He has over fifteen years of commercial experience with the Virgin Group, latterly serving as CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa. He started his career with McKinsey & Co. after graduating BA Hons. from Oxford University reading Philosophy, Politics & Economics.
In parallel to his work at Time4Good, he is a member of the board of trustees at Earthplace and serves on the mayoral Green Task Force in his hometown of Westport, CT (which also recently targeted a ‘Net-Zero by 2050’ sustainability goal).
Carl is Senior Vice President of Hatch Infrastructure, responsible for strategy and business development. His responsibilities in that role include: Working with clients and project teams to achieve project expectations for cost, schedule, scope and community benefits; Assisting clients in liaising and coordinating with key project stakeholders; Business unit strategy. He was also the Water & Wastewater Practice Leader for Canada from 2005 to 2016. Carl is regularly invited to moderate and participate in expert panels on subjects such as infrastructure funding, the value of water, sustainability and urban resiliency. He has also contributed to several thought-leadership reports on water and urban sustainability. Between 2011 and 2016, Carl was the Chair of the Ontario Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure, an umbrella group of six professional organizations (MEA, MFOA, OGRA, OPWA, OWWA and WEAO) working together to promote safe and sustainable infrastructure in Ontario.
Carl has also served on the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Global Committee. As a past member of the Infrastructure Committee of the Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBoT), Carl developed policy positions and advocated for the strong infrastructure important to the Greater Toronto Area’s economic competitiveness and quality of life. He is currently a member of the Smart City Working Group jointly chaired by the City of Toronto / TRBoT and also chairs the Stakeholder & Outreach sub-group. Carl is currently a member of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s Source Water Protection Committee.
Previously: DIALOG Resilience & Security practice leader; British Royal Engineers specialist for over 25 years in fortifications and infrastructure development in various global assignments (the Americas, High Arctic, South Atlantic, Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Asia); and, Infrastructure Protection planner for the NATO estate in Afghanistan.
A Chartered Engineer, licensed in Alberta and Ontario, Alec is a Fellow, mentor and peer reviewer of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Royal Engineers. He is also International Secretary of the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists.
Other qualifications include: founding Director of the University of Toronto Centre for Resilience of Critical Infrastructure; Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers Capacity Building Panel, responsible for futuring civil engineering competencies in the 2025 international marketplace and beyond; Founding Trustee of the Explora Foundation and director of its veteran widows and orphans education charity and research not-for-profit; Author; and a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
Alexander Hay was an RSI Director from 2014 to 2019.
Mike currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kindness.org, which leverages scientific research to inspire and educate people all over the world to choose kindness. Mike’s mandate is to help: strengthen the Board of Directors; refine and spread the organization’s brand story; and double the organization’s Mezzanine funding within two years.
An outcomes-based leader, Mike currently serves as Executive Director of The House – an Agency of UJA Federation of Toronto. He is tasked with increasing the relevance of community and cultural identity in the lives of Millennials. Under his guidance since 2017, the organization has: doubled its program recruitment, participant engagement, and revenue; and secured strategic partnerships to transition community members between agencies and secure life-long involvement in community.
Mike also led the innovation initiatives for Forum Properties - researching and experimenting with processes to: increase footfall and client engagement time at retail properties; increasing value per square foot for residential tenants; and building community around commercial and residential spaces. He was also responsible for raising internal efficiencies by streamlining inter-departmental processes.
Prior to that, Mike led an innovation incubator on personal identity and community for a partnership between the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation and Federation CJA. There he honed his creative skills, running an innovation laboratory that launched more than 150 initiatives for the benefit of individuals and the community.
I have assembled a small group of leading online companies to create an interactive microsite (act4us) and will be encouraging Canadians (and their family members, friends and neighbours) to discover where they stand on climate change and how to speak with peers to encourage more action. This initiative is critical during the 2019 election year in Canada and it can serve as a pilot project for the 2020 U.S. election. June 2019 is the launch date. Sponsor and partners are encouraged to contact me to participate.
Dr. Ratcliffe is a Founding Board Member of Rethink Sustainability Initiatives, a member of Citizen’s Climate Lobby (Canada) and he is profiled on ca.linkedin.com/in/billratcliffe. Bill brings 40 years of marketing research, business management, marketing/communications experience to this initiative - along with an abiding interest in what it takes to influence human behaviour. Bill worked with Health Canada to de-normalize smoking. Now we need to de-normalize fossil fuel use.
Prior to joining Engineers Canada, she led the Canadian Urban Development & Infrastructure Sector and the Global Sustainable Cities teams at a large global consulting firm where her teams focused on the strategic integration of cutting-edge international innovation and knowledge into value-creating solutions for public and private clients. For more than 20 years, she has directed and participated in numerous projects related to urban intensification and the sustainable revitalization of communities.
A dedicated volunteer on several Boards over the years, Jeanette is a Fellow of Engineers Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a recipient of the Province of Ontario “Leading Women Building Communities Award”, and a Canada’s Clean50 2014 honouree. In 2015, she received the Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) Engineering Excellence Medal and was named one of the WXN Top 100.
Prior to joining PVH, Melanie worked at Ernst & Young as Market Leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services. There she provided her clients with assistance across a range of services including risk assessments, internal audits, strategy development, and non-financial reporting advisory and assurance. Before that, she spent 15 years in law and policy, first practicing commercial and environmental law, and then working as a Senior Policy Advisor at the international level.
Melanie lives in Toronto and attended Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, where she received a Bachelor of Laws. She also holds a Master of Laws from the University of London. Melanie sits on various boards and committees and is a regular speaker on corporate social responsibility and risk management.
Her recent work in Climate Adaptation, involves a variety of partners in the effort to make vulnerable populations in Ontario cities more resilient. She holds Master’s degrees in both Freshwater Ecology (UofT-Zoology) and business (Schulich School at York U). She is bilingual in French and English.
