Alan Broadbent

Alan Broadbent is chairman and CEO of Avana Capital Corporation and chairman of Maytree, a charity committed to advancing systemic solutions to poverty and strengthening civic communities.

He has co-founded and chairs a number of initiatives including the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement, and the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. In addition, he is a Director of Sustainalytics Holdings B.V., Chair of the Toronto Inner-City Rugby Foundation, Senior Fellow and Chair of the Governing Board of Massey College, Member of the Governors’ Council of the Toronto Public Library Foundation, and Board member at Jazz.FM.

Alan is the author of Urban Nation: Why We Need to Give Power Back to the Cities to Make Canada Strong, and co-editor of Five Good Ideas: Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Ryerson University in 2009, and from Queen’s University in 2015.

He is a Member of the Order of Canada and recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.