JUDGES
Meet the Judges
Andrea Polatos
VP, IT Application Delivery
SNC-Lavalin
Responsible for delivering and supporting IT for Engineering, Business Development and O&M.
Brandon Abraham
Vice President
Simard Transport
JMSB alumnus. Transportation and logistics since 2007. ICC judge since 2022.
Fouad Farès
CEO
Mindsmaster
30+ years in transformational digital projects. Visiting lecturer at Harvard Business School. ICC judge since 2018.
Jean Perotti
CFO
Montreal eCommerce Company
CPA with 30+ years driving operations through finance. ICC judge since 2016.
Li Yao
Director, MBA Programs
John Molson School of Business
PhD from Purdue University. MBA Director since July 2021.
Natalia Veselovskaya
Credit Insurance Lead
Export Development Canada
MBA, CPA, CMA. 25 years in accounting and finance across high tech and financial services.
Ruth Jebing
Chief of Staff to the CEO
CAE Inc.
15+ years in aviation. Competed at ICC 2005, and has been a sponsor and judge since.
Sam Watts
CEO
Welcome Hall Mission
Manages a $32M annual budget and 400+ staff and volunteers. Author and National Housing Council member.
Sylvain Matte
Management Consultant, Judges Briefer
Independent
MBA from HEC Montréal. J. Pierre Brunet Coach Award 2020. Judges Briefer since 2024.
Theodora Stavropoulos
VP, Canadian Commercial Credit
Scotiabank
CPA. Career spanning CA firms, manufacturing finance and Canadian banks.