Gord Hicks joined BGIS Global Integrated Solutions in 1997 and held a number of Executive roles until being promoted to President in 2006. In 2016 Gord became CEO, responsible for BGIS’ global operations.

As a Professional Engineer and LEED-Accredited Professional, he is someone who cares deeply about our planet. Gord is dedicated to supporting and advocating for the highest environmental standards in the real estate industry. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Canada Green Building Council and was a long standing board member of Al Gore’s “The Climate Reality Project Canada”, a not-for-profit organization that promotes awareness of climate change and encourages societal change to reduce our carbon footprint. In 2014 Gord was recognized as one of Canada’s Green 16 Leaders, by the Clean 50, and in 2015 he was honored by Corporate Knights as Canada’s Greenest CEO. In 2018 Carleton University awarded Gord with a PhD h.c., for his outstanding efforts and contribution to the advancement of building energy efficiency.

Under his leadership BGIS was named by Maclean’s Magazine, as one of Canada’s Top 30 Greenest Companies from 2010-2014. In 2012 he became a founding member of the Corporate Knights Council for Clean Capitalism, and has been actively involved in working with governments to introduce policies to enable the advancement in the Green Building industry. For 2017 and 2018, BGIS has been identified as one of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens.

Corey has more than two decades of experience leading social change organizations focused on engaging people to take action on critical environmental and social issues. Corey was previously the COO and Partner of global consulting firm, Realized Worth, a company focused on the design and implementation of corporate volunteering and giving programs. Managing the business development and operations, Corey worked with FORTUNE500 companies (including Apple, Deloitte, AT&T and SAP) around the world to engage their employees in critical and sustained community projects.

Corey also spent 10 years helping to lead Summerhill, a national firm focused on engaging the public on energy efficiency behaviours. Holding various positions, including President/Chief Transformer, U.S. expansion lead and Executive Director of the non-for-profit arm, Corey worked with utilities, government agencies and the private sector to drive significant energy savings across Canada.

Corey volunteers his time on a number of boards, including the Atmospheric Fund, where he also chairs the Grants Committee. An avid reader, record collector and musician, his greatest passion is hugging trees and travelling the world with his family.

Helle Bank Jorgensen is a renowned sustainability, climate change, and ESG advisor with close to 30 years of experience helping global companies and investors turn sustainability into strong financial results. Helle has worked with hundreds of world-leading companies including IKEA, Nike, Shell, Unilever, Maersk, Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Vestas, as well as SMEs and investors.

Besides being a board member, she serves on His Royal Highness Prince of Wales A4S Global Expert Panel, the Cornerstone Capital Global Advisory Council, the WBCSD Governance & Internal Oversight High-Level Advisory Group and the Future-Fit Business Benchmark Release Council. Helle is a Board Facilitator for the UN Global Compact Board Program and a regular keynote speaker and author of many thought-leading articles and books. Helle was the creator of the world’s first Green Account based on lifecycle assessment, as well as the world’s first Integrated Report, the first holistic supply chain program, and was the principal organizer for the CEO/Investor-network for Business Ethics and Non-Financial Reporting. She led the Improvement of DJSI and CDP ranking and investor communication for global companies and has worked on Natural Capital Accounting for IFC/World Bank. In 2015, Helle became the first in North America to have received the Certificate of Achievement and passed the GRI G4 Exam. In 2018 she received the Clean50 Award.

Helle was a Partner with PwC for 11 years, building and leading sustainability and climate change practices in Europe and the US. She has extensive experience providing strategic and operational guidance to all functions within an organization, including advising at the C-suite and board level. Helle is a State Authorized Public Accountant and Business Lawyer by training.

Andy Delisi, WELL AP, FitWel Ambassador and member of the WELL Faculty, works with architects, designers and business owners and teaches how to integrate wellness and sustainability into the office environment. Andy is the Business Development Manager for Envirotech Office Systems. Envirotech is Canada’s leading provider of high-quality sustainable furniture solutions. Under Mr. Delisi's guidance, Envirotech was the furniture dealer of choice for Canada’s first FitWel certified office and continues to be an industry leader in both sustainability and wellness in the workplace. Mr. Delisi currently teaches his course on Smart Buildings: The Bridge Between Wellness and Sustainability across Ontario and has been a guest speaker at Seattle’s Healthy Worksite Summit, IIDEX Toronto, IFMA’s Wellness in the Workplace and the Unwired Worktech conference

Dave is an environmental economist with a twenty-five-year track record in helping solve policy challenges for sustainable development. His work can be found in very public reports on Canadian carbon and energy transitions and buried deep in regulatory impact analysis. His work often cuts across many dimensions of sustainable development.

Dave holds a B.A. in Economics from McMaster University and a Master of Development Economics from Dalhousie University. Dave has held positions with Environment Canada, Canada's Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development and leading Canadian consultancies. He was the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Vice-president for Climate, Energy and Partnerships.

He is the Chief Economist with Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, an Executive in Residence with the University of Ottawa’s Smart Prosperity Institute and a School Fellow at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy. He has operated EnviroEconomics Inc. since grad school.