Marion Kirsh, FCA
Marion is the Associate Chief Accountant of the Ontario Securities Commission. Her responsibilities include lending support internally on addressing policy and operational issues, and externally working with bodies that play an important role in promoting a high quality framework for financial reporting in Canada. This covers accounting and auditing matters arising in the administration of the Ontario Securities Act, and involves specialized advisory services to the Commission, its senior management and staff, and market participants. Marion is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. She has over thirty years of experience as a Chartered Accountant. Born in Montreal, Marion graduated from McGill University, with a Bachelor of Commerce, and a diploma in Public Accounting. She articled at KPMG where she obtained her chartered accountant designation. She worked for RBC Financial Group in various capacities for 21 years. Her roles at RBC included CFO Royal Trust, CFO RBC Insurance and Chief Accountant. Previous to her Ontario Securities Commission role, she was Director, Strategic Finance Projects on a secondment by RBC to the Canadian Bankers Association. Marion is also very active in her community. She chairs the Board of Directors of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Ontario Division. She is a past member of the Canadian Cancer Society’s National Board of Directors, and past Treasurer and past Chair of Ontario Division's Finance and Audit Committees. On behalf of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, she has prepared tax returns for seniors at free CA tax clinics, and volunteers at the annual "No Limits Conference" for Ontario high school students. Her husband Gary volunteers for the Canadian Cancer Society as a driver. Marion has two children, Jennifer and David.
 
  Alexandre Guertin, CA, MBA
Alex is Senior Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer for Great-West. He joined Canada Life in 2002 as Vice-President, Strategic Planning. In 2004, Alex was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Canada Life Reinsurance and London Reinsurance Corporation. In 2006, he was appointed CFO of the European Operations and promoted to Senior Vice President in 2007. He was recently appointed Chief Risk Officer. Alex leads Great-West’s conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Alex is a member of the Insurance Task Force advising the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (CICA) Accounting Standards Board on insurance industry-related IFRS conversion questions. He was a member of the CFO Task Force commissioned by the CICA that issued a brochure providing practical guidance to CFOs on preparing for the conversion to IFRS. Alex is a Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce from Щcole des Hautes Щtudes Commerciales and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 1991, he received the Gold Medal from the Ordre des comptables agrщщs du Quщbec for placing first on the Uniform Final Examination. Alex is a Board member of Le Rщseau HEC of the University of Montrщal.