Lecturers

The following is a list of past lecturers from whom we have had the honour and privilege of hearing speak at our events.

May 12, 2010

Dave Howlett - Founder and Managing Director, RealHumanBeing.org
What do we need in turbulent times?

Patrick W. Carothers - bio
Hot topics in u.s. insolvency law.

February 12th 2010

Vilis Ozols, MBA, CSP, The Ozols Business Group
“Competing to Win: Leading and Motivating in a Credit and Collection Environment”

Peter Hall - Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada
“2010 And Beyond – The Economic Road Ahead”

November 11th 2009

Ms. Abby Marks Beale
"Slaying the Email Dragon"

Mark Shimmin of Manulife and Paul Kalmin of Kalmin Financial
"Your Financial Future in Troubled Times"

Dianne Hunnan-Jones
"Most Common Mistakes Managers Make in Uncertain Times"

May 13, 2009

Bruce Christopher - Psychologist, Humourist, Keynote Speaker
The Power Of Perception - “How What You See is What You Get”

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February 11 , 2009

Mr. John D. Bodrug - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
“Competition Act Considerations for Commercial Credit and Finance Professionals: Recognizing and Minimizing the Risks "

John Mueller, Regional Manager, Atradius Credit Insurance NV, and Douglas Roff, National Sales Director, Atradius Credit Insurance NV
“Canada and the Global Economy: What to expect and how to deal with it”

November 12, 2008

Mr. A.S. (Andy) Lathem - Director, Emergency Programs - Emergency Management Office (Nova Scotia)
“Swissair Flight 111 – Lessons Learned"

Ramesh Shah
"The Underground Economy-A Canada Revenue Agency Perspective"

May 7, 2008

Bruce Christopher - Psychologist, Humourist, Keynote Speaker
"Why Women Are So Strange and Men Are So Weird" and "Are We Having Fun Yet?"

Frank Bennett of Bennett & Company
"A Critical Commentary on How the CCAA Operates "

February 13, 2008

Robert A. Klotz, BSc, JD, LLM - Lawyer
“The Interplay Between Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Family Law"

Ernest "Rick" Thomas, III - Lawyer
"Life of a Collection Lawsuit in the United States"

Fred Ketchen - Economist
"Canada’s Economic Outlook"

November 14, 2007

Bruce Tulgan - Rainmaker Thinking
"Managing the Generation Mix"

Eric Mukandila
"Managing Credit in a Global Environment"

May 9, 2007

Frank Bennett, LSM, LLM - Bennett & Company
"A Critical Commentary on How the CCAA Operates"

David Dienesch, FCI, MBA and Neill Cooke - AON Credit Insurance Services
"Using Credit Insurance to Minimize Credit Risk"

Ian R. MacFadden - The Business Development Bank of Canada
"Unique Financing Options for your Small and Medium Sized Clients"

February 14, 2007

Tim Paulsen - Author and Speaker
"But I Don't Have Time for a Nervous Breakdown"

Brian Verheul - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
"Maintaining Economic Integrity"

November 8, 2006

Mike Morley - Author, Speaker & Consultant Sarbanes Oxley
"Sarbanes - Oxley Simplified"

Doug Stewart - Institute for Business Technology
"The Power of Personal Productivity"

Anthony Knill - Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
"Canada's Trade Commissioner Service"

May 6, 2006

Ian Nielsen-Jones - Competition Bureau
"Bid Rigging and Price Fixing in the Canadian Marketplace"

William Friedman - Friedman Barristers and Solicitors
"The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Credit Professional"

Susan Aglukark - Singer/Songwriter

February 8, 2006

Dean G. Rallis Jr – SulmeyerKupetz
“Changes to US Bankruptcy Laws"

Melvin C. Zwaig, FCA, CA·CIRP, CFE – Zwaig Consulting Inc.  www.zwaig.com
“Impact of Bill C-55 on the Restructuring of Insolvent Companies in Canada”

Scott Bandura, BMath, MAcc, CPA (Illinois), CA and Eric Clarke – PwC
John McKenna a partner and senior vice president of PwC Corporate Advisory and Restructuring Practice
“Accounting Developments – Do They Travel Faster Than the Speed of Light”

November 2, 2005

Dr. Edward I. Altman Max L. Heine Professor of Finance – Stern School of Business, NYU, Director of Research, Credit & Debt Markets, NYU Salomon Center for Study Of Financial Institutions
“Z-Score Analysis in Today’s Credit Environment”

Lee Robock, Chair & COO of TVOntario
“Fending For Yourself In The New Normal”

