Advisory Board
Zafer Achi
Director, McKinsey & Company
J. Edward Brockhouse
Founder, Brockhouse and Cooper
Robert Chambers
Research Associate, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Dato' Ir. Lee Yee Cheong
Past President, World Federation of Engineering Organisations
Rupert Duchesne
President and CEO, Aeroplan
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Past Director, Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme
David Johnston
Governor General of Canada
Donald Johnston
Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Vernon Lobo
Managing Director, Mosaic Venture Partners
Maureen O誰eil
President, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Dr. James Orbinski
Past President, Médecins Sans Frontières
Patrick Pichette
Chief Financial Officer, Google Inc.
Betty Plewes
Past CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
John Ralston Saul
Essayist and Novelist
Scott Rutherford
Management Consultant, previously McKinsey & Company
Ian Smillie
International Development Consultant and Author
Frances Stewart
Director, Development Studies, Oxford University
Zafer Achi: Director, McKinsey & Company
Zafer Achi is the Senior Director of McKinsey & Company's Montreal Office. Prior to arriving in Montreal, Mr. Achi worked in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, where he advised members of the private and public sectors about the challenges of competing in the new global economy. During this time he witnessed the devastating impact of the Asian financial crisis on the lives of average Indonesians, increasing his understanding of the vulnerability of developing world populations. Mr. Achi joined EWB excited at the prospect of applying his years of experience building high-performing organisations to EWB's development.
He graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Paris. He also received his SM in Management, majoring in Industrial Dynamics and Finance, from MIT's Sloan School of Management.
J. Edward Brockhouse: Founder, Brockhouse and Cooper
Edward Brockhouse, along with Richard L. Cooper, founded Brockhouse Cooper, an international investment broking and consulting firm, in 1970. For over 20 years he managed the firm's medium and long-term strategic planning effort and coordinated the consulting and securities trading operations.
Mr. Brockhouse served for Britain in the Royal Marine Commandos as a commissioned officer in the Parachute Regiment. He emigrated to Canada in 1959 and later received his Bachelor's in Commerce from McGill University.
Mr. Brockhouse shares EWB's passion for development and engineering, and is an advisor as well as a proud donor.
Robert Chambers: Research Associate, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Known as the forefather of participatory approaches, Robert Chambers is a Research Associate in the Participation Group at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. His current areas of interest include participatory methodologies, institutional learning and change, and knowledge in development-themes explored in his many published works including Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last, Participatory Workshops and Ideas for Development.
Robert Chambers attended the EWB 2006 National Conference in Ottawa where he urged EWB members to help Canada become a model global citizen-"the most pro-poor country in the world"-by reexamining their perceptions of the world. His talk and participation throughout the three day conference helped many delegates further their understanding of participatory approaches and the roles of local communities in development.
Dato' Ir. Lee Yee Cheong: Past President, World Federation of Engineering Organisations
Lee Yee Cheong has had a distinguished career in the private and public sector. A tireless promoter of development, he was President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations and is co-chair of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Science, Technology and Innovation.
Mr. Cheong, an Electrical Engineer, began his career with the National Electricity Board in Malaysia, after which he became Managing Director of a number of multi-national firms based in Southeast Asia.
He has been active in a half-dozen professional engineering institutions, fulfilling various roles such as Chairman of the Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC) and the first Secretary-General of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM). He is an Honorary Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation, the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK), the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the Institution of Engineers (Australia).
Recently, he was conferred as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia and has received a number of Malaysian state awards for his service to engineering.
Rupert Duchesne: President and CEO, Aeroplan
After earning a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacology from the University of Leeds, England and an MBA from the University of Manchester, Rupert Duchesne served as co-owner of LCB Consultants of London, England. The international firm Mercer Management Consultants bought his company in 1994 and appointed Rupert a Vice-President.
In 1996, Rupert joined Air Canada as Vice-President, Marketing, and was promoted to Senior Vice-President, International in 1999. During that year, he was appointed Chief Integration Executive, overseeing the integration of Canadian Airlines with Air Canada. Mr. Duchesne was appointed President of Aeroplan in August 2000.
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr: Past Director, Human Development Report, UNDP
For 20 years, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, an economist and social scientist, has focused her work on the politics of development and operational programs, most specifically while working in Africa as an agricultural economist for the World Bank and the UNDP. She is a graduate of Cambridge University, the University of Sussex, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
As the Director of the United Nations Human Development Office for a decade, Mrs. Fukuda-Parr was chief author of many reports, including the 2000 Human Development Report on Human Rights, the 1999 Report on Globalization, 1998 Report on Consumption, 1997 Report on Human Poverty and the 1996 Report on Economic Growth.
David Johnston: President, University of Waterloo
David Johnston is a representative of one of the most technologically advanced universities in Canada, specifically with regard to its engineering and co-op programs.
The majority of Dr. Johnston's career has been in academia, starting in 1966 as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen's University and later at the University of Toronto. In 1974, Dr. Johnston became Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario and was named Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University in 1979. In 1999, Dr. Johnston became the fifth President of the University of Waterloo.
Dr. Johnston holds twelve honorary degrees from various universities and has written numerous books including Getting Canada Online: Understanding the Information Highway and Communication Law in Canada.
Donald Johnston: Secretary-General, OECD
Donald Johnston was a Member of Parliament from 1978-1988. He served in Cabinet, first as President of the Treasury Board and then as Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development and Attorney General of Canada.
In 1990, Mr. Johnston won the seat of President of the Liberal Party of Canada and held that position during the Liberal victory in the 1993 election.
