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Angela Nikolakakos, LLM – Chair
Toronto, Ontario

Angela Nikolakakos is honored to serve as the Chair of the Board of Lymphoma Canada, where she works alongside a talented and dedicated team of directors, staff, and volunteers committed to making a meaningful impact for those who’s lives have been impacted by lymphoma.

She is the Head of Canada, Legal at Vanguard Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of The Vanguard Group, Inc. In this role, Angela provides strategic legal counsel to Vanguard Canada’s asset management business on securities, corporate, and regulatory matters. Her expertise extends to the creation and development of mutual fund products, continuous disclosure compliance, and governance. She was recently appointed Corporate Secretary of Vanguard Canada, further broadening her leadership contributions to the organization.

Beyond her professional responsibilities, Angela is deeply dedicated to community service. She has held leadership roles with several organizations, including serving as a director of Women General Counsel Canada and as President of the Hellenic Canadian Lawyers Association. Angela holds a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto. She has also completed a certificate in Regulatory Compliance and Legal Risk Management for Financial Institutions from Osgoode Hall. Balancing a legal career with an active family life and a commitment to causes close to her heart, Angela exemplifies leadership with purpose.

Claudio Grossi – Vice Chair
Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Grossi is a CPA, CA, holds an ICD.D – Institute of Corporate Directors Designation and has completed an MBA specializing in Finance and International Business. Over the last 35 years he has held business and financial leadership roles for a variety of business sectors in Canada, the US and Europe. Mr. Grossi is employed by Hitachi Rail and is a Board member of the builder and operator of the Hazel McCallion – Hur Ontario Light Rail Transit System and is the CFO of the builder and operator of the RSSOM Ontario Line Subway system. From 2018 to 2020 he was CFO of Novara Capital Inc., a start-up fintech company that provided blockchain based investment solutions through innovative fund structures. From 2002 to 2018 he was Managing Director of Finance for the 407ETR Highway and drove significant systems and operational changes with the Company. From 1996 to 2001 he was Corporate Controller of a US publicly traded international biotech company based in Atlanta, Georgia and previously was the Managing Director of their Italian and Spanish Operations from 1992 to 1996. In 1987 Mr. Grossi began his career with Deloitte in the audit and financial services areas in Canada and later in Italy.

He has been a Board Director of Lymphoma Canada since 2017, after his father passed away from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, also serving as Chair from 2019 to 2024.

Pranav Bhardwaj – Treasurer
Toronto, Ontario

Pranav Bhardwaj is a Senior Manager with Deloitte’s Strategy, M&A and Analytics practice based out of their Toronto office. An experienced Management Consultant he specializes providing advisory services in Strategy, Innovation and AI in the retail, pharma, financial services, mining and defense sectors. He has worked with over 2 dozen Fortune 500 clients, in over 10 countries in a career spanning 10 years. His experience includes large scale business and digital transformations, while also developing strategic roadmaps and conducting assessments for his clients.

Pranav completed his Masters in Business Administration from Ivey Business School and Western University and prior to that obtained his Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from RVCE Bangalore. Over the last 5 years he has been involved with various non-profit organizations in advisory and board capacities. Pranav has also served as an adjunct faculty for Schulich School of Business and University of Toronto in the past.

GEE, Thomas Jonathan Bryan, MBA, FCPA, FCA – Director
Edmonton, Alberta

Tom was an assurance partner with RSM Canada LLP, an international public accounting firm from which he retired in August of 2021. He has extensive experience with not-for profit organizations, particularly in governance and risk management, where, over a forty-three-year period, he served on boards or as the auditor or financial advisor. He has served on numerous task forces and ad hoc committees with CPA Alberta that reviewed and commented on proposed changes to the accounting and auditing standards in Canada.

Tom is a long-time resident of Edmonton, Alberta where he lives with his wife, three adult children and six grandchildren. Tom was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a very proud Canadian and is also proud of his Chinese heritage.

David Kerr, C.Dir – Director
Toronto, ON

David is a senior legal executive who provides strategic counsel to executives and management in diverse business sectors. His broad perspective is gained from progressive experience in professional advisory and governance roles. He is adept at risk identification, negotiation and solution facilitation in collaboration with diverse parties across public and private sectors. David is currently a senior lawyer with Axiom Law and has held senior counsel and governance positions in several large Canadian organizations. He has served on both not-for-profit as well as public sector boards, holding a primary governance role in each, and has a Chartered Director (C.Dir) designation from The Directors College/DeGroote School of Management.

