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Basel currently works at Hydro One Inc. as a Director in the Strategy & Corporate Development group, where he focuses on strategy and generating innovative new business opportunities. He started his career at Hydro One Networks Inc. as a Field Protection & Control Engineer in the Greater Toronto Area. He also worked as a Capital Investment Planning Engineer with the Transmission Asset Management group, and as a Senior Business Analyst with the Customer Care group. He is Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario.

Basel holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the McMaster University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto.

Basel enjoys playing soccer and running, and is an avid Juventus FC supporter. He has been a board member of the Young Professionals in Energy – Toronto Chapter since 2014.

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Mabel is a Senior Associate at ICF International, working in both the Energy & Carbon Markets and the Energy Efficiency divisions in Toronto. In Energy & Carbon Markets, Mabel works on voluntary and compliance greenhouse gas (GHG) verification as well as a wide range of GHG quantification consultancy projects, with specific expertise in ICF’s in-house GHG inventory tool, GHG:ID. Mabel is also part of ICF’s growing Energy Efficiency division in Canada, and conducts site visits and advisory services for commercial and small industrial facilities for clients including Toronto Hydro and SaskPower.

Mabel has a strong academic background in global energy systems, combining technical, economic and policy subjects. She holds a BEng in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, a MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College London and a MASc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and has supplementary certificates in ISO 14064 and Advanced Building Recommissioning. Mabel is bilingual (English/French).

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Lyla currently works at Ontario Power Generation as a Senior Market Analyst. She prepares both long and short term electricity market forecasts, which help identify strategic opportunities for OPG.  She began her career at OPG at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station as a Mechanical Design Engineer developing innovative solutions to complex design issues. 

Lyla is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in Ontario and holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Western University.  She also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto.

In her free time, Lyla enjoys running, cycling and international travel.  Lyla has been a board member of the Young Professionals in Energy – Toronto Chapter since 2016.

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Mark Olsheski is a Vice President in the Energy and Environment Practice at Sussex Strategy Group where he provides advocacy and advisory services to power and utilities, infrastructure, natural resources and industrial clients. Mark joined Sussex after more than eight years at Queen’s Park serving in a number of policy and legislative affairs capacities within the Government of Ontario, including at the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure, and Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing.

Prior to joining Sussex he held the positions of Director of Policy & Stakeholder Relations to Ontario’s Minister of Energy, and Senior Policy Advisor for Supply, Transmission & Distribution. In these roles, he provided strategic leadership and helped oversee a coordinated approach to public policy development and implementation in Ontario’s energy sector. This involved working across departmental responsibilities to advance legislative, regulatory and policy transformation in alignment with and support of the broader priorities of the government, including climate change, economic development, Ontario’s fiscal plan, the province’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and growing sustainable communities.

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Kerri Lui is a partner in McCarthy Tetrault’s Business Law Group in Toronto. She maintains a general corporate transactional practice with a focus on projects in the energy, mining and defence industries.

In particular, Kerri has significant experience advising acquirers, joint ventures, investors and developers of various power generation assets in connection with private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, procurements and project agreements. She has also frequently advised Canadian and international financial institutions and borrowers on secured lending and project finance transactions, including syndicated and cross-border deals. In addition, Kerri has been seconded as in-house counsel to NextEra Energy, Inc. (the world’s largest solar and wind generator) and Aypa Power (a leading energy storage developer).

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