Executive Team

		Anne Golden President and CEO

Anne Golden, Ph.D., C.M., has been President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada since October 2001. Previous to that, Dr. Golden served as President of The United Way of Greater Toronto for 14 years. She has gained national recognition for her role in the public policy arena through chairing two influential task forces: one in 1996 for the provincial government on the future of the Toronto area, and another in 1998 for the City of Toronto and the federal government on homelessness.

Author of numerous publications on public policy issues, Dr. Golden has held research positions including Director of Policy Research for the Ontario Liberal Party (1981-82), Special Advisor to the Provincial Leader of the Opposition (1978-81) and Research Coordinator for the Bureau of Municipal Research (1973-78).

In 2003, Dr. Golden’s commitment to social justice was recognized in her appointment by the Governor General as a Member of the Order of Canada. She has received honorary doctorates from Royal Roads University (2005), the University of Toronto (2002), York University (2000) and Ryerson Polytechnic University (1997), as well as an honorary diploma from Loyalist College (2005). In 2004 she received the Urban Leadership Award for City Engagement from the Canadian Urban Institute, as well as the WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women: The Top 100 Award. In 2003 and in 2002, the National Post’s annual ranking of Canada's brightest and best women executives named Dr. Golden among the elite of Canada's businesswomen. In August 2000, she was named one of the “City of Toronto’s Top 10 Power Brokers” by the National Post; and in 1993 she was chosen by Toronto Life magazine as one of the “Eight Best People in Metropolitan Toronto.”

Glen Hodgson Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

Glen Hodgson brings 27 years of experience and a specialization in international economic and financial issues to the position of Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of The Conference Board of Canada.

Mr. Hodgson is responsible for overseeing the Board's macro-economic outlook products, tourism, custom research and conferences programs. He is the Board’s chief spokesperson on economic issues, has written extensively on Canadian and international economic and financial issues, and is bilingual.

He plays a central role in enhancing the Board's public policy analysis. He published Fixing the Recession: Policy Guidance for Canada and Governments Everywhere, (December 2008) and co-authored Mission Possible: Stellar Canadian Performance in the Global Economy in January 2007. Glen took the lead in launching the Board’s International Trade and Investment Centre, and has publishing over 100 articles and briefings including a series on Canadian tax reform for sustainable prosperity.

Mr. Hodgson joined the Board in September 2004, after 10 years at Export Development Canada (EDC), where he held several senior positions including Vice President of Policy and Deputy Chief Economist. He also spent 10 years with the federal Department of Finance. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Hodgson served as Advisor/Assistant to the Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean at the International Monetary Fund.

Mr. Hodgson has an M.A. in Economics from McGill University and also pursued Ph.D. studies at McGill. He resides in Ottawa with his wife and two sons. He spends leisure time coaching youth soccer and cycling.

		Prem Benimadhu Vice-President [Prem Benimadhu passed away on May 14, 2009.]

Prem Benimadhu was Vice-President, Governance and Human Resource Management at The Conference Board of Canada. In this capacity, he had overall responsibility for the Conference Board's research and executive networking program in the following areas: human resource management, compensation, labour-management relations, governance, and corporate responsibility.

Mr. Benimadhu was an acknowledged thought leader who shared his expertise with executives across Canada. He was also an accomplished researcher and author of numerous publications on topics such as leadership, human resource management, diversity, governance, and labour relations.

More recently, Mr. Benimadhu focused on building leadership capacity in Canadian organizations and authored the Conference Board’s Leaders’ on Leadership series. His dependable insights can also be found in the Organizational Performance Review and the quarterly Inside Edge publication for senior executives and chief executive officers.

Michael Bloom Vice-President Organizational Effectiveness and Learning

Dr. Michael Bloom, Vice-President, Organizational Effectiveness and Learning at The Conference Board of Canada, is responsible for managing the Organizational Excellence, Education and Learning, and Learning and Development research groups, and for overseeing funded research projects at the Conference Board.

Dr. Bloom is co-leading CanCompete, the Conference Board’s new flagship three-year research initiative. He is also leading a major new Conference Board research initiative, Hollowing Out and Corporate Transformation, on the impact of corporate takeovers on Canada and Canadian firms.

Recent major research projects under his direction include: Learning and Development Outlook 2007; How Canada Performs – Education and Skills Chapter; National Credit Review Service Pilot Project; Sector Council Research Project; Socio-Economic Benefits of Sport Participation in Canada; and the Public Works and Government Services Procurement Project.

Dr. Bloom speaks on human capital strategies, immigration issues, organizational effectiveness, learning and development, credentialing, skills and learning, innovation, post-secondary education trends, and international benchmarks.

Dr. Bloom is a graduate of the University of Oxford (DPhil) and Carleton University (BA, MA).

Jean-Pierre Boisclair Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

Perry Eisenschmid Vice-President Marketing, Sales and IT

Perry is Vice-President, Marketing, Sales & IT and Chief Privacy Officer at The Conference Board of Canada. He joined the Conference Board in January 2002. In this position, Perry has overall responsibility for establishing and implementing an annual corporate marketing and sales plan.

Perry started his career in management with Quaker Oats and Procter and Gamble. Prior to joining The Conference Board of Canada, Perry held senior management positions at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce that culminated in the role of President and CEO of CIBC Trust along with membership on the Board of Directors of CIBC Bank and Trust Cayman Ltd.

Perry is a graduate of York University, with a bachelor and masters in Business Administration, specializing in marketing.

Gilles Rhéaume Vice-President Public Policy

Gilles Rhéaume is Vice-President, Public Policy, at The Conference Board of Canada. He is a member of the executive committee of the Board, responsible for its public policy work, and has four knowledge areas reporting to him, including: Technology and Innovation, National Security and Public Safety, Health and Health Care and Energy, Environment and Transportation Policy.

He has written numerous articles on the Canadian and provincial economies, fiscal and trade policy, and environmental and regulatory policy issues. He was also a co-author of the Canada Project Report Volume II: Mission Possible: A Canadian Resources Strategy for the Boom and Beyond, as well as reports on Kyoto, NAFTA, foreign direct investment and the changing relations of Canadian foreign-owned companies with their parents.

Prior to joining the Conference Board, he worked at Bell Canada on regulatory issues. He has Bachelor degrees in Economics and Philosophy and a Masters degree in Economics.

Barb Hogberg Executive Director Human Resources