) from the University of California, as a Hayes Fulbright Scholar, and a PH.D. (in metallurgical engineering) from the University of British Columbia. Indira is member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Magna International, Stelco, TC Energy, and is a Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones. Indira is member of the Royal Society of Canada, an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering, the Tri-lateral Commission, and has received honorary degrees from the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, Université de Montréal, the University of Waterloo, Queen’s University, the University of Western Ontario, and Queen’s University in Belfast, Ireland. Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year® Award was founded in 1990. Presented by Bennett Jones, along with national sponsors, Caldwell, BNN Bloomberg and National Post, the Award celebrates a Canadian business chief executive who exemplifies leadership, excellence and integrity and who has built a globally competitive organization. Our independent Advisory Board selects an honoree based on five key criteria: Visionand Leadership, Corporate Performance, Globalcompetitiveness, Innovation, and Social Responsibility. This year’s recipient will be announced in Financial Post on October 8, 2020. ay, Oct. 1st Thursd Opening VISION AND LEADERSHIP • SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • INNOVATION CORPORATE PERFORMANCE • GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS 777 Bay Street, College & Bay B St tc ll &B Presented by Sponsored by Monday - Friday - 8 am to 9 pm Saturday - Sunday - 8 am to 8 pm FARMBOY. CA