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John is a number one New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 25 million books in 50 languages. Called America’s top leadership authority, Maxwell received the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network in 2014. That year, he was also identified as the world’s most influential leadership expert in an article by Inc. magazine. For six years, Maxwell has been voted the top leadership professional on LeadershipGurus.net.

As the founder of the John Maxwell Company, the John Maxwell Team, and EQUIP, he has trained more than 5 million leaders in nearly every country of the world. Each year, Maxwell speaks to Fortune 500 companies, presidents of nations, international government leaders, and many of the world’s top business leaders.

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author. Three of his books, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, have each sold over a million copies.

Jeremy is an award-winning innovation expert, "one of the most sought-after keynote speakers on the planet" and the CEO of Trend Hunter - the world's largest, most popular trends & innovation website, with over 2 billion total page views from 100,000,000 people.

Prior to Trend Hunter, Jeremy grew a $1 billion portfolio for a bank, and today, over 400 brands, billionaires and CEOs seek him to reinvent their management, strategy, and culture of innovation to better adapt to time periods of rapid change. He's even helped NASA prototype the Journey to Mars!

Gutsche shows audiences how to use methodical innovation to generate ideas and kick-start creativity during times of change. He possesses a unique perspective on innovation in the business context, and draws on his background in corporate strategy to provide inspiration and tools to generate ideas, stimulate creativity and unlock potential.

He is the author of New York Times bestseller Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas, #1 on Amazon and a CEO Read "Select" book for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and managers. His first business book, Exploiting Chaos, was named an Inc. Best Book for Business Owners, and was a #1 bestseller on the 800 CEO Read list. He holds an MBA from Queen's, is a CFA, and studied innovation at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Paul Alofs, CEO & President of The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation to our amazing line-up of speakers. 
He is the author of National Best-selling Passion Capital. Paul is an award-winning executive with a passion for disruptive leadership and innovation, experience in the private, public sector and social #enterprise who's helped raise over $1 Billion for Princess Margaret. His previous roles include Leadership General Motors, BMG Music Canada, HMV Canada, Disney. With a passion for disruptive leadership and innovation, Paul's extremely well-rounded experience in the private and public sector, and social enterprise makes him a valuable addition.

Dr. Steven Murphy is the award-winning Dean of Ted Rogers School of Management, professor, accomplished researcher and academic leader. Under his leadership, TRSM’s has developed a reputation of being ranked among the top 10 MBA programs in Canada by Canadian Business from 2013 to 2017. Dr. Murphy is a strong advocate for innovation, entrepreneurship and business education. He believes experiential and co-operative learning opportunities are fundamental training for the real world. He is the author of the national best-seller “Passion Capital” In his accomplished career, Dr. Murphy holds many degrees and positions of influence. He has a degree in Human Resources Management, Management Studies and holds a PhD in Organizational Behaviour, is a professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategy and is a board director with the Toronto Region Board of Trade

Helen Wang is the Vice-President, IT Lean Program for the Information Technology & Service group of Scotiabank. She is a tech executive with big ideas and she’s going to share them with you at the Change Leadership Conference. We are excited to welcome her to our guest panel of speakers! She is a Change Management executive with over 18 years of experience with a diversified portfolio banking and finance assets, responsible for delivering and sustaining a strategic change program across all IT departments of her organization. With focus on operating model redesign, she leverages her Lean methodology to innovate her teams, processes and corporation. She also, led a similar program at Global Wholesale Operations Group, was the Deputy Head of Global Analytics and Financial Engineering for Global Banking and Market where she led numerous high complexity and high priority initiatives including technology implementation, new business development, and acquisition. These positions required a high level of due diligence, integration and regulatory response. Helen holds a MBA degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada as well as CFA and PMP designations.

Laura Fisher is the Vice President, Human Resources Shared Services, RBC responsible for the leadership and strategic direction Human Resource Shared Services globally. She leads a team of over 400 HR Shared Service professionals across North America, the British Isles, Luxembourg, the Caribbean, Hong Kong and Singapore. Laura has held roles and led teams across multiple domestic and international geographies serving clients across multiple channels. 
Laura thrives with each new challenge, learning about different parts of the organization, pushing her self and those she leads out of their comfort zone. Her career has given her experience working at every level of industry from retail banking to corporate and she looks to continue expanding the reach of her organization. Laura is a Marketing Major from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Gail A. Severini is Vice President at Holt Renfrew, responsible for Change Management. A Queen's University grad with certifications in Change Management, she has worked with global organizations, including: RSA Canada, Manulife Financial-John Hancock, Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, Trillium Health Centre, Canadian Blood Services and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Gail also works with organizations to build transformation capability. This includes mindsets, structures, processes, methodologies and skills. She has led teams launching products, services, startups, and business model innovation. Her expertise? Strategy execution and change leadership.