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Rob Bull
Executive Vice President, Finance, Facilities & Capital Development; Chief Financial Officer, Sinai Health
Rob Bull has more than 20 years of multinational experience delivering diverse and complex financial advisory, assurance and risk management services to the private and public sectors. In his current role Rob oversees teams responsible for financial health and integrity, facilities management services and capital planning.
Prior to joining Sinai Health Rob was the Vice President, Finance, Technology and Innovation at Southlake Regional Health Centre, having previously held progressively senior roles at Oak Valley Health, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Government of the United Kingdom.
Rob is an active volunteer in the community, currently serving as Chair of the Board of Directors with the Canadian Mental Health Association, York Region & South Simcoe.
Nathalie Fauvel
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President of Corporate Services and Capital Programs, CHEO
Nathalie is the Senior Vice-President of Corporate Services and Capital Programs and Chief Financial Officer at CHEO. Her portfolio includes Finance, Strategic Sourcing, Food and Marketed Services, Business Development and Facilities Management and Redevelopment. This includes ensuring successful delivery of the Integrated Treatment Centre which is scheduled to open its doors in 2028 as well as the execution of a large redevelopment strategy for the existing campus.
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Prior to joining CHEO, Nathalie served as the Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer of Ottawa Community Housing, and Director Real Estate, Corporate Performance and Analytics with Canada Post Corporation.
Nathalie also spent many years abroad managing large Facilities Management and Corporate Real Estate outsourcing contracts in the private sector. Nathalie is a Certified Professional Accountant (CPA-CGA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Accounting from the University of Ottawa.
Mike Gourlay
VP, Finance & Support Services & Chief Financial Officer, Waterloo Regional Health Network
Mike Gourlay, is an accomplished healthcare finance executive with progressive leadership experience across Ontario’s hospital sector. He currently serves as Interim Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, where he is leading strategic financial planning, capital financing, and financial sustainability efforts.
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Prior to this role, Mike has served as the Vice President, Finance and Support Services and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN), the Vice President, Corporate Services and CFO at St. Mary’s General Hospital and has held a variety of leadership roles across the Healthcare and Higher Education sectors.
Mike is a Chartered Professional Accountant: Certified Management Accountant. He earned a Master of Business Administration and Honours Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University. Mike was selected as one of The Peak’s Emerging Leaders in 2025, which recognizes ambitious leaders who shape Canada’s economy, culture and society. He is also a past recipient of the CPA Ontario Emerging Leaders award. Mike is a committed member of the community and has served on a variety of volunteer boards and committees. He also loves serving as a coach on his kid’s hockey and soccer teams.
Michael Gregory
Deputy Chief Economist & Head of U.S. Economics, Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets, Capital Finance Opportunities and Strategies
Michael is part of the team responsible for forecasting and analyzing the North American economy and financial markets. He has spent his career working in either economics or financial markets research for firms on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Prior to his current role, Michael headed up the Financial Services Analysis team at Bank of Montreal, focusing on regulatory and industry restructuring issues, before shifting to BMO Capital Markets Economics in 2004.
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He moved to Chicago in 2013, providing research support for the U.S. and Canadian fixed income business, before returning to Toronto in 2016. Michael is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal and Western University in London, Ontario. He did doctoral studies at Fordham University in New York City, and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Chris Burgh
Partner, Business Consulting, National Health Practice, EY
Chris is a Partner in EY’s National Healthcare Practice and a seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience spanning the UK, Canada, US, and the Middle East. He brings a unique blend of industry and advisory expertise, having held senior financial roles in the UK health system before transitioning to professional services. Since joining EY in 2012, Chris has led high-profile engagements focused on performance improvement, clinical and non-clinical service redesign, and cost optimization. His holistic view of health care—ranging from community services to academic institutions—enables him to drive sustainable transformation across complex systems.
Maureen Palmer
Senior Manager, EY
Maureen is a Senior Manager in EY’s National Healthcare Practice and a CPA with over a decade of experience in Ontario’s hospital sector. She brings deep expertise in financial and operational reviews, having led strategic initiatives across clinical, corporate, and support services. Prior to joining EY, Maureen managed a financial sustainability portfolio at a major health sciences centre, where she developed a cross-functional understanding of hospital operations and drove enterprise-wide improvements.
