Signi Schneider
Vice-President
About
Signi Schneider is a Vice-President at The Conference Board of Canada and leads the Human Resources and Government Relations functions as well as overseeing the Health Knowledge Area. In her role, Signi is focused on coaching today’s and tomorrow’s best research leaders and communicating the excellence of The Conference Board of Canada to prospective employees and Canada’s government leaders.
Past Work Experience
Over Signi’s career she has worked on everything from assessing the environmental, social and ethics risks of billion-dollar financings to writing one of the earliest Human Rights Statements in the finance industry. Prior to the Board, she led one of the largest Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility departments in any financial institution; during that time, the organization was named #1 in the Future 40 ranking of Responsible Corporate Leaders in Canada. Teams working under her leadership have been elected to the Steering Committee of the Equator Principles group (the association of banks applying equivalent environmental and social risk management practices) and developed the criteria for Green Bonds (fixed income securities that allow investors to play a role in financing green projects worldwide)—both firsts for Canada.