York University Centre for Business and Law Honours Corporate Leader with Medal for Career Achievement

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10-2-2015

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York University Centre for Business and Law Honours Corporate Leader with Medal for Career Achievement

TORONTO, February 10, 2015 – The Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law at York University presented the 2014 Hennick Medal for Career Achievement to Marianne Harris (JD/MBA ’83) on Monday, February 9.

“In a long and extraordinarily successful career in corporate and investment banking, Marianne Harris has demonstrated that she is a powerful leader who inspires respect and trust,” said Edward J. Waitzer, Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business, and Director of the Hennick Centre. “It is a great honour to present the Hennick Medal to Marianne in recognition of her impressive contributions to business and law.”

Harris is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and a member of its Finance, Audit and Risk Committee. Most recently, she was Managing Director at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada and President, Corporate and Investment Banking for Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. She has extensive corporate and investment banking experience gained from over 29 years of advisory work in the U.S. and Canada. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Harris was Head of the Financial Institutions Group at RBC Capital Markets.

In addition, Harris is on the Board of Directors of Sun Life Financial Inc. and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, and Agrium Inc. She is also a Director and Chair of the Investment Committee for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Board, a Director of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business, and sits on the Advisory Council for the Hennick Centre for Business and Law.

The Hennick Medal is presented annually to a distinguished leader who has earned international recognition in the business and legal communities. Previous recipients of the Hennick Medal are Kathleen Taylor, former President and CEO of Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts and now Chair of the RBC Board of Directors, in 2010; Tye Burt, former President and CEO of Kinross Gold Corporation, in 2011; Moya Greene, CEO of Royal Mail Group, in 2012; and Gregory Sorbara, former MPP, Vaughan and now Chancellor of York University, in 2013.

Launched in 2009, the Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law – a joint initiative of Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business – is the first Canadian centre to promote and develop joint business and law scholarship and education. Made possible by a gift from Jay and Barbara Hennick, the Hennick Centre’s flagship is the joint JD/MBA program, offered by Osgoode and Schulich. The Hennick Centre also draws together the teaching and research strengths of the Davies Fund for Business Law and other endowed chairs including the Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance, cross-appointed to Osgoode and Schulich.

About York University

York University is a leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. York offers a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in Toronto – Canada’s most international city. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 55,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, as well as 250,000 alumni worldwide. York’s 10 faculties and 28 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional academic boundaries. This distinctive and collaborative approach is preparing students for the future and bringing fresh insights and solutions to real-world challenges. York University is an autonomous, not-for-profit corporation.

About Schulich School of Business, please visit: www.schulich.yorku.ca.

About Osgoode Hall Law School, please visit: www.osgoode.yorku.ca.

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For further information or to arrange an interview with Marianne Harris, please contact:

Virginia Corner, Communications Manager, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, 416-736-5820, vcorner@osgoode.yorku.ca.

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