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advisory board
Meet the Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is an independent committee of women lawyers whose mandate is to provide non-binding recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Advisory Board lends their valued advice, knowledge and expertise to the Board of Directors on various issues and topics.Samantha TomSamantha Tom is VP & General Counsel at Borrowell, one of Canada’s largest financial technology companies. Prior to this, Sam was legal counsel at President’s Choice Financial and a corporate lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the Financial Services Group where she advised financial institutions and fintechs on a broad range of corporate commercial matters including payments, privacy and regulatory compliance. Sam served on the Board of Directors of Young Women In Law from 2018 - 2022. Sasha TotenSasha Toten is currently Senior Counsel, Corporate Legal at Sun Life. While in law school, Sasha co-founded the uOttawa chapter of the Women’s Legal Mentorship Program to help women develop a support system throughout their legal careers from the classroom to their careers and beyond. Sasha was previously a director on the board of Young Women in Law from 2015-2021 and worked in private practice prior to moving in house. | Wendi LockeWendi Locke is a partner with McCarthy Tétrault LLP in its Business Law Group in Toronto. She advises on a broad range of corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance and compliance issues. Wendi regularly acts on both public and private offerings of equity and debt securities in Canada, with an emphasis on initial public offerings, medium term note programs and the issuance of capital trust securities by financial institutions. She frequently acts on behalf of Canadian issuers in connection with cross border securities offerings into jurisdictions such as the United States and United Kingdom. Wendi is also an instructor for the advanced securities law programs offered by the University of Western Ontario and University of Windsor law schools. Wendi received her BA (Public Administration) from the University of Western Ontario in 1995, her B.Comm. (Hons.) from the University of Windsor in 1997 and her combined MBA/LLB from the University of Windsor in 2000. She was called to the Ontario bar in 2002. Victoria B. WilsonVictoria Wilson received her LL.B from Dalhousie University. She worked at Blake Cassels & Graydon as a student and McMillan LLP as an associate before moving in-house to Bank of Montreal where she supported the Global Markets line of business specializing in derivatives for over two decades. Victoria is currently Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Scotiabank where she manages a group of lawyers supporting the Global Banking and Markets line of business. She’s been actively involved in mentorship programs for the last decade. |