May 11, 2005

John Everett Division Assistant Superintendent of Bankruptcy, London
"The Role of the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy" and "What Trade Creditors Can Do"

Malcolm Hamilton Managing Director, Mercer Human Resource Consulting LLC and Mercer Investment Inc.
"The Risks and Rewards of Your Company Pension Plan"

Amy Sky Canada's Singer & Songwriter
"The Business of Music"

February 9, 2005

Patricia Croft Chief Economist, Phillips, Hager & North
"A Trip Around the World, Economy Class"

Ira Smith Partner & Vice President, Price Waterhouse Coopers
"Sorting Out the Differences in Bankruptcy Between the US and Canada"

Diane Tolstoy President, Tolstoy Resources
"Demystifying The Whole Head Hunting Experience"

November 8, 2004

Pamela Wallin Consul General to New York City, Canadian Journalist
"Canada / US Relations - The View From New York"

Wanda Borges, Esq. Attorney at Law
"Five Critical Areas Credit Grantors Should be Aware of When Conducting Business in the USA"

May 12, 2004

Melvin Zwaig Founder of Zwaig Consulting Inc. FCA, CA.CIRP, CFE
"How Will Stakeholders Interests Be Balanced by Upcoming Amendments to Insolvency Legislation In Canada?"

Elaine Chartal Handwriting Analyst
"The Power of the Pen"

Glen Hodgson Vice President & Deputy Chief Economist of Export Development Canada
"Canada's Economic Global Forecast"

February 11, 2004

Tim Paulson Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
"An 'Oilchange' for the Credit Professional?"

Lou Brzezinski A Partner with Blaney McMurtry LLP
"The Impact of Privacy Legislation on Credit & Collection in Canada"

November 12, 2003

Doug French Vice-President of Corporate Accounting & Financial Reporting for Telus
"Where is Financial Reporting Going?"

Dave Love FCI, Director of Administration at Grand & Toy
"Grand & Toy's E-Invoicing Solution"

Dianne Hunman-Jones Regional Manager with Robert Half International Inc.
"Recruiting, Hiring and Managing Employees"

May 14, 2003

David Cohen Head of the Banking & Restructuring Dept. in Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
"An Overview & Comparison of the Canadian & American Corporate
Reorganization Regimes"

Sandy Boucher Principal of Intelysis Corp.
"Due Diligence & Data Mining-Look Before You Leap"

Februray 12, 2003

Garry K. Nichols Regional Director, Ontario of the Financial Transactions Reports
Analysis Centre Canada (FinTRAC)
"Catch me if you can"

Greg Skinner Acting Manager Corporate Communications and Governmental Affairs for the
TDL Group (operator's of Tim Hortons)
"The Tim Horton Canadian Success Story"

November 13, 2002

Marc Mayrand Superintendent of Bankruptcy
"The Insolvency System and New Developments regarding Legislative
Amendments"

Dennis Gaulin FCI, CIM
"25 Years in Credit…Things I've Learned"

May 8, 2002

Dean Rallis Jr. Sulmeyer Kupetz Baumann & Rothman
"Bankruptcy and Reorganization in the US, Recent Cases and Developments"

Dr. A. Scott Carson Dean of the School of Business and Economics, and Professor of Business
Policy at Wilfred Laurier University
"Governance and Ethics: What are the obligations of a Board, and to
Whom should the Board be responsible"

February 13, 2002

Allan Bonner SOCKO (Strategic Overriding Communication and Knowledge Objectives)
"Doing and Saying the Right Thing - Professional Risk and Crisis
Management"

John Aanania Assistant Chief Economist with RBC Financial Group
"Canadian and US Economies, An Outlook in Uncertain Times"

November 7, 2001

Dr. Vincent Amanor-Boadu Chief Strategy Officer at Venturelabour.com
"Networking in the New Economy"

Gaston Jorré Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition with the Merger Branch of
Competition Bureau

May 9, 2001

Scott Blakely Partner, Blakeley & Blakeley LLP, California Law firm
"Hot Legal Topics facing the Credit Professional with Cross Border
Sales"

Mayor Hazel McCallion Mayor of Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion Mayor of Mississauga
"Fiscal Responsibility and The Mississauga Story"

February 14, 2001

John Palmer Superintendent of Financial Institutions
"Prudential Regulation and Supervision in the New Millennium"

Peter Jackson Consultant and Specialist, In Corporate Governance, Risk Management &
Control, for Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants
"Monsters under the Bed"

November 8, 2000

L.S. (Al)Rosen Principal, Rosen & Associates
"Pulling the wool over Auditor's Eyes?"

