Victor Dodig (CIBC), Penny Wise (3M Canada), Martin Basiri (ApplyBoard), Goldy Hyder (Business Council of Canada) and moderated by Patrick Brethour (The Globe and Mail)
DATE: Tuesday, Feb 14th, 2023
TIME: 12:40 pm – 1:30 pm Eastern Time
Canada’s ability to attract talent from every corner of the globe is one of our country’s greatest competitive advantages.
But are we doing enough to ensure newcomers can contribute to their full potential?
Join Canadian Club Toronto on February 14th for a timely discussion with three leading chief executives on how their businesses support newcomers and what the private sector, communities and governments can do together to secure Canada’s immigration advantage.
• Victor Dodig – President and CEO, CIBC
• Penny Wise – President, 3M Canada
• Martin Basiri – Co-founder and CEO, ApplyBoard
• Moderated by Patrick Brethour – Editorials Editor, The Globe and Mail
The luncheon begins with Goldy Hyder, President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, highlighting the role economic immigration plays in strengthening the quality of life of all Canadians.
Victor Dodig leads a team of over 47,000 team members globally who live CIBC’s purpose every day – to help make our clients’ ambitions a reality.
Under Victor’s tenure, CIBC has transformed into a relationship-oriented bank for a modern world, with a North American platform for growth and a commitment to enable a more sustainable future for all stakeholders. He has helped to shape CIBC’s client-focused, highly connected culture – a differentiator for the bank in a competitive market.
Before becoming CEO, Victor held a number of senior leadership roles within CIBC, including leading the bank’s Wealth Management business and its Retail Banking network across Canada. Through these roles, Victor furthered his commitment to putting clients first – a principle that dates back to his first role at CIBC as a part-time CSR, where he met with clients every day.
Over the course of his career, Victor has also led several businesses with UBS and Merrill Lynch in Canada and internationally, and was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Victor is a strong advocate for Canada on the world stage, and a proponent of economic growth to enable a more prosperous and inclusive future. He serves as the current Chair of the Business Council of Canada, and was President of the 2022 International Monetary Conference. He is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Brookings Institute and also serves on the board of Telus Corporation Inc.
Victor is committed to inclusion, both to strengthen our social fabric and as an economic imperative. He serves as Chair of CIBC’s Inclusion and Diversity Leadership council, and is Past Co-Chair of the Black North Initiative. He is a recipient of the 2017 Catalyst Canada Honours (Company Leader) Champion award, is Past Chair of the Catalyst Canada Advisory Board and Past Chair of the 30% Club Canada.
He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA and was recognized as a Baker Scholar. Victor holds a diploma from the Institut d’études politiques in Paris and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto (St. Michael’s College) in Commerce. He has received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Victor resides in Toronto with his wife, Maureen. They are the proud parents of four children.
Penny has more than 20 years of global brand and marketing experience, including Global Marketing Director of 3M’s Safety and Industrial Business Group, its largest business based at 3M global headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. Penny also led 3M’s 2015 global rebrand: “Science. Applied to Life.™” She started her career at 3M Canada in 2000 and in January 2020 moved back to Canada to take on the role of President.
Martin Basiri, born in the year 1988, is an Iranian-born tech entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of ApplyBoard, an international student Edtech platform based out of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Martin is the eldest child in his family. He has two twin brothers, Massi and Meti, and a younger sister. He was always interested in creating things right from his childhood days and in entrepreneurship building tools and programs that would persist into his undergraduate career.
Martin was an innovator from a young age. He invented his first device at 14 and has been rethinking the world around him ever since. During Martin’s undergraduate studies, he launched his first startup in which he invented and sold six different patents and products.
Not content with completing his studies and managing his business, Martin accepted an apprenticeship to share his love for innovation with over 600 students. His discoveries have led to him receiving the gold medal at the 2009 Geneva International Invention Show, ranking him at the National Youth Invention Festival in the final year of his high school career. Also, Martin was named a Regional Finalist at the EY’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year program in 2021.
Martin attended Shiraz University after high school to earn an electrical engineering degree. Then, determined to explore the world, he left his homeland and went to Canada to study at the University of Waterloo, where Martin received his MASc in Mechatronics Engineering.
Goldy Hyder is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada. Founded in 1976, the Council is a non-profit, non-partisan organization representing the chief executives and heads of 150 leading Canadian businesses, employing 1.7 million Canadians and composed of every major industry across the country.
From July 2014 to October 2018, Mr. Hyder was President and Chief Executive Officer of Hill+Knowlton Strategies (Canada), providing strategic communications counsel to the firm’s extensive and diverse client base. Prior to joining Hill+Knowlton in 2001, he served as Director of Policy and Chief of Staff to The Right Honourable Joe Clark, former prime minister and former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party.
In addition to his achievements in business and public policy, Mr. Hyder has a long track record of service on behalf of several charities and non-profit organizations. He is chair of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council, a board member of the Business + Higher Education Roundtable, an executive committee member of the Century Initiative and co-chair of Canada’s World Trade Organization Business Advisory Council. In addition, he sits on the advisory boards of two leading organizations promoting the advancement of women leaders: Catalyst Canada and the 30% Club (Canada). He is a past co-chair of the United Way of Ottawa’s Campaign Cabinet, former chair of the Ottawa Senators Foundation, and a former member of the Board of Governors at Carleton University.
Mr. Hyder is a regular commentator in the Canadian media on business, politics and leadership. He is the host of the “Speaking of Business” podcast, which features interviews with Canadian innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders. In 2013, he received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contributions to Canada. He holds a Master of Arts in Public Policy from the University of Calgary.
Patrick Brethour is a Tax and Fiscal Policy Reporter at The Globe and Mail. Previously, Patrick was Deputy Editor for Report on Business, with broad responsibilities for the management of Canada’s premier business newsroom. Brethour also directly oversaw the financial and banking coverage of Report on Business, including the development of Streetwise, The Globe’s digital coverage of Bay Street, as the news organization introduced its paywall in the fall of 2012. Streetwise has been the vanguard of that effort, propelling digital subscription growth for The Globe and Mail.
From 2006 to 2012, Patrick was the British Columbia Editor, reinforcing and reorienting the Globe’s editorial department ahead of the 2010 Winter Olympics, as part of a broad strategic expansion in the Province. Both print circulation and digital traffic rose substantially during that time, reflecting an organization-leading emphasis on digital-first journalism. Before arriving in British Columbia, Patrick was the Alberta bureau chief, responsible for coordinating news coverage, and reporting on the oil sector and broader economy of the province as the oil-sands-fueled energy boom gained speed. He also reported on technology and launched a weekly technology section after arriving at the Toronto newsroom of The Globe from the Ottawa Citizen in 2006.
Patrick has an honours degree in business from Wilfrid Laurier University and attended the master of the journalism program at Carleton University. He is a National Newspaper Award nominee and is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists ethics committee. We are delighted to welcome Patrick to the Brunswick News team and we think he will play a key role in helping us reach our strategic goals over the next several years.
As a result of this appointment, our Managing Editors including John Wishart, Al Hogan, Anne Mooers and Denis Robichaud will report directly to Patrick. John will work closely with Patrick to ensure his smooth transition into Brunswick News. I would like to take this opportunity to thank John for his two-year term as Editor-in-Chief and wish him every success in his new position as Editor of the Telegraph Journal.
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