Our Board

For the Community,
by the Community.

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

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Director

Bukkie Adewuyi

VP, Internal Audit and Risk Advisory Aritzia

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Communications & Marketing Committee Chair

Charmain Emerson

Senior Executive Counsel Cultured Communications

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Governance & Nominations Committee Chair

Charmaine Crooks, CM, BA, OLY

President NGU Consultants Inc.

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Government Relations Committee Chair

Chima Nkemdirim

Principal Rishi Nolan Strategies

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Director

D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika

Executive Director Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council (CRIEC)

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Investment Committee Chair

Dennis Mitchell

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer Starlight Capital

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Health Working Group Co-Chair

Dr. Ato Sekyi-Otu

Orthopaedic Surgeon William Osler Health System

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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

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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

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Director

Earl Davis

Head of Fixed Income and Money Markets BMO Global Asset Management

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Grants Committee Chair, and Education Working Group Chair

Eleanor McIntosh

Superintendent of Education Halton District School Board

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Director

Emmanuel Tackie

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

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Community Outreach Committee Co-Chair

Fiona O’Brien

Category Lead Sparkling  Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited

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Director

Gouro Sall Diagne

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

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Director

Petros Kusmu

Founder & CEO Alpine Vistas Capital

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Board Chair

Ray Williams

Board Member Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

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Rustum Southwell

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

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Director

Sandra Rosier

Founder and Principal Rosier Consulting Inc

Code of Ethics
and Values

View the Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy for Directors
of the Board of Black Opportunity Fund (BOF)

BOF Additional Information