Mark Ellwood President, Pace Productivity Inc.
"Balance Your Time and Get More Done"

May 10, 2000

Doug MacNamara Vice-President & General Manager of The Banff Centre For Management
"Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital"

Perry Krieger President of Perry Kreiger & Associates Inc.
"Finding your Way through the Bankruptcy Process"

February 9, 2000

Dr. Sherry Cooper Chief Economist & Senior Vice-President, Nesbitt Burns
"Riding the Upwave"

Gregory Bannon Vice-President, Nesbitt Burns
"Managing Your RRSP & Your Financial Future"

Andy Steele Credit Manager, Compaq Canada Inc.
"A Quick, Easy & Cheap Mercantile Credit Scoring Workshop"

November 10, 1999

Michael Stern Principal, Michael Stern Associates
"Whose Career Is It Anyway?"

Randall Scott Echlin Partner, Borden & Elliot Toronto Law Firm
"New Developments in Employment Law for the 2000's"

May 10, 1999

Robert Kolken Partner, Sacks & Kolken, Buffalo NY
"Crossing the 49th Parallel"

Cameron McCaw Partner, Arthur Anderson & Co.
"Short Cuts - Mean Big Bucks"

February 10, 1999

Don Short Partner, Fasken Campbell Godfrey, Toronto
"Mediation in Practice"

Roz Usheroff President, Usheroff Institute
"Steps for Self-Promotion"

November 11, 1998

Catherine Larkin MICA's Managing Director of Leadership Practices
"Strategic Leadership Practices -An Industry Imperative"

Wanda Parker MICA's Vice President, Consulting Group

Howard Levitt Lang & Michener
"Harassment in the Workplace"

May 13, 1998

Charles M. Tatelbaum Senior Partner, Legal firm of Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel &
Burns, P.A. in Florida
"New Pitfalls for extending Credit in the USA"

Derek S. T. Baldwin Director Worldwide Operations of IBIS; International Business
Intelligence Services
"Operation Audits and Investigative Resources for the Business Manager
Today"

February 11, 1998

Alan Breakspear President & CEO, IBIS Research Inc., Ottawa
"What's your Competitive Intelligence Quotient?

Donald E. Short Partner - Law Firm of Fasken Campbell Godfrey of Toronto
"Fitting the Forum to the Fuss-An Introduction to Alternate Dispute
Resolution"

November 12, 1997

Catherine Swift President & CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
"Small Business Opportunities & Challenges--In the Mediam Term"

Tim Paulsen President, T.R. Paulsen & Associates
"I don't have time for a Nervous Breakdown"

May 7, 1997

Cameron A. McCaw Partner, Arthur Andersen
"How to Detect Irregularities in Financial Statements - Forensic
Accounting"

Greg Goddard Johnson & Higgins
"Insurance Fundamentals"

Spence Shusterman Johnson & Higgins
"Risk Management"

Chris Case Credit Ins. Sales Manager, Credit Insurance
"American Credit Indemnity"

February 12, 1996

John W. Diwik FBI Special Agent Chicago Div.- Fed. Bureau of Investigation
"Bust-Out"

Rick Cleary Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Creditel
"Evolutions in Commercial Equifax/Credit Reporting"

November 13, 1996

Ruth Fothergill Regional Vice-President, Ontario for the Export Dev. Corp.
"Assessing Credit Issues: A Case Study"

Jacqueline McGinn Portfolio Mgr. of the Credit Surveillance & Analysis Dept. for the Export
Dev. Corp.
"Assessing Credit Issues: A Case Study"

Christine Lucy Branch Manager with Robert Half Canada
"The Changing Role of the Credit Manager"

May 8, 1996

Charles M. Tatelbaum Sr. Partner, in charge of Creditors Rights Dept. of the Tampa-Clearwater,Florida
Firm of Johnson,Blakely,Pope Bokor, Ruppel & Burns,P.A.
"US Bankruptcy Law and the Canadian Business-What you don't know will hurt you."

Jim Boles Manager of Business Systems at Anixter Canada
Internet

February 14, 1996

Melvin Zwaig Partner, Arthur Andersen
"The Corporate Doctor"

Leslea G-Thomas Manager, Arthur Andersen
"Vital Signs"

Mo Meghi Manager, Arthur Andersen

Lloyd C. Atkinson Principal MTA Investment Canada: Counsel
"The Glass Half Empty…But Filling"

C.S. Reynolds President & Owner, Investment Planning Counsel of Canada
"Investment & Financial Planning Strategies"