Leadership

Sharon MacLeod

Sharon MacLeod

Director since 2021

Ms. MacLeod is a Company Director. She is a marketing and business leader with over two decades of expertise in brand development and business growth in Unilever, a consumer goods company, where she held the positions of Global Brand Vice-President, North American Vice-President of Personal Care and Vice‑President of Unilever Canada. Renowned for her leadership of the Dove brand, she earned recognition as Marketer of the Year in 2019.

Ms. MacLeod is a director of several Power Group companies in North America, including IGM, IG Wealth Management and Mackenzie Inc. since 2017. She acts as a consultant to Sagard and is a Strategic Board Member for the Carlyle Group. Ms. MacLeod was recognized as a Catalyst Canada Business Leader in 2014 and was named among Canada's Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network (WXN) in both 2013 and 2014. She has also contributed as a member of Advertising Standards Canada Council.

Ms. MacLeod holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Science in Marketing Management from the University of Guelph where she was recognized with the Notable Alumni Award by the College of Business and Economics. Ms. MacLeod completed the Advanced Corporate Director Seminar at Harvard Business School in 2023, and she is a graduate of Harvard's Corporate Boards Program.

Ms. MacLeod is a member of the following committee:

Human Resources Committee Governance and Sustainability Committee