CTV YOUR MORNING host Anne-Marie Mediwake is an accomplished journalist who brings more than two decades of news and current affairs experience back home to CTV where she began her network career as the host of the Gemini Award-winning investigative program 21C, and reporter for CTV NATIONAL NEWS. Previously, the 2015 Canadian Screen Award (CSA) winner for Best Local Newscast and six-time CSA nominee was the highly respected co-anchor of CBC TORONTO NEWS and GLOBAL NEWS TORONTO. During her expansive career, the Alberta-raised Mediwake has provided award-winning coverage of some of Canada and the world’s biggest news stories, including the Ottawa Terror Attacks and the Boston Marathon Bombing. A mother of triplets, she is a passionate advocate for women and children’s issues, which saw her named Toronto Woman of the Year 2011

John Menezes is a distinguished figure in cybersecurity with over 30 years of experience. He is the founder and CEO of Bell Cyber, pioneering Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) by leveraging Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture. His visionary leadership enables enterprises to navigate the digital landscape securely, utilizing AI-driven telemetry to reduce threat containment times to under five minutes.

Louis Vachon has been Chair of the Board of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada since May 2026. Louis Vachon is an Operating Partner at J.C. Flowers & Co. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bank of Canada, from June 2007 to November 2021. Mr. Vachon is also a corporate director who serves on the boards of directors of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Groupe CH Inc. and Infinite Investment Systems Ltd. and is involved with a number of social and cultural organizations. Mr. Vachon holds a master’s degree in international finance from Tufts’ Fletcher School, a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bates College, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Vachon is a recipient of the Global Citizens Award from the United Nations Association in Canada, a Member of the Order of Canada, an Officer of the National Order of Québec, a Knight of the Ordre de Montréal, and was appointed Honorary Colonel of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. He has been honoured with The Fraser Institute Founders’ Award and named CEO of the Year by Canadian Business magazine and Financial Personality of the Year by the business publication Finance et Investissement. The University of Ottawa, Bishop’s University, Ryerson University and Concordia University have awarded Mr. Vachon honorary doctorates.

On March 19, 2025, Stephen Crawford was appointed as Ontario’s Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, overseeing the delivery of vital programs and services through ServiceOntario, the implementation of consumer protection laws in the province, and the development of public policy around cyber security as well as groundbreaking technologies like AI. He also manages public sector procurement and supply chain operations, ensuring ministries, hospitals, school boards, provincial agencies and more, have access to high-quality, timely, reliable products that are also cost-effective. Prior to his latest appointment he served as Ontario’s Associate Minster of Mines and as Parliamentary Assistant to the Ministers of Finance, Energy, and Infrastructure.

Before entering public service, Stephen served in senior leadership and executive roles in the financial and investment industry over the past 20 years. As a senior executive and senior equity partner at Acuity Funds Ltd, he was instrumental in growing the firm to almost $10 billion in managed assets and was acquired by AGF Management Ltd. in 2011. After Acuity, Stephen became a senior executive and helped transition and build O’Leary Funds LP before it was purchased by Canoe Financial in 2016.

Rajiv Gupta is the Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. As Head, Rajiv leads the Cyber Centre in providing expert advice, guidance and services to the Canadian government, the private sector including Canada’s critical infrastructure sectors and the Canadian public.

Prior to this role, Rajiv served as the Associate Head of the Cyber Centre for three years, where he was responsible for achieving national level cyber security outcomes for Canada through collaborative efforts with industry partners. Previously a software engineer in the telecommunications sector, Rajiv joined CSE in 2007 and has held a number of leadership roles in the cyber security domain, including Director General of Cyber Defence Capabilities where he oversaw the development and operation of sensors, threat discovery analytics, and autonomous defence technologies used to protect Government of Canada networks. Previous to that role, he was the Director of Security Architecture and Risk Mitigation, responsible for security architecture guidance, supply chain and cloud risk assessments for the Government of Canada, and the implementation of a cyber security risk mitigation framework for Canada’s telecommunications sector.

Rajiv holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in engineering and is a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.

