Steve's board and committee work includes having served for almost 10 years with two Canadian Federal Crown Corporations, most recently as Chair of the Governance, Risk and Strategy Committee of VIA Rail Canada Inc., Canada's national passenger railway service, and also on the board of the Standards Council of Canada. Steve served from 2011-2022 as a member of the CSA Technical Committee /harmonized Mirror Committee to ISO/TC 262 Risk Management. He is principal consultant at Directors Global Risk Consulting Inc. providing guidance to boards and C-Suite executives on risk matters. Previously he held CEO and other leadership positions with two of Canada’s largest insurance firms, and in 2018 merged the company he founded with a leading Canadian brokerage.Steve is an instructor of Enterprise Risk Management and Board Risk Oversight to students enrolled at York University in the MFAC (Masters in Financial Accountability) curriculum. He teaches to students in the GPC (Governance Professionals Canada) Education program and has provided instruction to hundreds of directors in the ICD (Institute of Corporate Directors) ICD.D DEP Program across Canada.He has led teams in various charity initiatives including funding for 24,000 people receiving water in Africa.
Listed skills include Risk Management, Commercial Insurance, Enterprise Risk Management, Leadership, and 25 others.