Item - 2022.CC42.4

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on April 6, 2022 without amendments.

CC42.4 - Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on April 6 and 7, 2022 adopted the following:

 

1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Hydro Board, at pleasure of Council,  for a term of office ending April 8, 2024, and until successors are appointed:

 

- David McFadden, as Chair

- Michael Eubanks

- James Hinds

- Michael Nobrega

- Mary Ellen Richardson

- Annie Ropar

- Howard Wetston

- Heather Zordel
 

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (March 10, 2022) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.

 

Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (March 10, 2022) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about an identifiable individual being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.

City Council Decision Advice and Other Information

Appointees' biographies:

 

Michael Eubanks

 

Michael is the Chief Information Officer of goeasy Ltd. having joined in 2020. Prior to goeasy, Michael was the Chief Information Officer at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) and the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS).Michael is a graduate of York University, ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program and has held numerous Board roles in the past, and currently serves as a Director on the Board of Toronto Hydro Corporation, the University of Waterloo and the innovation hub Communitech.

 

James Hinds

 

I am a resident of Toronto and a customer of Toronto Hydro and have been involved in various agencies and companies in the Ontario electricity business from 2005 until 2018. Electricity is a vital service to our city and our society. The need for more electricity - reliable, affordable and clean - is an important part of supporting economic growth and mitigating CO2 emissions in the future.

 

David McFadden, as Chair

 

I currently serve as Chair of the Boards of Directors of Toronto Hydro Corporation, 407 International Inc., PCI Geomatics Inc., MERA Cannabis Corp. and Makwa Development Corp. I am also on the Board of Directors of Des Nedhe Management Inc. I have been Chair of the Energy Transformation Network of Ontario since 2019 and am a member of the MaRS Energy Board and the Council for Clean and Reliable Energy. I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Yonge Street Mission.

 

Michael Nobrega

 

A graduate of the University of Toronto, a professional accountant with a FCA designation and former partner of Arthur Andersen. Retired President and CEO of OMERS, former Interim CEO of the Waterfront Toronto Revitalization Corporation, former Chair of the Ontario Centre of Innovation and former panel member of three Provincial Expert Panels. Chair of the IBI Group, Chair of the Centre for the Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine and Chair of Toronto Hydro's Audit Committee.

 

Mary Ellen Richardson

 

Ms. Richardson’s corporate career in the energy sector spans 30 years. Most recently, she has held executive and operating responsibility for corporate strategic and operation planning, program design and delivery, legal and regulatory affairs, corporate communication, stakeholder engagement, and government liaison activities. She has extensive knowledge of customer energy requirements, as week as Canadian municipal energy and sustainability goals.

 

Annie Ropar

 

Annie Ropar is currently Principal of Istina Strategic Advisors Inc., her own firm dedicated to supporting businesses with improving financial operations and governance. Prior to this she held the role of CFO and CAO of Canada Infrastructure Bank, a federal Crown Corporation established to bridge private and public sector investment into infrastructure in the public interest. She was also CFO of Aequitas NEO Exchange, a new stock exchange launched in March 2015.

 

Howard Wetston

 

The Honourable Howard Wetston was appointed to the Senate of Canada in November 2016. He is a distinguished lawyer with a breadth of experience and expertise in competition law and policy, securities regulation, energy regulation and administrative law. In 2016, Mr. Wetston was awarded the Order of Canada for his significant contributions as a public servant, jurist and regulator.

 

Heather Zordel

 

Heather Zordel has been a Board member of Toronto Hydro Corporation since December 2015. She is a member of the THC Audit Committee and Chair of Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. She is a corporate-securities law partner at Gardiner Roberts LLP, Chair of the Condominium Authority of Ontario and Adjunct Professor of the Osgoode LL.M. (Securities) program. She is a former Ontario Securities Commissioner, Law Society Bencher, and LawPro insurance company board member.

Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board

Background Information (City Council)

(March 24, 2022) Decision Letter from the Corporations Nominating Panel on Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors (CC42.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-223214.pdf
(March 10, 2022) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-223215.pdf
Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 (Previously circulated under Items NC17.1 and NC18.1)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council