Mary Carmichael is Field CISO for Western Canada at Bell Cyber, where she advises executives and security leaders on cybersecurity transformation, risk and governance. With more than 15 years of experience across public sector, utilities and consulting, her work focuses on helping leaders make better decisions, navigate change and enable innovation as technology and cyber risk continue to evolve. Mary is a frequent speaker and writer on emerging cybersecurity and AI issues, as well as, an active contributor to the global cybersecurity community. A CPA with CISM, CRISC and CISA designations, she is a recipient of a 2026 ISACA Global Leadership Award and serves as a Board Advisor to the Canadian Cybersecurity Network.

Tanis Brako serves as Chief Security Officer at Manitoba Hydro, overseeing cybersecurity, physical security and personnel security. Tanis has experience in engineering, operations and corporate leadership. Her diverse experience includes engineering design, project management and infrastructure planning for pipelines and natural gas stations. She has held senior roles across operations, maintenance, rates and regulatory affairs, marketing, sales, product development, customer policy and economic development.

Tanis holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba and is a registered professional engineer in the Province of Manitoba. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from the Asper School of Business. She also participates in the Canadian Gas Association and Electricity Canada.

Mr. Rajendra joined Superior Plus in 2021 Chief Information Officer. He has held various executive and advisor roles with companies such as IBM, Supreme Cannabis., Just Energy and MDS. Mr. Rajendra brings over 25 years of experience focusing on IS strategy, systems, controls, governance, project management, mergers and acquisitions, and change management. He holds Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree and Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Queen's University.

Tara Drover is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Hatch with more than 30 years of experience leading technology strategy, digital transformation, and global IT operations. She is responsible for advancing Hatch's technology vision, driving innovation, cybersecurity, enterprise platforms, and AI-enabled business transformation. Recognized for her strategic leadership and ability to execute, Tara has built and led high-performing teams around the world while delivering technology solutions that create measurable business value. Passionate about developing people and fostering collaboration, she focuses on leveraging technology, data, and innovation to accelerate growth, improve operational excellence, and support Hatch's long-term strategic objectives.

As Vice President, Information Technology at Jazz Aviation, Brent leads the enterprise technology and cybersecurity strategy for one of Canada's largest regional carriers, overseeing the systems and digital capabilities that keep airline operations running safely and securely.  His leadership spans cybersecurity, cloud transformation, AI enablement and governance, data strategy, and operational resilience. Brent is a technology executive who focuses on balancing innovation with risk

management in highly regulated, mission-critical environments.

Jawed Ahmad drives technological innovation and artificial intelligence strategies at Bell Cyber. He oversees the development and integration of advanced, AI-powered security operations and architecture to protect enterprise clients against evolving and complex cyber threats.

With over 25 years at Bell, Nick brings deep expertise across wireless and wireline technologies, operations, and cybersecurity. Throughout his career, he has led high-performance teams focused on strengthening network performance and resiliency, while advancing innovation in cloud, IT, and security. 

Appointed in February 2025 as Bell Canada’s first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Nick is responsible for driving a security-first culture across the organization and embedding cybersecurity into every layer of the business. Under his leadership, Bell continues to simplify and scale its security capabilities, delivering trusted, resilient solutions to customers while leveraging the same platforms and practices used to protect Bell as a critical infrastructure provider. 

Nick is a licensed professional engineer and a graduate of the Université de Sherbrooke. He also holds business certifications from Queen’s School of Business and Harvard Business School, reflecting a strong foundation in both technical and strategic leadership. 

Kathryn Lockhart is the Executive Director of the McKenna Institute. As the former CEO of Propel, Kathryn led Atlantic Canada's virtual accelerator serving over 110 companies a year. Together with her team, their mission to raise baby unicorns empowered founders across the region. She is a Managing Partner at WEL Atlantic (Women’s Equity Lab) where they are completed investing from their fully subscribed second fund that brings women investors together to invest in women and women-identifying led startups in Atlantic Canada. She is also a member of the IWF (International Women’s Foundation) and an active mentor at CDL. 

Kathryn led a cross-regional team to launch Startup Atlantic, a pan-regional brand representing the region with a single voice. Previously, she was the Vice President of Growth and Corporate Strategy at JVPLabs, a MedTech start-up focused on supporting congestive heart failure patients. She has deep experience scaling young technology companies.  

Kathryn holds an MBA from Harvard Business School as well as a Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Leadership from University of New Brunswick’s Renaissance College.  Her work experience began in Toronto where she launched and grew the first technology division for a now global Human Capital Management during which she relocated to Europe, where she later ran her own start-up based in Oldenburg, Germany as well as led strategic growth for another start-up in Munich. Back in Canada she then served as the Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Bluedrop Learning Networks based in St. John’s. 

