Jim Sullivan is a litigation Partner with expertise in environmental law and class actions. He is lead litigation counsel in the Firm’s Environmental Group in Vancouver. Since 2001, the Environmental Group has received the top ranking in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Blakes is the only firm to receive such a ranking 10 years in […]
Laura Cooper is Vice-Chair of Fasken Martineau’s Ontario Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the Class Actions Practice Group. Laura is an experienced commercial litigator with extensive experience in class actions. She has represented clients in numerous class actions in the areas of competition, securities, product liability, mass torts and employment. Laura’s practice in commercial litigation […]
Dr. Rogers is a Senior Research Scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at University of Victoria. A graduate of UBC and the University of Hawaii, Dr. Rogers is the leading authority on Canada’s west coast earthquakes. He currently serves on the National […]
Keith Porter is an Associate Research Professor in Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Principal of the international consulting company SPA Risk LLC. He received degrees in civil and structural engineering from UC Davis (BS 1987), UC Berkeley (MEng 1990), and Stanford University (PhD 2000). He is a […]
Josh Feinman is the Global Chief Economist and Managing Director of DB Advisors of Deutsche Bank, where he provides timely analysis of global macroeconomic trends and their implications for financial markets to key portfolio managers and clients around the world. He writes and edits a series of publications on global economic and financial market issues […]
US Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, both George Bushes…Rich Little has an impression of each of them. Infamous for his skewing of political figures, Little has charmed, amused, annoyed, and lampooned politicians from here to his native Canada. He entertained at the Reagan inaugurals […]
Jack Dugan is Vice President and North America Insurance Leader for Capgemini’s Financial Services where he has P&L responsibility for one of our fastest growing practices. Over the past 24 years, Jack has worked on major transformation programs with leading financial services companies such as Progressive, CNA and Assurant. His expertise includes technology-enabled business transformation, […]
Jamie is a member of the S&D Global Insurance Team concentrating on the P&C industry and joined the Team in the Summer of 2008. The Global Insurance Team is responsible for IBM’s activities with insurance customers worldwide. We communicate IBM’s point of view on industry trends and issues, develop solutions for insurance business problems using […]
Robert Merizzi is Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, Business Systems Transformation with Aviva Canada Inc. Robert joins us from Sun Life Financial where he held the position of Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence with accountability for building global-operational programs that deliver cost effective business processes. Prior to Sun Life, he was Senior Executive […]
Mr. Maciag has developed a broad knowledge and understanding of the role technology plays in the global insurance marketplace today. He joined ACORD in 1977 and served in various roles including Vice President of Automation, Corporate Secretary & Treasurer and Executive Vice President prior to being appointed President in 1994. Mr. Maciag led the expansion […]