TORONTO (October 29, 2025) — The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships is pleased to announce its 2025-2026 Board of Directors.
The 23-person volunteer Board was elected by member organizations at the Council’s Annual General Meeting and first meeting of the new board on October 29. In addition, the Board welcomed Fasken Partner Ella Plotkin as its new Vice Chair and McCarthy Tétrault Partner Maxine Ethier as its new Corporate Secretary.
“We have an incredible Board with a group of directors who are deeply connected to the industry — I am grateful for their continuing engagement and collaboration to resolve challenges and explore opportunities for evolution and growth in the sector,” said Johanne Mullen, CCPPP’s Chair and Partner, PwC.
“To keep pace with the evolution of the Council’s members and the market, the Board has decided — in the spirit of good governance — to work with an independent advisor to assess its alignment with the mission and needs of the Council.”
This governance review, the first conducted by the Board in its 32-year history, will start in the coming weeks. It will examine board composition and size and investigate new ways for non-board members to get involved in specific initiatives. To assist with the board review and transition for the next chair, the Board also voted earlier this year to extend Mullen’s three-year term as Chair until next fall.
The full slate of CCPPP’s 2025-2026 Board of Directors is as follow
- Johanne Mullen, Chair, CCPPP’s Board of Directors, and Partner, PwC
- Ella Plotkin, Vice Chair, CCPPP, and Partner, Fasken
- Barbara Carmona Venancio, Treasurer, CCPPP, and Chief Representative Officer, Caixabank
- Maxine Ethier, Corporate Secretary, CCPPP, and Partner, McCarthy Tétrault
- Eitan Ladizinsky, Chair, Communications Committee, CCPPP, and Senior Vice President and Head of Origination, Concessions, Aecon Group Inc.
- Derron Bain, Chief Executive Officer, Concert Infrastructure
- Jillian Beaton, Partner, EY-Parthenon
- Mac Bell, Managing Director, Head of Social and Transportation, Fengate Asset Management
- Brian Budden, President & CEO, Plenary Americas
- Sam Chai, President, Kiewit Development Company
- Angela Clayton, President & CEO, Infrastructure Ontario
- Ehren Cory, Chief Executive Officer, Canada Infrastructure Bank
- Daniel Farina, General Manager, CDPQ Infra
- Marie Foley, Director, INTECH Risk Management
- Pierre Lafond, Executive Vice President, Alternative Projects and Technical Center of Expertise (APEX), Pomerleau
- Louise Panneton, President, P1 Consulting
- Robert Peraita, Vice President, Alternative Project Delivery, Major Projects, Colas Canada
- Carlos Planelles, Managing Director, Infrastructure, North America, ACCIONA Infrastructure
- David Pratt, President, PRT Group Inc.
- Kevin Pringle, Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships & Learning Facilities, Government of Alberta
- Derrick M. Toigo, Executive Director, Transit Expansion Division, City of Toronto
- Josh Van Deurzen, Partner, Torys LLP
- Bing Bing Wang, Partner, Deloitte Canada
CCPPP would also like to express its sincere appreciation to its outgoing board members for their significant contributions over several year
- Cory Grandy
- Linda Brown
- Nuria Haltiwanger
- Michael Lindsay
- Crystal Nicholas, and
- Grenville Riley