Robert Michon – Director
Gatineau, Quebec

Mr. Michon is an entrepreneur and independent consultant, specializing in the strategic use of IT. He is involved in a number of startups in the IT sector as an advisor and an investor. He was the co-founder of 4Degrees, Quebec City’s only Tier III colocation center, sold to Videotron in 2015. During his nearly forty-year career, he has provided consulting services throughout North America to companies including Oracle, American Express, CA Technologies, Fujitsu, Taleo and Suntrust Bank.

Mr. Michon has extensive governance experience having held board positions in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. He holds a Chartered Director (C.Dir.) from McMaster University. He also holds a B.Sc.(Hons), an M.B.A. and several other professional certifications.

Robert joins Lymphoma Canada as a way of “giving back” after the support he received during his personal fight against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Eddy Nason – Director
Ottawa, Ontario

With over 20 years experience in health, Healthcare, health systems and health research, Eddy Nason brings provincial, national and international expertise to his role as Director, Health at the Conference Board of Canada. He has advised numerous government departments on health and research system development and analysis, as well as providing science foresight exercises for the UK government. He is an acknowledged international expert in Research Impact, having authored numerous influential reports, tools and frameworks to assess impact and train others in research impact assessment. Eddy was part of a three-person expert advisory panel on evaluation, impact analysis and data capabilities for CIHR, and has advised research funders across Canada and internationally on health research strategies and ecosystem management.

Prior to working for the Conference Board of Canada, Eddy was Director of Strategic Impact and Evaluation at Genome Canada, Assistant Director at the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) and worked with a number of think-tanks in Canada and the UK. Eddy is a Board Member for the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation, part of the Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute for Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, a lead on research impact narratives for the Canadian Health Services and Policy Research Alliance, and an advisor to the Ontario HIV Treatment Network. He has an MPhil from Cambridge University in molecular genomics and a BSc from Edinburgh University in developmental biology.

Lawrence Reiter
Toronto, Ontario

Lawrence Reiter has spent over 25 years in leadership roles in the Pharmaceutical Research Industry in Clinical Development and Operations. His experience includes the successful development of safe and effective treatments for pediatric growth hormone deficiency, malaria, and allergic rhinitis. He has gained expertise in the drug development process for rare diseases and Oncology. Lawrence has worked in multiple regions around the world and managed global studies in more than 40 countries. In addition, he is accredited by and remains in good standing with the Society for Quality Assurance as a Registered Quality Assurance Professional in Good Clinical Practice (RQAP-GCP).

Lawrence is an experienced public speaker and is involved as a part-time instructor for the Applied Clinical Research program affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Lawrence holds a PhD in Public Health and a Master of Science in Medicine. Originally from South Africa, Lawrence is a proud Canadian, and grateful to be of service to Lymphoma Canada, as a means to give back to the community and in honour of friends and family who have been exposed to the disease.

Matthew Roebuck, MBA, Director
Toronto, Ontario

Matthew Roebuck is a strategic business and product leader with over two decades of experience spanning telecommunications and not-for-profit. He combines technical expertise, business insight, and collaborative leadership to deliver results and drive transformation.

He currently serves as Head of Product and Customer Experience at telMAX Inc, driving delivery of fiber-based telecom services across Ontario. Previously, Matthew held senior leadership roles at Rogers Communications, where he drove product innovation, digital transformation and customer experience, and at Movember, where he spearheaded global fundraising initiatives. Matthew holds an MBA and BBA from the Schulich School of Business and is a long-time community leader, recognized as a Movember Platinum Club and Hall of Fame fundraiser.

Matthew is deeply committed to supporting Lymphoma Canada’s mission to create a life without lymphoma.

Pamela Skrabek, MD – Director
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dr. Pamela Skrabek is a Hematologist and Associate Professor in the Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology in Winnipeg with a Masters in Community Health Sciences. Her position is dedicated to clinical work with a focus in lymphomas including a leadership role as chair of the Lymphoproliferative Disease Site Group for CancerCare Manitoba.

Blair White – Director
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Blair has been working in the technology sector his entire career, presently Blair is an executive member with the Government of Canada, with previously having spent a decade specifically in the healthcare industry.

Formally educated with two undergraduate degrees at St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia where he was also a member of the varsity basketball team and won a national university championship during that time, along with a Masters program from McGill University l. Blair enjoys his free time in nature of his lovely province of Newfoundland and Labrador with various outdoor hobbies and also coaching youth basketball.