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At EY, Maureen has led high-impact engagements focused on surgical optimization, resource integration, and capacity planning for clients across Canada. Her work spans provincial ministries, health agencies, and hospitals, where she delivers data-driven insights and actionable recommendations. Known for her analytical rigour and collaborative approach, Maureen helps clients navigate complex challenges—from frontline staffing realignment to shared services restructuring—while advancing financial sustainability and system performance.
Shelly Spence
Auditor General Of Ontario
Shelley Spence is Ontario’s 14th Auditor General and began her ten-year term of office in 2024. She has over 30 years of professional experience in financial
statement and performance auditing, including many health care agencies and entities. Prior to this role, she was most recently a Partner with Deloitte LLP, where she spent over six years helping oversee the Canadian Government and Public Service Assurance practice.
Shelley has helped hundreds of public and private sector clients, garnering extensive experience auditing federal, provincial and municipal governments as well as provincial government agencies, government business enterprises and the broader public sector, including hospitals.
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Prior to joining Deloitte, Shelley had a successful 20-year track record as an
entrepreneur running her own accounting practice. She was frequently engaged by the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario to assist with auditing the province’s public accounts and performance audits.
Born in Saskatchewan, Shelley grew up in Alberta and graduated from the
University of Alberta. She obtained her Chartered and Licensed Professional
Accountant (CPA, CA, LPA) designation at KPMG and received her fellow
designation from CPA Ontario.
Jonathan Rieck
Healthcare Solutions Consultant – Major Accounts, Global Payments Inc.
Jonathan Rieck transforms hospital revenue cycle management at Global Payments, delivering measurable results including 95% call handling reduction and 30% collections increase. He specializes in optimizing hospital payment operations across Canada, streamlining RCM workflows while ensuring compliance and enhancing patient payment experiences through strategic partnerships.
Amanda Michelon
Manager, Accounts Receivable, Finance, Trillium Health Partners
Amanda Michelon is the Manager of Billing and Accounts Receivable at Trillium Health Partners and a recognized expert in healthcare revenue cycle management with over 10 years of experience of management in billing, collections, and revenue optimization. As Chair of the Ontario Business Managers Group for Hospital Revenue and Billing Leaders for the past four years, she leads province-wide discussions on emerging challenges, revenue opportunities, and best practices in healthcare finance.
Nancy (Nanc) Peter
Finance Executive, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Nancy Peter is an accomplished healthcare executive providing interim support since 2019 for healthcare agencies across the province. Nancy has more than 20 years’ experience working in Ontario healthcare. Most recently she has served as Interim, VP, Corporate Services and CFO at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. She has also held positions at Georgian Bay General Hospital, Collingwood General & Marine Hospital, Headwaters Health Care Centre, Brightshores Health System, South Huron Hospital Association, and the Canadian Mental Health Association – Simcoe County.
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Nancy is a Chartered Manager (C.Mgr.) through the Canadian Institute of Management. She holds an undergrad degree in Management (BMgmt) from Athabasca University. She holds the professional designation of a Canadian Health Executive (CHE) through the Canadian College of Health Leaders. She also achieved success through the Master’s Certificate in Healthcare Management through Schulich. Nancy serves on the local Hospice Board and is also a community advisor for the Huron Perth Hospital Alliance.
Dee Perera
CFO, Northumberland Hills Hospital
Dee Perera is an experienced transformational leader with over 20 years of strategic and operational management experience and expertise in the Ontario health care system. She has previously held senior executive positions at Woodstock Hospital, Joseph Brant and Sinai Health System. Dee is currently serving as the Interim Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH).
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Dee’s expertise ranges from financial stabilization, capital redevelopment, operational excellence, Information communication and technology, procurement & partnerships and governance.
A Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (FCPA) and a Fellow of the Certified Management Accountants of Canada (FCMA), Dee also holds an International Banking Designation and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University.
