Donald Guloien is the immediate past President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife. A 36-year company veteran, Mr. Guloien held a variety of leadership roles in insurance and investments operations, global acquisitions and business development. Mr. Guloien is a Trustee and Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee at The Hospital for Sick Children; Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors at Branksome Hall, and a Director and Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Banting Research Foundation. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Mayor of Shanghai's International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council, Director of the Geneva Association, a member of the Board of the Business Council of Canada, Past Chair of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, and a member of the Campaign Cabinet for the United Way and the University of Toronto’s Governing Council. Mr. Guloien has been named International Business Executive of the Year by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, awarded The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal, and received the Arbor Award for his many contributions to the University of Toronto. Mr. Guloien received B.Comm and Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Toronto.

Clara Angotti is the Co-founder and President of Next Pathway, a software company that enables businesses to automate the end-to-end migration of legacy applications and data warehouses to modern cloud platforms. Clara was twice recognized as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women, and as one of the top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council. She was also awarded with the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award. Each year, Clara participates in a mentorship program to provide support and career guidance to women. Clara is also a member of the Board of Trustees for The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). She is the parent of a current Branksome Hall student.

Chad Bayne is a Partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. As a founder and Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Practice Group, he advises various emerging and growth companies across all technology sectors, the venture capital funds and investors that finance them and the strategic acquirers who buy them. Chad is widely recognized as the leading lawyer in Canada for startups and venture capital investors. Chad is the proud father of two current Branksome Hall students.

Karen is the President of the Branksome Hall Parents' Association. After twenty years of global corporate leadership, including in recruitment and Human Resources, and concluding as CEO of Drake International, Karen shifted into serving people with differences, and has spent the last 10 years bringing a family-centred lens to healthcare. She and her husband are parents to five children, with one daughter currently in Branksome’s Senior School.

Rod Bolger spent over two decades in senior positions working at large banks - Bank of America and Citigroup (both in the US) as well as more than a decade at Royal Bank of Canada (in Canada). He recently served as group Chief Financial Officer at RBC for five years from 2016-2021. Prior to joining banking, he served multiple roles for more than a decade at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in NYC, London UK, and NJ. He also served as CFO for a global cryptocurrency firm for a few months. He spent eight years on the Board of Dixon Hall Neighborhood Services, a multi-derive not-for-profit agency that offers a wide range of supportive programs and services to several Toronto communities, acting as Chair of the Board for three years. Rod is a dual Canadian/US citizen; he is a graduate of Georgetown University and earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University. Rod is the father of two current Branksome Hall students.

Michael Bratty is President of the High-Rise Division for The Remington Group, a multi-generational, family business with more than seven decades of experience in land development, commercial and residential construction, and property management. He has served on the Building Committee for St. Michael’s Hospital and the Toronto International Film Festival Bell Lightbox Committee. Michael is the proud father of three Branksome Hall students.

A Branksome Hall alum, Karen joined the Board of Governors in 2017 and has served on multiple committees including audit, governance and strategy. She has also served as the President of the Alum Association. Karen is Vice President, Sales, Service and Operations at Tangerine Bank, a subsidiary of Scotiabank. She has worked at Scotiabank for over 15 years, holding a variety of roles across Capital Markets, Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking and Operations. Karen received a Master’s degree in Economics from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of King's College and Dalhousie University in Halifax. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their two daughters.

Michael has been a partner of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto since 2002. Michael’s practice focuses on Canadian and international merger and acquisition transactions and he has advised on many of Canada's highest-profile M&A transactions. Michael previously sat on the advisory board of the North York Harvest Food Bank. Michael is the proud father of a current Branksome student and a Branksome graduate.

Eva is the proud mom of a Branksome student as well as a Branksome alumna. She is also a respected entrepreneur-turned-investor and one of the few women leading a venture fund in Canada. As the founding and general partner of Two Small Fish Ventures, Eva and her team invest in early-stage, transformative technology companies. Before launching TSFV, Eva was a founding team member of Wattpad where she helped the company scale from hundreds to tens of millions of users. Eva is heavily involved in the Canadian innovation ecosystem and regularly speaks at industry events, mentors founders and startups, and sits on the board of many organizations. She received a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business.

