Director Since: November 2015
Committee Member: Audit Committee (Chair), Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and Public Affairs Committee
Claire Kennedy is a corporate director and former Managing Partner of Bennett Jones LLP, where she was also a senior tax partner. She is a director of Constellation Software Inc. and a member of its Audit Committee and is also a Trustee of the National Gallery of Canada. Ms. Kennedy served on the board of the Bank of Canada from 2012 to 2025 and was Lead Director from 2018 to 2025. She served on the board of Neo Performance Materials Inc. from 2017 and as Chair from 2020 until her retirement from the board in June 2025. She was formerly a director of predecessor company, Neo Material Technologies Inc. Ms. Kennedy is a member of the Dean's Advisory Committee at Rotman School of Management and is co-Chair of the University of Toronto's Defy Gravity campaign. She was a government appointee to the University of Toronto's Governing Council from 2012-2021 and served as Chair from 2017 until the conclusion of her term. Ms. Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Toronto and a law degree from Queen’s University. She has completed the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business Advanced Management Program and the Making Corporate Boards More Effective program at Harvard Business School. Ms. Kennedy also holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, is a Professional Engineer in Ontario, and was awarded an honorary LL.D. by the University of Toronto.