Dr. Ather Akbari
Labour Market Economics
Dr. Ashraf Al Zaman
Household Finance and Pension Planning
Dr. Najah Attig
Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Dr. Yigit Aydede
Machine Learning & Big Data
Eleanor Beaton
Leadership
Dr. Matthew Boland
Advanced Data Analytics
Dr. Patricia Bradshaw
Non-Profit Governance
Wendy Brookhouse
Financial Advisor & Money Coach
Dr. Wendy Carroll
Workforce Strategies, Employee Silence in Organizations, Evidence-based Management
Dr. Claudia De Fuentes
Technology & Innovation
Rob Hunt
Consumer Insolvency - Grant Thornton Limited
Dr. Rahman Khokhar
Empirical Corporate Finance
Roger King
Franchising and specialty retail
Dr. Margaret McKee
Organizational governance, Responsible leadership, Business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Karen Miner
Humanistic governance and management, social economy and cooperative perspective, sustainable development goals
Karn Nichols
Talent Recruitment & Management and Mental Health
Dr. Sonja Novkovic
Cooperative economics and governance, economic participation, sustainability indicators from the cooperative perspective
Dr. Christine Panasian
FinTech and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) criteria for Responsible Investing
Dr. Ethan Pancer
Marketing Management & Consumer Behaviour
Dr. Mohammad Rahaman
Syndicated Loans, Corporate Restructuring, and International Competitiveness
Dr. Majid Tajhavi
Stochastic Optimization & Data Analytics
Dr. Ramesh Venkat
Marketing & Retail
Dr. Hai Wang
Advanced Data Analytics, SME (big data and knowledge management solutions)
Dr. Michael Zhang
Mental Health, Supply Chain Disruption, Advanced Data Analytics
Ian D. Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater Seafoods. Mr. Smith joined Clearwater in May 2010 and has over 33 years of international experience in the food and consumer products industry. Prior to joining Clearwater, Mr. Smith held senior leadership positions at the Campbell Soup Company within Canada, the United States and China. Prior to his time at Campbell’s, Mr. Smith held various marketing, sales and international business development positions with Allergan, Colgate-Palmolive and the Gillette Company.
Mr. Smith currently participates as a director on a number of boards and advisory councils focused on international trade and public policy including; The Business Council of Canada and the Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council of the Asia Pacific Foundation. He is a graduate of McGill University (BA Economics, MBA), a former Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve and currently serves as Honorary Colonel of 36 Canadian Engineer Regiment located in the Province of Nova Scotia.
Wendy Luther Proud Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University. EMBA’08
Wendy Luther is a leader in economic and export development, with vast experience promoting Nova Scotia and its assets globally. Halifax Partnership is Halifax’s public-private economic development
organization. Wendy joined as President & CEO in 2019. In 2023, Halifax
Partnership was honoured with four Excellence in Economic Development
Awards from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
including Gold for Economic Development Organization of the Year. Prior to joining Halifax Partnership, Wendy was President & CEO of EduNova, a co-operative association of public and private-sector education providers committed to promoting Nova Scotia’s knowledge economy internationally. Under her leadership, EduNova was honoured with the prestigious international PIEoneer Association of the Year Award in 2017. Earlier in her career, Wendy worked in export development with the Atlantic Canada World Trade Centre and Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) where she led trade missions to over twenty countries and has mentored and advised hundreds of Nova Scotian exporters on how to be competitive in international markets. At NSBI, through her role as Nova Scotia’s first Private Sector Liaison Officer (PSLO), she was appointed by the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank to connect entrepreneurs and institutions to opportunities funded by International Financial Institutions. Wendy has served on and led numerous boards and committees including advisory boards for two private sector companies (Canada and U.S. based). Currently, Wendy serves on the Board of Directors and the Management Resources and Compensation Committee of Canadian-owned LED Roadway Lighting; the Board of Directors and as Vice Chair of the Governance Committee of Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization focused on increasing Canada’s innovation competitiveness; and is Membership Chair on the Executive Committee of the International Women's Forum (IWF) Atlantic Chapter. Born in Vancouver, Wendy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of British Columbia, and an MBA from Saint Mary’s University. She holds a Certified International Trade Professional designation (CITP) and is an alumna of the Caribbean Canada Emerging Leaders Dialogue and Royal Canadian Navy Canadian Leaders at Sea (CLaS) Program. In November 2023, she attained her ICD.D designation through the Institute of Corporate Directors, Director Education Program and is really geeking out on governance! In March 2023 Wendy was honoured with Atlantic Canada's 25 Most Powerful Women in Business award.
