Kathleen Taylor

Kathleen Taylor

Independent director since May 2016 

Kathleen Taylor is a corporate director. Ms. Taylor is Chair of Element Fleet Management Corp. and of Mattamy Asset Management. She also serves as Chair of Altas Partners, a Toronto-based private equity firm, and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Cabot Collection, a developer and operator of golf resorts and residential properties. She is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Ms. Taylor is Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Hospital for Sick Children, a director of the SickKids Foundation and Chancellor of York University. She is a former Chair of the Royal Bank of Canada.

Ms. Taylor is also a member of the C.D. Howe Institute’s National Council and the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Schulich School of Business. 

Ms. Taylor holds an master of business administration from the Schulich School of Business, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, and a bachelor of arts (honours) from the University of Toronto. She has received honorary doctorates from a number of Canadian universities.