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HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
ELYSE ALLAN
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6, 2013, 9:30
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Elyse Allan is a passionate champion for Canada’s competitiveness, advancing the
country’s science and technology base and competitive fiscal policy. A strong
communicator, Allan is an inclusive leader who builds consensus.
As president and chief executive officer of GE Canada and vice-president of GE, Allan is
responsible for growing GE’s business in Canada. Her career with the company began
in 1984, and has spanned the US, Canada, and several industrial and consumer GE
businesses including aviation, energy and lighting.
Prior to her current position, Allan was president and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade
and, before that, a senior executive at Ontario Hydro.
She actively engages in industry groups, public policy and the community and serves
on the boards of directors for several organizations, including the Canadian Council of
Chief Executives, the C.D. Howe Institute, MaRS Discovery District, Conference Board of
Canada and the Royal Ontario Museum board of governors. Allan has also served on a
number of federal and provincial government advisory boards.
Allan has been recognized as a YWCA 2012 Woman of Distinction (Business), a Top 100
Business Women of Influence by the Women’s Executive Network and as one of
Canadian
Business
magazine’s 25 Most Powerful People in Canada (2009).
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in biology and environmental studies from Dartmouth
College in New Hampshire and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth. An
active alumna, she serves on the Tuck School Board of Overseers. Allan holds an honorary
doctorate from Ryerson University and Saint Mary’s University.