Mr. Johnston has been with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development since 1996 as the Secretary-General. He studied Arts and Law at McGill University and graduated from law as the Gold Medalist in 1958. He taught fiscal law at McGill and has written many articles on taxation, law and public affairs, as well as several books including China in the World Economy: The Domestic Policy Changes.
Vernon Lobo: Managing Director, Mosaic Venture Partners
Vernon Lobo is the Managing Director of Mosaic Venture Partners, a private venture capital fund.
Through his investment career, he has raised over $600 million of capital, executed IPOs in 3 different countries, and built several companies from start up to valuations in excess of $100 million.
Vernon currently serves on the boards of several public and private companies. He holds a BASc from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.
Maureen O誰eil: President, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Maureen O誰eil is President of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Previous positions include President of the International Development Research Centre, Interim President of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, President of the North-South Institute, and Deputy Minister of Citizenship for the Government of Ontario.
Ms. O誰eil is Chair, of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute for Environment and Development , a member of the Board of World University Service of Canada, a member of the Board of International Institute for Sustainable Development, Chair of the International Advisory Group, Think Tank Initiative (IDRC and Hewlett Foundation) a member of the Leadership Council, School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University, a member of the International Board of Governors of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and chair of the Advisory Council on Corporate Social Responsibility of Canada痴 Export Development Corporation. She is also a Fellow of the School of Policy Studies of Queen痴 University. She has been a member and/or Chair of numerous Boards, including: Chair and member of the Board of Governors of Carleton University. She has also represented Canada on the UN Commission on the Status of Women and on OECD committees, and has been a member of the UN Committee for Development Planning and the Board of the UN Research Institute for Social Development.
Ms. O誰eil has a BA in Sociology from Carleton University and Honorary LLDs from Wilfrid Laurier University, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa.
Dr. James Orbinski: Past President, Médecins Sans Frontières
Dr. James Orbinski is best known for his courageous advocacy work as President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders International (1998-2001). A veteran of many of the world's most disturbing and complex humanitarian emergencies, he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of MSF in 1999. Prior to his position as President, Dr. Orbinski worked with MSF in a number of emergency settings. He was head of the mission in Goma, Zaire in the fall of 1996 responding to the refugee crisis and head of the mission in Kigali during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
These days, Dr. Orbinski is focusing on access to essential medicines as a critical global health issue, especially urgent for the world's poor. He is also writing about humanitarian and global health issues while at Massey College and the University of Toronto Munk Centre For International Studies.
Patrick Pichette - Chief Financial Officer, Google Inc.
Patrick Pichette is Chief Financial Officer at Google Inc. in Mountain View, California. Prior to joining Google, he was President of Operations at Bell Canada. Formerly a Partner at McKinsey & Company's Montreal office, Patrick was a lead member of the company's North American Telecom Practice, as well as its Global Pulp and Paper Practice.
Patrick earned a BA in Business Administration from Université du Québec à Montréal and an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University where he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He sits on a number of boards, including EWB and The Trudeau Foundation.
Betty Plewes: Past CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation
Betty Plewes spent most of her career working in the voluntary sector. After working as a cooperant in a number of African countries, she filled various senior management roles at CUSO. For nearly a decade she was President and CEO of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation. She was also a founding member of the Voluntary Sector Roundtable, a group of organisations that came together in 1995 to strengthen the voice of Canada's voluntary sector to influence the government.
Currently she is working as a consultant for non-profit organisations. She is also a member of the Canadian Crossroads International Board and on the Advisory Committee of the Coady International Institute.
She has a BA from the University of Western Ontario and an MA in Anthropology from McGill.
John Ralston Saul: Essayist and Novelist
With his latest book, The Collapse of Globalism And the Reinvention of the World, John Ralston Saul continues to impact political economic thought throughout the world. In 1996, he won the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction and the Gordon Montador Award for the Best Canadian Non-Fiction Book on Social Issues for his work The Unconscious Civilization. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Apart from writing, he worked as Special Assistant and Policy Advisor to the Founding Chairman of Petro-Canada from 1976-1979. He also served as Secretary, Vice-President and President of the Canadian Centre of International PEN, and as the founder of Le Français pour l'Avenir/ French for the Future, an organisation that encourages communication between students in French immersion programs.
Ian Smillie: International Development Consultant and Author
In 2004, Ian Smillie was awarded the Order of Canada for his contribution to development and social justice. He has over 30 years of development experience as the co-Founder and Director of the Canadian non-governmental organisation, Inter Pares, which develops and implements international advocacy strategies for multilateral organisations and the Canadian government, among others.
Mr. Smillie was the Director of Canadian University Service Overseas (CUSO) and has worked as a consultant to both governmental and non-governmental organisations for the past 15 years.
Mr. Smillie has written a dozen books on a wide range of development topics including appropriate technology. His works include Master the Machine: A Study of Poverty, Aid and Technology, The Alms Bazaar: Altruism Under Fire and Non Profit Organizations and International Development.
Frances Stewart: Director of Development Studies, Oxford University
An expert and leader of the appropriate technology movement, Professor Frances Stewart is the author or editor of a number of the seminal works in the field including: Technology and Underdevelopment, International Technology Transfer: Issues and Policy Options, The AT reader: Theory and Practice of Appropriate Technology, Basic Needs in Developing Countries, The Economics of New Technologies in Developing Countries, Macro Policies for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries and The Other Policy: The Influence of Policies on Technology Choice and Small Enterprise Development.
Currently she is the Director of Oxford's prestigious Development Studies Program and sits on many international development boards.
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