Overview
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Please join us on September 17 at the Art Gallery of Ontario as Bloomberg New Voices launches its 2024 Toronto cohort to amplify the views and perspectives of senior women in finance.
The evening will feature conversations with Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers and RBC Chief Economist Frances Donald, interviewed by Bloomberg Television’s Alix Steel, as well as remarks from New Voices founder Laura Zelenko.
The event marks the return of New Voices to Toronto, one of 16 global cities where Bloomberg sponsors intensive media training for senior female financial professionals to raise their visibility in financial media. Since 2018, more than 600 executives around the world have participated in the program, which has helped more than triple the percentage of on-air female guests on Bloomberg TV.
You will have a chance to learn more about the program and network with Bloomberg News executives and leaders across business and finance. Attendees will have access to the AGO’s Moments in Modernism exhibition, featuring artworks from Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko and Tomie Ohtake as well as Canadian artists including Alex Colville, Rita Letendre, Jack Bush, Agnes Martin, Guido Molinari and Norval Morrisseau.
Cocktails and light fare will be served.
Bloomberg Philanthropies is a proud supporter of Art Gallery of Ontario.
For more information about Bloomberg New Voices, visit: www.bloomberg.com/newvoices
For any questions, please contact newvoices@bloomberg.net
Agenda
- 5:30pm – 6:00pm
Doors open
- 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Formal program and remarks
- 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Networking reception and exhibition viewing
Speakers
Frances Donald
Frances Donald is the Chief Economist at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and leads a team of economists who deliver economic analyses to help inspire and empower informed decision making in an evolving world. Frances is a leading voice on economic issues and is highly sought after by clients, government leaders, policy makers, and media in the U.S. and Canada for her deep insights on the macro-economic environment and financial markets in North America. She is recognized for her ability to effectively communicate complex economic issues to wide audiences.
Frances joined RBC from another financial institution where she served as global chief economist and strategist. In this capacity, she was responsible for forecasting global macroeconomic and financial trends, analyzing the economy and capital markets for potential opportunities and risks, and serving as a thought leader both within the firm and externally.
She’s a frequent public speaker and regularly appears in international media, including Bloomberg and CNBC.
Frances obtained a Bachelor of Economics from Queen’s University and earned her master’s degree in economics from New York University.
Carolyn Rogers
Carolyn Rogers was appointed Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, effective December 15, 2021, for a seven-year term.
At the time of her appointment as Senior Deputy Governor, Ms. Rogers was Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. From 2016 to 2019, Ms. Rogers served as Assistant Superintendent, Regulation Sector at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), where she was responsible for policy-related functions, including capital, accounting and legislation.
Before joining OSFI, Ms. Rogers served from 2010 to 2016 as Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer of the integrated financial sector regulator of British Columbia, the Financial Institutions Commission. During that time she served as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators. She is also a founding member and past Chair of the Credit Union Prudential Supervisors Association.
Before entering the provincial public service, Ms. Rogers worked in various roles in the private sector, including as chief financial officer and chief executive officer of a private company. She also worked in the financial services sector at several credit union organizations and a major bank.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ms. Rogers is a Chartered Professional Accountant, and holds a bachelor of arts from Brandon University and a master of business administration from Queen’s University.
Laura Zelenko
Laura Zelenko is senior executive editor overseeing editorial Standards, Diversity, Talent and Training across Bloomberg’s global newsroom. As part of her role, Laura set out a comprehensive initiative– New Voices — to improve gender representation on every platform, including a tracking system for sourcing and an intensive media training program for women and other under-represented executives. Within the newsroom she works with managers to make meaningful progress towards gender parity and increased ethnic diversity at every level and leads Bloomberg News’ internship program and all training and talent development efforts to help meet those goals. Laura began working for Bloomberg in 1993 in Prague and has run numerous worldwide reporting teams, including all of Bloomberg’s business, finance, energy, markets and investigative coverage as the head of global beat reporting. She is a graduate of Princeton University with a BA in Politics and has two adult children who live in Los Angeles.
Alix Steel
Alix Steel is co-host of The Close on Bloomberg Television, and co-host of Bloomberg Intelligence on Bloomberg Radio.
Steel has interviewed numerous influential business leaders including Sam Zell, Ken Langone, Gary Cohn, Lloyd Blankfein, James Gorman, Lynn Good of Duke Energy, and most oil and gas CEOs in the business.
Prior to joining Bloomberg in February 2012, Steel was a senior multimedia reporter, anchor, and producer for TheStreet, where she focused on global markets. Steel also co-anchored a live trading show, “Morning Call,” for TheStreet and T3Live.com. She is a multiple SABEW Award nominee.
Steel graduated cum laude from Northwestern University, earning her bachelor’s degree in Communications, and has studied business journalism at New York University.