Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council

ABLAC Logo The Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council (ABLAC) comprises a high-level group of Asian and Canadian business leaders convened annually by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada to identify and articulate opportunities for improved Canada-Asia business engagement.

Council membership is represented across Canada and more than 10 Asia Pacific economies, and annual meetings are held in cities throughout Canada and Asia. Launched in 2016, ABLAC has emerged into a critical forum to catalyze dialogue and action.

Highlights and interviews from APF Canada's last ABLAC meeting.

Current Members

Canada

Goldy Hyder, ABLAC 2020 Vice-Chair

President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Council of Canada (Canada)

Murad Al-Katib

President and Chief Executive Officer, AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. (Canada)

Dominic Barton, ABLAC Honorary Chair

Ambassadeur (Canada)

Stewart Beck

President and Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Canada)

Dean A. Connor

President and Chief Executive Officer, Sun Life Financial (Canada)

Neil Cunningham

President and Chief Executive Officer, PSP Investments (Canada)

Janet De Silva

President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Region Board of Trade (Canada)

Janice Fukakusa

Chancellor, Ryerson University (Canada)

Gordon Fyfe

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) (Canada)

Tim S. Gitzel

President and Chief Executive Officer, Cameco Corporation (Canada)

Kathy Kinloch

President and CEO, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) (Canada)

Mairead Lavery

President and Chief Executive Officer, Export Development Canada (EDC) (Canada)

Don Lindsay

President and Chief Executive Officer, Teck Resources Limited (Canada)

Mark Machin

President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) (Canada)

Sue Paish

Chief Executive Officer, Digital Technology Supercluster (Canada)

Michael Rolland

President and Chief Operating Officer, Asia-Pacific, OMERS (Canada)

Calin Rovinescu

President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Canada (Canada)

Michael Sabia

Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (Canada)

Ian Smith

Chief Executive Officer, Clearwater Fine Food Inc. (Canada)

Mark Wiseman

Global Investment Manager & Senior Advisor, Hillhouse Capital (Canada)

Asia

Songyee Yoon, ABLAC 2020 Chair

Chief Executive Officer, NCSOFT West (Korea)

Hafimi Abdul Haadii

Director and Shareholder, LVK Group of Companies (Brunei Darussalam)

Muhamad Chatib Basri

Co-Founder and Senior Partner, CReco Research (Indonesia)

John Cheh

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Esquel Group (Hong Kong)

Tae-young (Ted) Chung

CEO and Vice-Chair, Hyundai Card • Hyundai Capital • Hyundai Commercial (South Korea)

Tim Dattels

Co-Managing Partner, Senior Partner and Co-Head of Asian Business, TPG Capital (Hong Kong)

Joseph S. Fung

Managing Partner, Saltagen Ventures (Hong Kong)

N Ganapathy Subramaniam

COO & Executive Director, Tata Consultancy Services (India)

Doris Ho

President and Chief Executive Officer, Magsaysay Group of Companies (Philippines)

Ken (Houkun) Hu

Deputy Chairman, Huawei (China)

Lan Kang

Stanford DCI Fellow (China)

Michael ByungJu Kim

Founder & Partner, MBK Partners (South Korea)

Kenny Lam

Chief Executive Officer, Two Sigma Asia Pacific (China)

Winston Leong

Fontana Enterprises Ltd. (Hong Kong)

Shan Li

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Silk Road Financing Corporation (China)

Veronica Lukito

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Ancora Capital Management (Indonesia)

Anand Mahindra

Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group (India)

Cong Phan

Chairman, Unibrands (Vietnam)

Shunichi Shibanuma

Senior Executive Officer, SIGMAXYZ (Japan)

Chin Hwee Tan

Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific, Trafigura (Singapore)

Yukako Uchinaga

Board Chair, Japan Women’s Innovative Network, President and Chief Executive Officer, Globalization Research Institute (Japan)

Diane Wang

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, DHgate.com (China)

ABLAC Meetings & Reports:

ABLAC 2021 – Virtual*

Broad Diversification: Strengthening Canada-Asia Engagement after Trump and COVID-19

April 7 & 8, 2021

ABLAC 2019 – Hong Kong SAR

February 27, 2019

Preparing Canadians for a Highly Connected Future with Asia

ABLAC 2018 – Toronto, Ontario

March 2, 2018

Canada’s Asia Strategy

ABLAC 2017 – Vancouver, British Columbia

March 13, 2017

Seize the Moment: Innovation and Defining 'Brand Canada' in Asia

ABLAC 2016 – Vancouver, British Columbia

February 26, 2016

Canada’s Ability to Capitalize on Economic Opportunities in Asia

*Note: ABLAC 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.