Nathalie Pilon has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Port Authority since March 2023.

A nationally recognized business leader, she brings over 30 years of experience in the construction and electrification industries. She previously served as President of ABB Canada, was a member of ABB’s Americas Executive Committee, and held the position of President of Thomas & Betts Canada and Australia. She is widely recognized for her ability to bring people and technology together to drive innovation.

Ms. Pilon has been named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network. She received the Leadership Excellence Award from the Association of Quebec Women in Finance in 2015 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Concordia University in 2018 for her contributions to business innovation.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC Montréal and is a Fellow of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec (FCPA). She also serves on the boards of HEC Montréal, Groupe Deschênes, Nouveau Monde Graphite, Kinova, Lassonde and Hammond Power Solutions.

Roelof-Jan (RJ) Steenstra is the President and CEO of the Toronto Port Authority, where he oversees a dynamic portfolio of longstanding assets on the Toronto waterfront including Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, the Port of Toronto and the Outer Harbour Marina, ensuring their continued success and impact.

Before joining Toronto Port Authority in 2022, RJ served as CEO of the Red Deer and Fort McMurray airport authorities in Alberta, where he built a track record of transformative leadership within Canada’s transportation sector.

A frequent speaker and active contributor to industry dialogue, RJ is known for promoting excellence and embracing forward-thinking approaches to complex challenges. He is particularly passionate about the role the aviation and marine sectors play in fostering shared prosperity. At Toronto Port Authority, he led the development of Transportation Reimagined, a bold strategic plan launched in 2023 that charts a five- year path focused on enhancing connectivity and expanding economic opportunity, while advancing sustainability.

RJ currently serves on the Board of Directors for Destination Toronto, the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, the Canadian Airports Council and ACI World (Airports Council International) as well as its North American chapter, and is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Toronto Global Forum. In recognition of his service, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022.

Peter Xotta is the president and CEO of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the federal agency responsible for enabling Canada’s trade through the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port. Peter joined the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s executive leadership team over a decade ago, most recently serving as vice president, operations and supply chain.

Peter was born and raised on Canada’s West Coast. Growing up surrounded by the country’s vibrant maritime industry, Peter developed an appreciation of the value and complexity of the port from an early age. He started his port career over 35 years ago— nearly 30 of which have been spent at the port authority—and progressively advanced through various roles. Today, he applies the experiences, relationships, and passion he has cultivated throughout his life and career to his role as the port authority’s president and CEO.

Peter’s long career in port environments has given him a deep understanding of the things that matter to the customers and partners that keep goods moving through the Port of Vancouver. He is particularly interested in work that keeps the port competitive and goods moving efficiently for the benefit of all Canadians, such as addressing resiliency and fragility in the supply chain and developing innovation within operational systems.

Prior to his appointment to president and CEO in 2023, Peter’s diverse portfolios at the port authority included port operations, business development and strategic projects. He played a key role in working with local partners to identify and secure funding for a suite of off-terminal trade enabling infrastructure projects throughout the region, which were developed to improve the movement of goods to and from the port and support Canada’s competitiveness in international trade. He also led the organization’s port and supply chain optimization work, such as the Active Vessel Traffic Management Program and other supply chain visibility initiatives.

Peter is a member of the Federal Ministerial Supply Chain and Internal Trade Advisory Council, the Premier’s B.C. Trade and Economic Security Taskforce, and the Vancouver Business Growth Task Force.

He sits on the boards of Invest Vancouver Management, Burnaby Hospital Foundation, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, and on Western Transportation Advisory Council (WESTAC)’s Executive Committee. He previously served on the boards of the Freight Management Association of Canada and the Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping. He is also the former chair of Canada Place Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

Peter has a Master of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School of Business.