She is a regular guest speaker at startup events and conferences, hosts a podcast titled Founder Journeys, is a Director with Opportunities New Brunswick, TLT East Ventures, and serves on the advisory board for Victory Advanced Technologies. She was named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women in 2024. Kathryn and her family are based in Saint John where she enjoys coaching her children’s basketball teams. 

Nissreen Chams is the Vice President of Business Development at Bell Cyber. She leads strategic partnerships, market expansion, and enterprise client engagement initiatives, bridging the gap between complex technological capabilities and business-aligned outcomes for Canadian organizations.

Group President, Business Markets, AI Fabric, Bell Cyber and Ateko

With more than 30 years of experience in the communications sector, including 26 years at the executive officer level, John leads Canada’s largest enterprise communications business, supporting organizations in Canada and internationally with their digital and AI transformations. As Group President of Bell Business Markets, AI Fabric, Bell Cyber and Ateko, John oversees Bell’s core enterprise portfolio and has built a $1B start-up comprised of Bell’s Ateko, Fabric and Cyber with the target to double the business by 2028. His team is leading the development of Canada’s largest portfolio of Sovereign AI factories with a planned 800MW portfolio, and this is part of his team’s Canadian Sovereign Cloud and AI full stack. Prior to Bell, John held senior leadership roles in the management consulting, consumer packaged goods, and healthcare/pharma sectors with multinational organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and MBA from the Schulich School of Business and serves as a board member of Sanctuary AI, Canada’s physical AI company on a mission to create industrial-grade humanoid robots.

As President of Bell Sovereign Platforms and the National AI Alliance, I lead Bell's sovereign AI and digital infrastructure strategy across platforms, services and partnerships. I help assemble Canadian data centres and networks, AI platforms, integration services and a national partner ecosystem into one capability that government, large enterprise and complex regulated industries can commit their most sensitive work to. We are building it to be operated by Canadians, for Canadians, so that Canadian organizations get frontier AI on Canadian terms, Canada gets the capability and the careers that come with running it, and no one can turn Canada off. 

Michael Pelosi is the Canadian Country Manager at Cohere, where he leads a team to deploy transformative, secure, enterprise-focused AI solutions for Canada's largest enterprises. With over 15 years of experience in AI, technology, consulting, and media, Michael has worked at both startups like Suzy in New York City and large tech pioneers like Google in his hometown of Toronto, Canada. He holds an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University, where he was recognized as one of the top 50 under 50 for Tech and Entrepreneurship. 

Lukas Lhotsky is a President at Bell Platform Transformation, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from HEC Montréal, completed in 2006-2007. Lhotsky has experience from previous roles at Ateko, backed by Bell Canada, DuProprio, and ComFree Network. He is known for his expertise in IT services and platform transformation, contributing to the modernization and optimization of core enterprise systems.

Jean-Philippe Paradis serves as Senior Vice President, Bell Business Markets Sales and Wholesale Services at Bell Canada, leading sales and revenue activities for all large and mid-sized enterprises in Canada. He oversees the wholesale division—directing sales, product, and marketing for BCE Global and carrier sourcing for domestic and international clients. He also heads public safety radio and AI connectivity services, fueling Canada's digital economy and driving business growth

through advanced, tailored customer-centric solutions.

Since joining Bell in 1993, Jean-Philippe has established a reputation for combining strategic thinking with a customer-first mindset. He has held diverse leadership roles across Bell’s Media, Customer Care and Field Services divisions, consistently optimizing performance and delivering exceptional customer experiences.

In addition to his corporate duties, Jean-Philippe is the President of Bell GP Canada, the official promoter of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix. Appointed in August 2024, he focuses on driving innovation, operational excellence, and business growth to elevate the event as a premier, world-class sporting spectacle. 
Deeply committed to community leadership, Jean-Philippe serves as Chairman of the Board at Numana, fostering innovation in Quebec’s technology ecosystem. He is also

President of the Media and Telecommunications Cabinet for the annual

Centraide/United Way campaign and serves on the board of the McGill University Health Centre Foundation. 
Jean-Philippe holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal, an MBA from the University of Sherbrooke, and a board governance

credential from Laval University.