Cathy and is a founding Managing Director of the Toronto office of Stanton Chase, a Top 10 global retained executive search firm, working with clients across North America. With over 30 years of broad business experience, Cathy also leverages her finance and governance expertise as Global Leader of the Stanton Chase CFO Practice, specializing in CFO and Board search and leadership assessment.
As a trusted partner to many long-standing clients, Cathy advises companies ranging from start-ups to publicly traded global corporations, helping to attract top talent and build diverse and inclusive executive leadership teams and boards that will drive growth and transformational change.
Cathy graduated from Bishop’s University, playing basketball for the CIAU National Champion Lady Gaiters, and started her career with Ernst & Young in Ottawa. She was awarded the CPA Fellow designation in 2017, and in 2021, was honored to be recognized by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.
She currently sits on the global Board of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) and as Vice-Chair, Finance on the Stanton Chase Board of Directors. A passionate advocate for diversity and advancing women in leadership, Cathy is a frequent speaker and panelist on the intersect of DEI, human capital and governance.