Benjamin Smith
President
Passenger Airlines
Air Canada
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Ben Smith, President, Passenger Airlines, Air Canada has overall responsibility for the financial performance of Air Canada and its subsidiaries, in addition to oversight of the airline’s commercial activities including Revenue Management, Marketing, Sales, Network Planning, Cargo, Alliances and the Air Canada Leisure Group.
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Howard Eng
President & CEO
GTAA
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Howard Eng, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (“GTAA”) which manages and operates Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada’s largest airport. As head of the GTAA, Mr. Eng focuses on the strategic direction of Toronto Pearson, working to build North America’s premier gateway airport.
In his previous role as Executive Director of Airport Operations of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, he was integral in moving Hong Kong onto the world’s stage as a global hub and one that enjoys consistently high ratings from guests, including a top rating from Skytrax.
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Andrew McAlpine
Principal
Arup
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Andrew McAlpine, an architect and leader of Arup’s Canadian business operations, has over 30 years of experience with 20 of those with Arup working in aviation planning, transportation consulting, and transportation infrastructure design.
In 1995, he joined NAPA in Toronto, an aviation planning firm tasked with developing a new master plan for Toronto Pearson International Airport, which culminated in the creation of a new Terminal 1.
Andrew and his team have helped plan new airport terminals at Ottawa, Winnipeg, Washington Dulles, and Terminal 5 at JFK and to advise on the potential for new airports in the UK. More recently Arup has been instrumental in planning the development of airports in Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and is currently busy in Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Panama, China, Canada and the US, as well as continuing to help plan the next steps at Toronto Pearson.
Notable projects include two of the stations on the Spadina line subway extension, the redevelopment of Queens Quay at Toronto’s waterfront, a variety of transportation advisory and planning services for Metrolinx and the City of Toronto, considerable involvement with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, the replacement of the Champlain Bridge in Montreal, and design of three of the primary venues for the Pan Am Games.
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Leslie Woo
Chief Planning Officer,
Planning and Policy
Metrolinx
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Leslie Woo, Metrolinx’s Chief Planning Officer, is responsible for creating and prioritizing the delivery of The Big Move, a comprehensive 25-year transportation plan for Canada’s largest urban region. This plan has since resulted in over $16 billion in public transit investments that are transforming one of the world’s most liveable city regions, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Leslie oversees long range planning, project development and integrated transit service planning. Leslie’s expertise in addressing complex urban challenges is evidenced in her leadership role, from discovery to delivery, of the provincially legislated Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan (2006).
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Moderator:
Robert Palter
Director
McKinsey & Co.
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Robert Palter is a Director in the Toronto office of McKinsey & Company. He is the Global Leader of McKinsey's Infrastructure Practice. The focus of his client work is helping infrastructure developers, owners and operators both public sector and private maximize the value of their assets.
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