OSC Roundtable: Strengthening diversity in our capital markets

OSC Roundtable Past Event
Sep 14, 2023
09:00 am  -  11:30 am
Hybrid event

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) hosted ‘OSC Roundtable: Strengthening diversity in our capital markets’ on Thursday, September 14, as part of its ongoing commitment to enhancing diversity, beyond gender.

Roundtable Video Recording

Transcript

The OSC convened an expert panel to discuss the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) diversity consultation and to explore approaches to broader diversity, investor and issuer perspectives on disclosure, alignment with local and international market developments and more. The roundtable panellists included:

  • Melanie Adams, VP & Head, Responsible Investment, RBC Global Asset Management   
  • Joseph Bastien, Associate Director, Inclusive Economy, SHARE  
  • Jean-Paul Bureaud, Executive Director, FAIR Canada
  • Roger Casgrain, Executive Vice President, Casgrain & Company Limited
  • Gigi Dawe, VP Policy and Research, Institute of Corporate Directors  
  • Peter Dey, Chairman, Paradigm Capital  
  • Nils F. Engelstad, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Alamos Gold Inc.  
  • Rhonda Goldberg, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, IGM Financial Inc.   
  • Kelly Gorman, Executive Vice President, Governance Advisory, Kingsdale Advisors   
  • Michela Gregory, Director, Responsible Investing and ESG Services, NEI Investments  
  • Michael Holder, Managing Partner, North Star Legal Professional Corporation and Managing Director, North Star Consultants Inc.  
  • Geordie Hungerford, CEO, First Nations Financial Management Board  
  • Sarah Kaplan, Distinguished Professor, Founding Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto 

The panel was moderated by Grant Vingoe, CEO, Ontario Securities Commission and Naizam Kanji, General Counsel, Ontario Securities Commission. 

Agenda

8:30 amRegistration and continental breakfast 
9:00 am

Opening remarks   
Grant Vingoe, Chief Executive Officer, OSC

 

9:05 amIntroduction to panellists  
Jo-Anne Matear, Special Advisor to the Executive on Sustainable Finance, OSC
9:10 am

Panel discussion

Moderators:  
Grant Vingoe, Chief Executive Officer, OSC  
Naizam Kanji, General Counsel, OSC

Discussion topics:

  • Approaches to achieving broader diversity
  • Diversity disclosure - investor and issuer perspectives
10:10 amBreak
10:25 am

Panel discussion (continued)

Moderators:   
Grant Vingoe, Chief Executive Officer, OSC  
Naizam Kanji, General Counsel, OSC

Discussion topics:

  • Alignment within the market – consideration of experience with the requirements in the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA)and other developments
  • Targets and board renewal
10:55 amFinal remarks from panellists
11:10 amQuestions from the audience
11:25 amClosing remarks  
Grant Vingoe, Chief Executive Officer, OSC

 

OSC Roundtable: Strengthening diversity in our capital markets