Michael joined Accenture's Canadian leadership team as Managing Director, Management Consulting Services in December of 2007. He has geographic responsibility for the development of the company's management consulting capabilities. Mr. Denham brings more than 20 years of international business consulting and strategic leadership experience to Accenture's growing Canadian management consulting practice. Prior to joining Accenture, Michael was a partner at an international management consulting firm with direct responsibility for both the North American Manufacturing as well as the Metals and Mining practice areas. Michael then served as chief strategy officer for Bombardier Inc. Most recently, he was the president of the Business Process Services operating group at a technology solutions company.

Linda Hasenfratz was named Chief Executive Officer of Linamar Corporation on August 12, 2002. From April 1999 to August 2002 she was President of Linamar Corporation. Ms. Hasenfratz joined Linamar Corporation in July 1990 and embarked on an extensive training program to gain familiarity with all aspects of the business. Positions held in the Corporation range from Machine Operator all the way up to General Manager of the company’s Vehcom Manufacturing and Comtech Manufacturing Ltd. Divisions.

Ms. Hasenfratz completed her Executive MBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in June 1997. In addition, she holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the same institution. The analytical and strategic planning skills gained during the MBA program in combination with practical skills gained at Linamar are key factors in Ms. Hasenfratz’ executive development.

She is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Royal Ontario Museum, a Director of the CIBC Board of Directors, Co-Chair for the North American Competitive Council and Vice-Chairman for the Original Equipment Manufacturers Association Board of Directors.

Since Ms. Hasenfratz assumed corporate level responsibilities, Linamar sales have grown from $800 million to more than $2.2 billion. Linamar designs, develops and manufactures precision machined components, modules and systems for engine, transmission and chassis systems primarily for the North American and European automotive marketplace. The company’s industrial division is a world leader in aerial lift platform products. Linamar has over 11,000 employees in 37 manufacturing locations, five research and development centers and nine sales offices in Canada, United States, Mexico, Germany, Hungary, China, Korea and Japan.

Jayson Myers is the President of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, Canada’s largest industry and trade association. He is also the Chair of the Canadian Manufacturing Coalition, a coalition of over 30 industry associations that have come together to speak with a common voice on priority issues for Canada’s Manufacturing sector.

Mr. Myers is a well-known economic commentator, and is widely published in the fields of Canadian and international economics, technological and industrial change. As CME’s Chief Economist, he led the association’s Manufacturing 20/20 initiative, the largest cross-country consultation ever convened by Canada’s business community on the future of manufacturing in Canada. He has been recognized by consulting firm Watson Wyatt as the most accurate economic forecaster in Canada.

Mr. Myers sits on special advisory councils to the Minister for International Trade, the Minister of Industry, and the Canadian Border Services Agency. He is co-chair of the Work & Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning. He is also Vice Chair of both the Ontario Manufacturing Council and the Great Lakes Manufacturing Council.

Mr. Myers studied at Queen's University, Kingston and the University of British Columbia in Canada, and at the London School of Economics and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He has held appointments as a research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and a lecturer in international studies at Warwick University, also in the U.K. He is a consultant on Canadian and international business affairs for Oxford Analytica, an international consulting group based at Oxford University.

As Senior Vice-President, North American Natural Gas, Kathy Sendall is responsible for the company’s Western Canada and U.S. Rockies region production and North American exploration. She is responsible for ensuring that a high degree of alignment and focus is brought to Petro-Canada’s corporate-wide upstream assets and capability development.

Kathy first joined Petro-Canada in 1978 and, after spending two years working with Nova Gas Transmission, rejoined the company as an Engineering Supervisor. Over the years, she held various management positions within Petro-Canada. From 1996 to 2002, she held the positions of Vice-President, Engineering and Technology and Vice-President, Western Canada Development and Operations, responsible for the Western Canada natural gas business and conventional oil properties. She assumed her current role in 2002.

Kathy graduated from Queen’s University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering, and attended the Ivey Executive Program at the Ivey School of Business in 1990.

She is Immediate Past President and Director of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Director of the Canadian Centre for Energy Information, a Director of the Canadian Council of Academies, and a Director of Calgary Opera. Ms. Sendall is a Governor of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), and in March 2006, Ms. Sendall became the first woman to be named Chair of CAPP. She sits on the Board of Governors of the University of Calgary and is Past President of the Calgary Chapter of the International Women’s Forum.

Kathy has been honoured with many awards over the years including YWCA Women of Distinction Award (1998) an honourary Bachelor of Applied Industrial Ecology degree from Mount Royal College (2002), one of Canada’s 50 Most Powerful Women awarded by the National Post and was twice named one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People by Alberta Venture. She was awarded the Summit Award for Community Service from the Association of Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta in 2004 and was awarded the Canadian Engineering Leader Award in 2005. She has been named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women in the Corporate Executive category, receiving the 2006 Top 100 Award for the fourth consecutive year. In early 2006, Ms. Sendall was one of 50 women to receive the Key Women in Energy – Global Award. She was also honoured with the esteemed Champion of the Schulich School of Engineering award in May 2006. In October 2006, Kathy was awarded the Johnson Award from Queen’s University. Kathy was also named the December 2006 Woman of Vision by Global TV.

Annette Verschuren is division president of The Home Depot’s Canadian operations, and also oversees The Home Depot’s operations in China. She joined the Company in 1996 and has overseen the rapid expansion of The Home Depot Canada and is responsible for the Company’s leadership position in the home improvement retail industry.

Annette began her career as a development officer with the Cape Breton Development Corporation (coal mining) in Sydney, Nova Scotia. She went on to work with Canada Development Investment Corporation as executive vice president privatizing various crown corporations. She then joined Imasco Ltd. (Canadian holding company) as vice president of Corporate Development. Prior to joining The Home Depot, Annette was president and co-owner of Michael’s of Canada (arts & crafts stores) from 1993 to 1996.

She has been honoured with a doctorate from both Mount Saint Vincent University and St. Francis Xavier University, and was recently honoured as Wilfred Laurier University’s 2006 Outstanding Business Leader. In 2005 Annette was awarded with Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year by the Retail Council of Canada. A native of North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Annette was recently appointed to the newly created North American Competitiveness Council (NACC) as part of the Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) by Prime Minister Harper. Annette also serves as Chancellor of Cape Breton University, and she is currently on the board of Canadian Council of Chief Executives, chair of Habitat for Humanity’s National President’s Council and is spearheading the Corporate Council on Volunteerism.

Annette holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.