winner: Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion

CIBC Mellon

Maple Tam

Chief Human Resources Officer

Maple Tam is Chief Human Resources Officer at CIBC Mellon. Maple is responsible for CIBC Mellon’s human resources strategy and function. When she joined the company in 2006, she held the position of Vice President, Talent and Relationship Management and was responsible for establishing the organization’s talent management strategy and for developing a framework to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. In addition to having several years of experience in the technology and retail sectors, Maple holds an honours bachelor of arts degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA and APHRM certificate from the Rotman School of Management. She is also a certified member of the Human Resources Professionals Association.

Chief Human Resources Officer

Maple Tam

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Angela Payne

Co-founder

Angela Payne

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Angela Payne, an experienced professional in the human capital sector, has dedicated her over-20-year career to her deep interest in people. Her remarkable ability to create strong and lasting connections is recognized – it is a superpower that has helped her build and expand successful teams and established her as a strategic mentor to many leaders.

CIBC Mellon is a Canadian company exclusively focused on the investment-servicing needs of Canadian institutional investors and international institutional investors into Canada. CIBC Mellon’s investment- servicing solutions include custody, multi-currency accounting, fund administration, record-keeping, pension services, securities lending services, foreign exchange settlement, and treasury services.

Linda Ross

People and Children Manager

Linda has over 27 years’ experience in leading People and Culture teams, incorporating OD, WHS, HR, Payroll and Systems. This experience spans hospitality, theme parks, airline, manufacturing and, for the last five years, local government industries. Linda is passionate about achieving sustainable business outcomes with people at the forefront of everything. In the last three years, in addition to the People and Culture department, Linda has led the Children Services portfolio encompassing 44 children services – 18 long day care, five pre-schools, 15 before- and after-school care and six vacation-care services. The timing of her appointment has seen her lead the portfolio (as well as People and Culture) through the unprecedented times of COVID. In the last financial year, 3,100 children aged 0–12 years attended the services, and Linda loves the difference that this portfolio makes to the community including young people. In Linda’s spare time she contributes to finding a cure for cancer, by volunteering and most recently cycling with Tour De Cure and raising much-needed funds for researchers.

People and Children Manager

Linda Ross

Amita King

Organisational Development Manager

Amita leads Penrith City Council’s Organisational Development (OD) Team and brought with her extensive private sector OD experience upon joining Council three years ago. She has worked across a number of industries including Telecommunications and Retail, leading change management, internal communications, learning and development, leadership, talent and much more. Her passion lies in leading organisations to continually evolve and enhance strategic performance and organisational culture through the investment in contemporary people-centric frameworks and programs that grow and unleash the potential of their people.

Organisational Development Manager

Amita King

As an independent, forward-thinking girls’ school we are committed to preparing girls for a lifetime of learning, leadership and engagement in our global community. We believe in girls. At Ruyton Girls’ School we foster the individuality of each girl in a caring and safe environment, nurturing her intellectual, physical, social and emotional qualities that are essential to flourish. Powerful learning is central to the Ruyton culture, building on our strong academic reputation. We focus on advancing the learning of every girl through the engagement of intellectual curiosity, building their knowledge and skills about how to learn, and supporting them to achieve their personal best and be exemplary citizens. We believe in real-world learning beyond the classroom, collaborating with the wider community to promote growth, discovery and sustainability. We empower our girls to lead lives of purpose with courage, character and compassion. Through the development of values and action-focused learning they are inspired to pursue equity and justice for self and others. By embracing diversity and raising their voices, our girls effect positive change and make a difference.