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RC Show is just days away! Join us April 7-9!

Restaurants Canada AGM and Board Update This past week, Restaurants Canada held its Annual General Meeting to appoint a new Chair, Nicolas Filiatrault, CEO of Benny&Co., eight new Directors, and reaffirm the board’s strong confidence in the work we are…

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Kelly Higginson

President & CEO

Roxana Sijakovski

Chief Financial Officer

Tracy Macgregor

Chief Operating Officer

Richard Alexander

Executive Vice President, Government Relations & Public Affairs

Chris Elliott

Chief Economist & Vice President, Research

Maximilien Roy

Vice President, Federal & Québec

Kris Barnier

Vice President, Central

Janick Cormier

Vice President, Atlantic Canada

Mark von Schellwitz

Vice President, Western Canada

Jillian Rodak

Vice President, Sustainability

Milena Stanoeva

Senior Director, Communications & Public Affairs

Carol Pantaleo

Corporate Secretary, Restaurants Canada & Managing Director, Canadian Hospitality Foundation

Donald Guse Salah

Director, Pathways to Careers in Foodservice

Edyta Dhillon

Director, New Business

Wilkin Hsien

Director, Enterprise Technology & Data

Lerna Gurunluoglu

Director, National Events

Anna Pham

Director, Content & Programming

Nicolas Filiatrault

Chair of the Board, CEO, Benny&Co.

Todd Barclay

Vice Chair & Chair Human Resources and Compensation Committee, President, Casual Brands & Government Relations, Recipe Unlimited Corporation

Jason Brading

Treasurer & Chair Finance & Audit Committee, Chief Operating Officer, MTY Franchising Inc.

Jeremy Bonia

Chair, Governance and Nomination Committee, Partner, Grotto

Court Desautels

Chair, Government Relations: Federal Committee, President & CEO, Neighbourhood Group of Companies

Cindy Simpson

Chair, Groupex Board of Directors, Imago Restaurants Inc. Toronto, ON

Kelly Higginson

President & CEO

Paul Bognar

President & COO, Service Inspired Restaurants (Sir Corp)

Tina Chiu

COO, Mandarin Restaurant Franchise Corporation

Sarah Chown

Managing Partner, Metropolitain Brasserie & Restaurant

Meeru Dhalwala

Co-Founder and Chef, Lila Restaurant

Musette Fowke

Owner, Integrated Food Systems Inc.

Vanessa Fracheboud

President & CEO, Mandy’s Gourmet Salads

Duncan Fulton

Chief Corporate Officer, Restaurant Brands International

Phoebe Fung

Proprietor, Vin Room

Jeffrey Kroll

SVP, Chief Strategy Officer, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited

Bruce Miller

CEO, Pilot Coffee Roasters

Ben Osmow

CEO, Osmow’s Inc

Cara Piggot

SVP, Operations & Foodservices, Boston Pizza International

Kent Scales

CEO, Scales Group of Companies

Lacey Sellinger

Owner & General Manager, Odla Restaurant and Market

Matthew Senecal-Junkeer

Owner & Operator, Birds and the Beets

Hakan Uluer

Owner & CEO, The Bertossi Group

Claudia Vorlaufer

Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer, Earls Restaurants Ltd.

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