Karen J. Taylor           

Karen has deep experience in capital markets, regulatory policy and infrastructure investing. She is Managing Co-editor of Energy Regulation Quarterly,  Vice Chair of the Council for Clean & Reliable Energy and an Executive Fellow with the Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre.  She was a Board Member of the Macaulay Centres for Children, where she served on the finance and IT committees, Regent Street working group and was  Chair of the strategic planning committee.  Karen has over 25 years of relevant senior executive financial and energy experience. She was a top-ranked equity analyst with TD Securities and BMO Capital Markets covering the pipeline, energy utility and power generation sectors. She also served as the Executive Advisor to the Chair of the Ontario Energy Board and was a Member of the Ontario Energy Board. In addition, she served as Special Advisor to the Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. Karen has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, Major in Finance, with Distinction, from the University of Alberta, a Master of Business Administration, with Honours from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. She has also completed the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program and holds the ICD.D designation.