Lesley Antoun is a successful executive, leadership coach, consultant, and speaker with more than 25 years of experience in strategic planning, program and risk management, partnership development and stakeholder management with multinationals, private corporations, governments, First Nations organizations and non-profits. Lesley’s expertise has benefited organizations in various industries, including infrastructure, passenger rail, aerospace and manufacturing. In addition to operating a boutique strategy consulting practice, she currently serves on various boards as an independent director and as an external advisor.
Leslie is also an active member of several professional associations, including the Institute of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors. Her contributions include numerous speaking and writing engagements. Whilst serving on the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee of one non-profit board, and chairing the Human Resource Committee of the board of a small privately held company, she authored an article for the National Association of Corporate Directors on diversity and inclusion in the boardroom, drawing on her past experiences as a new board member as well on research into the topic.
Lesley is fluently bilingual. She holds a mechanical engineering degree from the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science and an MBA from McGill University. In 2022, she was named one of Concordia University’s Top 50 Under 50 Shaping Tomorrow.