Meet QSB's New Advisory Board members

Karyn Brooks, BCom’76,Karyn Brooks, BCom’76, is Senior Vice-President and Controller of Bell Canada Enterprises, Canada’s largest telecommunications company. In this role, she is responsible for external reporting, business unit controllership, internal controls, accounting services and revenue assurance. Prior to joining Bell in 2003, Karyn held senior financial positions in the pipeline industry.
Karyn is a board member of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council and the Canadian Performance Reporting Board, and a member of the IASB’s IFRS Advisory Council and IFAC’s Professional Accountants in Business Committee. She is a member and past Chair of the Board of Directors of FEI (Canada) and sits on the Board of Trustees at Queen’s University, where she serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee.

Jerry del Missier, BSc(Eng)'85, MBA’87,Jerry del Missier, BSc(Eng)'85, MBA’87, is Co-Chief Executive Barclay’s Capital and Co-Chief Executive, Corporate & Investment Banking, responsible for the firm’s global markets businesses that encompass the trading, sales and research functions globally. He is a member of the Barclays Investment Banking and Investment Management Executive Committee and Barclays Capital’s Executive and Operating Committees.

Jerry joined Barclays in 1997 from Bankers Trust in London where he had been a Senior Managing Director of Derivatives Products. He currently serves on the board of SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association), as well as on the Queen’s Board of Trustees and the UK Advisory Board of the charity ‘Room to Read’. He is also the Campaign Chair of QSB’s forthcoming fundraising campaign.

Lisanne Hill, BCom’80Lisanne Hill, BCom’80, is President of Contor Industries Ltd., a Toronto based firm providing private equity financing and management solutions to the Canadian and American mid-market. Since 1984, Contor has acquired over 40 different businesses with annual sales ranging from $5 million to $450 million, with operations in 11 different countries. Prior to joining Contor, she worked at Ernst & Young.

Lisanne serves as a director on a number of private company boards and also contributes to a range of community organizations.

Rob Sobey, BAH’88Rob Sobey, BAH’88, President and CEO of Lawtons Drugs, has worked in retailing for 30 years. Also a Babson MBA grad, Rob is a member of numerous boards and committees, including the North American Acquisitions Committee for the Tate Museum in London, UK, and Queen’s Board of Trustees. He is the incoming Board Chairman of NSCAD University in Halifax and a long-standing member of the Sobey Art Foundation. Rob is Chairman of the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s most prestigious award for the visual arts.
For the last four years he has been selected as a Top 50 CEO for Atlantic Canada and in 2009 was chosen CEO of the Year for the region.

Bill Thomas Bill Thomas is CEO and Senior Partner at KPMG LLP (Canada), providing leadership and direction for the firm’s business across Canada. After graduating with a BSc from UBC in 1989, he joined KPMG in Vancouver and attained his CA designation in 1992. He later served as Office Managing Partner for the firm’s Greater Vancouver practice and was a recipient of Business in Vancouver’s Forty under 40 award.

Bill relocated to Toronto in 2007 to serve as KPMG’s Deputy CEO, and was appointed CEO and Senior Partner in 2009. He is a member of KPMG’s Americas Board and its Global Executive Team. Active in the community, Bill currently serves on the Board of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade and the Canadian Council for Chief Executives.

Mary Ann Turcke, BSc(Eng)’88,MBA’97Mary Ann Turcke, BSc(Eng)’88,MBA’97, is Executive Vice-President, Field Services at Bell Canada. She began her career in the construction industry at Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation, working on road and bridge construction and attained her Masters in Engineering from U of T. She has worked as a consultant at A.T. Kearney Management Consultants, VP Operations and General Manager (Canada) for US firm Internet Pictures Corporation, prior to holding various executive operations roles in small start-up companies before joining Bell.
In 2009, Mary Ann was added to the Women’s Executive Network’s list of Canada’s Most Powerful Women, Top 100™ for her accomplishments in her management role, vision and leadership, corporate performance and community service.