Biography:

Bill Furlong (ICD.D) has been an Executive-in-Residence at the Ivey Business School since 2013, focusing on leader character within the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership. He has co-authored essays on leader character published by MIT Sloan Management Review, Business Law International, and the Global Risk Institute. In 2020 Bill founded, and with Dr. Mary Crossan co-hosts, the podcast Question of Character. He is a co-author of The Character Compass, which was published in 2023. Since 2019 Bill has been a Board Director of CAA Club Group and its operating subsidiaries CAA Insurance and Echelon Insurance. He is a member of the Investment Committees and the Governance and Nominating committees. He is also the Chair of the Echelon Insurance Board. Since April 2022 Bill has been a Part-Time Adjudicator with the Capital Markets Tribunal. From 2015 to 2019, Bill was a Part-Time Commissioner at the Ontario Securities Commission and was a member of their board. From 1994 to 2012, Bill held strategic leadership roles at TD Securities including Global Head of Asset Securitization; Global Head of Middle Office (UK); and Global Head, Trading Business Management. Bill retired from TD Securities in 2012 as Vice-Chair. Bill can be reached at bfurlong@ivey.uwo.ca.