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Wendy Tilford is a former Deputy Minister, Ontario Government, at the Ministries of Government and Consumer Services, Economic Development and Trade and Research and Innovation. Prior to joining the Ontario Public Service in 2010, Ms. Tilford held senior executive positions in public and private companies, large complex organizations, start-ups and mid-size companies including Bell Canada, Norigen Communications and Canadian Standards Group. Ms. Tilford served as the President of QMI, a former division of CSA Group and North America’s leading management system registrar.

Previous professional and board positions include the Ontario Public Service Executive Development Committee and Public Service Commission, Vice Chair of the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation Board, a member of the Executive Committee of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance Board and a member of the National Research Council for Emerging Technologies.

Ms. Tilford was recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2014 by the Women's Executive Network. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and is a graduate of the Institute’s Director Education course at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business. Wendy is currently a board member of the Technical Standards and Safety Authority.

She was elected to the CSA Group Board of Directors in 2015 and is a member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and a former member of the Human Resources Compensation Committee.