Alex is a change manager at RBC Capital Markets where she specializes in technology product rollout. In her ten years with the organization she has worked across operations, business transformation and technology teams. She is an avid volunteer for youth-leadership, mentoring young leaders through a variety of programs and leading a specialized program to connect youth in underserved communities to opportunities in the financial industry. Alex holds a B.A. in History from Western University and additional certificates in Public Relations and Human Resources. Alex is an alum of Branksome having attended the school from grades 7 to 12, and is the President of the Alumnae Association.

Tricia “CK” PURKS Hoffler’80 is the CEO of The CK Hoffler Firm, the trailblazing Atlanta-based law firm. An accomplished attorney, Ms. Hoffler was previously a partner at Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler, LLP. and a partner at Gary, Williams et al. in Florida. She has represented and is counsel to Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, and has managed several billion-dollar commercial cases, including record-setting medical negligence verdicts. Ms. Hoffler has also worked on significant civil rights and children’s rights cases that have resulted in bringing much needed justice for American citizens. Ms. Hoffler has served on the boards of The Pine School (Stuart, Florida), Georgetown University Law Alumni Board (Washington, DC), Planned Parenthood of South Florida (West Palm Beach, Florida) and Women in Philanthropy (Stuart, Florida - founding member). She is also a very active member of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) and hosts an informal shadowing program for lawyers throughout Georgia who she mentors. Recently rated a “Super Lawyer” in 2022, Hoffler also received the Randolph W. Thrower Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Bar in 2022. Ms. Hoffler served as the 78th President of the National Bar Association in July 2020 and has made regular media appearances on television and radio both domestically and internationally. She is a weekly guest host of her own radio show on Atlanta’s WAOK with Juandolyn Stokes entitled “Law and Legal.” She has also appeared and provided legal and political commentary on CNN, ABC, Court TV, and MSNBC. She is a past Installation Speaker and Branksome Hall’s first Black Head Prefect.

Kurankye Sekyi-Otu has enjoyed a 29-year career spanning business development, marketing and executive leadership within asset management and capital markets organizations. Most recently, Kurankye was the Chief Strategy Officer and a member of the executive leadership for Polar Asset Management Partners. At Polar he was responsible for the global distribution strategy, marketing and the implementation of the firm’s strategic business initiatives. Prior to Polar, Kurankye held business development and marketing roles at other Canadian asset managers and the capital markets unit within a Canadian bank. Kurankye graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics from York University and holds the CFA and ICD.D designations. He joined the Branksome Hall Board of Governors in 2021 and is also a Board Member of the United Way Greater Toronto. Kurankye is the father of a current Branksome Hall student.

Claire is a Managing Director in Global Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets. During her tenure at RBC, Claire has also acted as a member of the RBC Capital Markets Diversity Council, Co-Chair of the Women in Capital Markets’ Return to Bay Street program and is one of the Executive Sponsors of RFuture, a program designed to support and encourage the firm’s next generation of leaders. Claire is also a current Director and former Chair of the Conn Smythe Foundation. Claire is a Branksome Hall alum, having attended Branksome from Grades 7-13, and is a parent of a current Branksome Hall student.

Christine McLean is a Portfolio Manager at Fairbank Investment Management, an investment advisory firm, founded by the former President and Co-Founder of Sprucegrove Investment Management. Christine previously held the position of Director of Research until 2020 at Sprucegrove, a private investment advisor specializing in global equities with $20 billion in assets under management for institutional investors. Christine began her investment career at Sprucegrove in 2004 as an Investment Analyst. Christine serves as a Board Member of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd and Upper Canada College's Foundation. Christine holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration specializing in Finance from the University of Richmond, Virginia. Christine is a Branksome Hall alum and the mother of students at Branksome Hall, Upper Canada College and Royal St. George's College.