Dee is a lecturer at Lazaridis Scholl of Business at Laurier University. Her community partnerships include serving as a Board member for McMaster University and a volunteer advisor for Lansdowne Children Treatment Centre Major Capital Redevelopment project. Dee has been a grateful recipient of Business Woman of the year award from Women in Business Management and Gold Medal award for leadership from Dale Carnegie Institute.
Dee is passionate about building the next generation of leaders. She has partnered with LumiQ to share her experiences on their platforms, supported EY with their journey to elevate the next generation of female leaders, and collaborating with Robert Half to create opportunities for emerging leaders. She wants to build strong leaders as her legacy to Canadian Healthcare System.
Young Lee
Vice-President, Financial and Chief Financial Officer, The Hospital For Sick Children
Spanning a career as a clinician, management consultant and health system leader, Young currently serves as Vice President, Finance/Chief Financial Officer at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Prior to SickKids, he served in executive positions with North York General, and Grand River Hospitals where he provided leadership across diverse portfolios of responsibility including finance, digital health, health information management, and data/analytics. Young was also a Partner with Deloitte where he led its National Health Transformation Services.
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His passion lies in supporting innovation, transformation, and sustainability of our health system. Young holds a B.Sc. (Occupational Therapy) from the University of Toronto, MBA from the Schulich School of Business (York University), and he is a Chartered Professional Accountant
Cliff Harvey
VP Redevelopment, Waterloo Regional Health Network
Cliff Harvey is the Vice President, Redevelopment, for the Waterloo Regional Health Network. Cliff brings extensive experience and success in leading communities through new hospital developments, honed through his many years of work across the provincial government and other health systems. He has served as a Senior Architect in the Ontario Government, a hospital Vice President, and a practicing architect. Through these experiences, Cliff brings depth in community engagement, health systems design, infrastructure standards and knowledge of how to advance through the key planning and approval stages of hospital redevelopment.
Cathy Renaud
Vice President, Hospital Development, Collingwood General and Marine Hospital
Cathy Renaud brings a rare and valuable blend of clinical expertise and capital development executive leadership to her role at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH). With a deep commitment to relationship building, she champions collaboration between clinical teams and support services to enhance access to essential care and ensures the successful development of patient-centered spaces.
As Vice President and a member of the Executive Team, Cathy leads CGMH’s Hospital Development portfolio, overseeing strategic capital planning initiatives including largescale redevelopment, master planning, programming engagements, and master space planning exercises. Most recently, Cathy assembled a team of seasoned experts to guide the planning and implementation of the newly approved hospital serving Collingwood and the surrounding region, currently in the pre-procurement phase.
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Prior to joining CGMH, Cathy held leadership roles in healthcare capital development across the Greater Toronto Area, where she contributed to three major DBF(M) P3 projects and supported two additional projects in the planning stages. Her clinical background spans 29 years in nursing and 17 years in healthcare leadership.
Cathy holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Certificate in Gerontology from Laurentian University, a Certificate in Critical Care from George Brown College, and a Master of Health Management from McMaster University. She is a graduate of the IDEAS program through Health Quality Ontario and is a Certified Health Executive with the Canadian College of Health Leaders.
Sophia Weber
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Brockville General Hospital
Sophia joined Brockville General Hospital in January 2025 and serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing Finance, Materials Management, and Pharmacy. Sophia brings 20 years of experience in healthcare, with the last 15 in leadership roles in community, specialty, and teaching hospitals.
Previous roles include Director Financial Planning and Decision Support at Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Director of Financial Services at Montfort Hospital in Ottawa, and Director of Finance Special Projects at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.
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In her volunteer experience, Sophia has been Treasurer for Iodine Global Network, a non-profit working towards the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency worldwide (2020-2026) and has served as Secretary and Treasurer for Sojourn House, a refugee shelter in Toronto (2012-2018). She also coaches and referees minor ball hockey.
Sophia has an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree, a Master in Health Administration, both from the University of Ottawa, and is a Chartered Professional Accountant. She also completed Healthcare Excellence Canada’s Executive Training in Research Application (EXTRA) executive training program.
Katelyn Dryden
Interim CEO, Essex Shores Health Centre
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