Dr. Chris Bart, FCPA, FCIoD, RCC, HRCCC, C.Dir. is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Caribbean Governance Training Institute, and the Caribbean Institute of Directors. He is also the Founder of The Directors College of Canada where from its inception in 2003 to 2013, he served as its inaugural Principal and Lead Professor. Among his many qualifications, Dr. Bart is the world’s leading expert on organizational mission statements (the most widely used management tool in the world) and how companies can use them more effectively to become a “mission driven” organization.Dr. Bart has authored the 10 year Canadian business best seller, “A Tale of Two Employees and the Person Who Wanted to Lead Them” as well as the widely acclaimed publications: “20 Essential Questions Corporate Directors Should Ask About Strategy – 3rd Edition”; “20 Essential Questions Directors of Not-For-Profit Organizations Should Ask About Strategy; “Achieving the Execution Edge: 20 Essential Questions Corporate Directors Need to Get Answered About Strategy Execution”; and “The Mission Driven Hospital: Turning Noble Aspirations into Accountability and Action”. He has published over 190 articles, cases and reviews and is currently listed by SSRN (the Social Sciences Research Network) as being in the Top 10% of author downloads.Dr. Bart has received numerous awards and honours including having his CPA designation elevated to FCPA (Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants) and receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his service to Canada. Dr. Bart is listed in Canadian Who’s Who. He is currently a Board Member of Terra Firma Capital Corporation (TII.V) where he serves on the firm’s Audit Committee and chairs the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee. He is a past Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development of the United States and a former Director of St. Joseph’s Hospital, the Harshman Foundation, The Canadian Foundation for Education and Research on Finance, the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton and Eagle Precision Technologies (a former TSE listed company) where he chaired its Compensation Committee. He is also a member of the Scholarship Committee for the LGBTQ Bill 7 Award. As a governance professional, Dr Bart holds the “Risk Committee Certified (RCC)”, “Audit Committee Certified (ACC)” and the “Human Resources and Compensation Committee Certified (HRCCC)” designations.