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Our Board

For the Community,
by the Community.

Meet the Black Opportunity Fund Board of Directors, a passionate and talented group of leaders.

Black Opportunity Fund

Board Chair

Ray Williams

Board Member Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Investment Committee Chair

Dennis Mitchell

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer Starlight Capital

Communications & Marketing Committee Chair

Charmain Emerson

Senior Executive Counsel Cultured Communications

Director

Rustum Southwell

Chancellor of Dalhousie University, Chair of the FACE Coalition Black Business Initiative

Health Working Group Co-Chair

Dr. Ato Sekyi-Otu

Orthopaedic Surgeon William Osler Health System

Governance & Nominations Committee Chair

Charmaine Crooks, CM, BA, OLY,

President NGU Consultants Inc.

Grants Committee Chair, and Education Working Group Chair

Eleanor McIntosh

Superintendent of Education Halton District School Board

Health Working Group Co-Chair

Dr. Bukola Salami

Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, and Director of the Intersections of Gender Signature Area, Office of the Vice President Research and Innovation University of Alberta

Government Relations Committee Chair

Chima Nkemdirim

Principal Rishi Nolan Strategies

Finance & Audit Committee Chair

Dr. Francois De Paul Nkombou, CPA Auditeur, CA, CRMA, PhD

CEO, Diaspo Finance Canada, Director, Treasurer and Chair – Audit Committee, Housing Office of the City of Laval, Quebec Diaspo Finance Canada

Community Outreach Committee Co-Chair

Fiona O’Brien

Category Lead Sparkling   Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited

Vice Chair

Gouro Sall Diagne, CPA, CIA

Senior Executive Governance, risks and data, Board member MIGAN inc.

Vice Chair

Bukkie Adewuyi, CPA, CGA

VP, Internal Audit and Risk Advisory Aritzia

Director

Emmanuel Tackie

Executive Director of Innovation and eHealth Department of Health, Government of New Brunswick

Director

D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika

Chair LearningCITY Collective

Director

Sandra Rosier

Founder and Principal Rosier Consulting Inc

Director

Petros Kusmu

Founder & CEO Alpine Vistas Capital

Director

Earl Davis

Head of Fixed Income and Money Markets  BMO Global Asset Management
Resources and Counsel

Corporate Secretary

Juron Grant-Kinnear

Assistant Corporate Secretary & Lead, Legal Services, Enterprise Legal BMO Financial Group
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