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Stephen Huddart

Former President and CEO of the McConnell Foundation and Adjunct Professor, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria

Stephen Huddart serves as an adjunct professor at the Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria.

During Stephen’s tenure at the McConnell Foundation he oversaw pioneering work on reconciliation with Indigenous peoples; co-founded the Transition Accelerator, whose goal is to decarbonize Canada’s industrial economy; and initiated work on aligning the foundation’s investment portfolio with its granting program, in pursuit of social, environmental and economic outcomes. He is currently Director of the Regenerative Economy program for the 2024 Victoria Forum: Building Trust for a Shared World, to be co-hosted by the University of Victoria and the Senate of Canada.

As the former President and CEO of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, a national private foundation whose head office is in Montreal, Stephen led the Foundation to play a leading role in developing and supporting social innovation and impact investing in Canada as a founding partner of Social Innovation Generation (SiG). McConnell’s newest initiatives include Innoweave, The McConnell Reconciliation Initiative, Cities for People, and RECODE. Stephen’s career spans several fields and includes leadership positions in the private, public and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining the Foundation, he worked as Executive Director of Troubadour Music Inc. and the non-profit Troubadour Institute. He co-founded and operated a community-based business in Vancouver, where the local chamber of commerce named him Business Person of the Year in recognition of his active support for a wide range of community groups.

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