Foundation Trustees

List of 17 members.

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  Emilio Azcarraga Jean 87

  Bio

  
  Emilio Azcarraga Jean '87 is the Chairman & CEO of GrupoTelevisa
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  Marilynn Booth 

  Bio

   

  Past School Board Chair
  
  Marilynn Booth P '98 is a Retired Dean, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto and Past Chair of LCS Board.
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  Bruce Boren 87

  Bio

  Bruce Boren '87, P '21 '23 is the CEO at Televisa Networks.
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  Michael Cooper 

  Bio

  Michael Cooper, P '07 '08 '10 '12 is the Vice Chairman & CEO at Dundee REIT.
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  Sandra Delisle 

  Bio

  LCS Foundation Board
  
  Sandra Delisle P '23 '24 '25 is a Palliative care physician, CISSS of Monteregie-East and Clinical teaching professional, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Montreal.
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  Paul Desmarais 73

  Bio

  Chair Emeritus
  
  Paul Desmarais Jr. '73, P '00 '03 '03 '11 is the Chairman and Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada.
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  Paul Desmarais 00

  Bio

  Paul Desmarais III ‘00

  Paul Desmarais III is the Chairman and CEO of Sagard, an alternative asset management firm active in venture capital, private equity, private credit, real estate, healthcare royalties and private wealth.
  Sagard has built a global network of expertise that helps companies lead, embrace, and stay ahead of disruptive trends in the financial services, technology, and healthcare spaces, amongst others. The team is behind some of the largest technology success stories in Canada such as Wealthsimple and Dialogue.
  
  

  Within the Sagard ecosystem, Paul is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Portage, the Chairman and Co-Founder of Diagram and a director of EverWest. Within the investment portfolios, he is the Chairman of Wealthsimple, Dialogue, and Novisto and a director of nesto.

  Paul is dedicated to helping build a better business world. He is Co-Founder of the Black Wealth Club, where emerging Black leaders go to learn about creating wealth and reinvesting it in their communities. Under Paul’s leadership, Sagard has committed to a more sustainable financial system by becoming a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, enlisting as a CREO participant, and embarking on its journey to carbon neutrality. Paul will also co-chair the Centraide (United Way) campaign in 2022.

  Paul is a member of the Board of Directors of The BlackNorth Initiative.  He is a former board member of the Glenbow Museum, Rideau Hall Foundation and Alpine Canada. He serves as Chair of the Next Canada Emeritus board of advisors and is a recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh Award for his work chairing the fundraising campaign for the Kenojuak Culture Center. Paul also co-founded Young Canadians in Finance and co-chaired the True Patriot Love Expedition to the magnetic North Pole.

  Prior to his current role, Paul worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division, Investment Strategy Group and Special Situations Group, Imerys S.A. in supply chain management and strategy and Great-West Lifeco Inc. in risk management. Paul graduated from Lakefield College School (LCS) in 2000.  He has earned a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

  
  

  Paul is a deeply committed alumnus of LCS and speaks often about his transformational experience.  Paul and his wife Mary Dailey have four children, Paul, Henry, Veronique and Authur, and reside in Montreal, Quebec.  
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  B.C. Douglas 88

  Bio

  B.C. Douglas '88 is the Business Development Associate with Manitou Investment.
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  Andrew Durnford 85

  Bio

  LCS Foundation Board Chair
  
  Andrew Durnford '85 is the Principal of White Point Capital.
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  Joel Finlayson 89

  Bio

  Joel Finlayson '89, P '24 joined iGan Partners, a health-technology investment fund and Accenture Canada, as Managing Director of their Canadian Healthcare Strategy Practice.  Joel is also an Associate of the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at Rotman and is a Director of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada; Curv Health; MedChart; and FirstHx.
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  Jock Fleming 74

  Bio

  Past LCS Foundation Board Chair

  Past School Board Chair
  
  Jock Fleming '74, P '03 '06 is the Vice President, Burgundy Asset Management
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  Catherine Gell 

  Bio

  Catherine Gell P ’24 is a partner with FreeLens.
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  Catherine Hansen 

  Bio

  Dr. Catherine Hansen P '23 '24 '24 founded The Empowered Women’s Circle.
  
  
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  Tim Heeney 83

  Bio

  Tim Heeney '83 is a Partner with Goodmans LLP.
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  John Hepburn 68

  Bio

  John K. Hepburn '68 is a Senior Advisor at Morgan Stanley.
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  Roy Hewson 79

  Bio

  Prior to Roy’s 2020 retirement, he was with CGOV Asset Management (since 1997) overseeing the Canadian equity, equity income and fixed income strategies. Roy was also a member of the CGOV Asset Management Board and Investment Committee.  
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  Zack Kembar 87

  Bio

  Zack Kembar '87, P '24 is the Managing Director, Burke Norris Investments.