Elyse Allan has served as President and CEO of GE Canada since October 2004.  Her career at GE began in 1984 and has spanned the U.S., Canada and several global industrial and consumer businesses.  Prior to this, she was President and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade and, before that, a senior executive at Ontario Hydro.

Mrs. Allan is a strong advocate for advancing the country’s science and technology base, competitive fiscal policy, and strong cities.  Aside from her work at GE, she contributes to these goals as a Director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the C.D. Howe Institute, and the Public Policy Forum.  Mrs. Allan is First Vice-Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.  In 2009, she was appointed to Minister Flaherty’s Federal Finance Advisory Committee, Premier Stelmach’s Council for Economic Strategy and as well,  Premier McGuinty invited her to serve on the Metrolinx Board of Directors.  Her community work includes serving on the Board of the Royal Ontario Museum and the Tuck Business School Board of Overseers at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.