Jan De Silva

Canada Co-Chair, Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC); Canada Member, APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)

Jan De Silva is Canada Co-Chair, Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC), Canada’s Representative to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), a corporate director, and the former president & CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

As an extension of her work at the Board of Trade, Jan remains highly engaged in energy transition and digital transformation. She leads CABC’s nuclear energy working group, a coalition of Canada’s nuclear energy stakeholders focused on capacity-building, trade and economic development.

She chairs ABAC’s Artificial Intelligence & Digital Innovation Working Group, providing guidance to APEC leaders on digital developments and strategies to enable the growth and participation of businesses of all sizes.

Prior to joining the Board of Trade, Jan was based in Asia for 14 years, serving in CEO roles in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Jan currently serves on the board of Building Ontario Fund (formerly Ontario Infrastructure Bank). In May, she completed a 13-year term on the board of Intact Financial Corporation, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.