Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council

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.

Currently, the Council membership is representative of four Canadian provinces and 11 Asia Pacific economies.

Launched in 2016, ABLAC has already established a critical forum to catalyze dialogue and action. ABLAC 2019 took place in Hong Kong SAR, in February 2019, marking the first meeting to take place in Asia since the Council's inception. Our 2020 meeting in Tokyo, Japan, has been postponed to 2021.

Recent Reports:

Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council – 2019 Summary Report

Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council – 2018 Summary Report

Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council – 2017 Summary Report

Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council – 2016 Summary Report

Current Members

Canada

Mark Machin

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

Goldy Hyder, ABLAC 2020 Vice Chair

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

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)