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Past Speakers

In recent years, amongst our Guests of Honour/speakers, we have been pleased to welcome:

Political - United States
William Jefferson Clinton 42nd President of the United States 2005
 
Political - Canadian
The Hon James Flaherty P.C. M.P. Canadian Finance Minister 2007
The Hon Iris Evans Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry for Alberta 2007
The Rt Hon Stephen Harper M.P. Prime Minister of Canada 2006
The Hon James Flaherty P.C. M.P. Canadian Finance Minister 2006
Dwight Duncan Ontario Finance Minister 2006
Hon Gordon Campbell Premier of British Columbia 2006
Hon Peter G. Mackay Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006
Mel Cappe Canadian High Commissioner to the UK 2006
Kim Campbell Former Prime Minister of Canada 2005
 
The Rt Hon Jean Chrétien Prime Minister of Canada
The Hon Herb Gray Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
The Hon Sergio Marchi Minister for International Trade
H E The Hon Roy MacLaren, PC Canadian High Commissioner to the UK & Ireland
The Hon Michael Harris Premier of Ontario
The Hon Russell MacLellan Premier of Nova Scotia
The Hon Ernie Eves Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Ontario
Preston Manning Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada
The Hon Pierre Pettigrew Minister for International Trade
The Hon Jon Havelock Minister for Economic Development, Alberta
The Hon Paul Martin Minister of Finance
The Hon John McCallum Secretary of State, International Financial Institutions
The Hon Jean Charest Premier of Quebec
 
Company/Organisation Chairmen and CEOs
David Dodge Bank of Canada 2007
Clive Mather President & CEO Shell Canada 2007
Gord Nixon President & CEO Royal Bank of Canada 2006
David Dodge Bank of Canada 2005
 
Rod Eddington British Airways
Digby Jones Confederation of British Industry
Peter Godsoe Bank of Nova Scotia
Martin Broughton British American Tobacco
Tom d'Aquino Business Council on National Issues
David McLean Canadian National Railways
David O'Brien Canadian Pacific
John Cleghorn Royal Bank of Canada
Dr Conrad Strauss Standard Bank of South Africa
Sir Neil Shaw Tate & Lyle plc
Colin Parsons Taylor Woodrow plc
Bill Dalton HSBC Bank plc
Mervyn King Deputy Governor, Bank of England
Mary Keegan Chair of the British Accounting Standards
Paul Cherry Chair of the Canadian Accounting Standards
Mike Darch Ottawa Global Marketing
Robert Brown Bombardier Inc
 
Government - UK and EU
Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, PC UK Sec of State for Culture, Media & Sport 2007
Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office 2007
Rt Hon Tony Blair MP British Prime Minister 2006
Peter Mandelson European Commissioner for External Trade 2006
Rt Hon Alan Johnson UK Secretary of State for Trade & Industry 2006
 
Sir Leon Brittan Vice-President, European Commission
Sir Howard Davies Chairman, Financial Services Authority
Andrew Fraser CEO, Invest in Britain Bureau
John Bridgeman Director General of the Office of Fair Trading
Dr DeAnne Julius Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
Sir Anthony Goodenough KCMG British High Commissioner to Canada
Elizabeth France Data Protection Commissioner
The Rt Hon Michael Heseltine
The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, MP Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Minister for Women
 
Academic/Literature/Broadcasting/Cultural, etc
Kate Fox Author 2006
Clive Powell-Williams Author
Dr Michael Ignatieff independent writer/broadcaster
Dave "Kid" Jensen Broadcaster (Heart FM) and Formula 3000 team owner
Richard Gallagher Actor and Author
Patrick Flynn Cirque du Soleil
Robert Mundell Professor of Economics, Nobel Prize Winner
Mary Lawson Author
Dr. Paul Davenport President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario

Charter Members

Air Canada Alberta UK Bank of Montreal Canadian High Commission
Canary Wharf Group CIBC World Markets Dadco Group Ernest & Young
Fairmont & Raffles Hotels & Resorts Fasken Martineau Stringer Saul LLP HSBC Bank Plc McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Ontario Petro-Canada Royal Bank of Canada
Scotia Capital Toronto-Dominion Bank