This year, I come to the ACC Annual Meeting with a new perspective. Having stepped down in June after 20 years as ACC president, the past few months gave me an opportunity to reflect about the meeting and what I learned during my time with ACC. When a professional organization like ACC — or any… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Thanks for the Compliment
Posted in ACC Docket(November — 2011) I am writing this blog post two weeks before ACC’s largest meeting of in-house counsel — our Annual Meeting. Let me clarify: Not only is this the largest meeting ACC has ever hosted, but it is also the largest meeting of in-house counsel anywhere. Anywhere, people … as in, the world. We… Continue Reading
Square One 2.0
Posted in LeadershipFollow along as our new ACC President and CEO, Veta T. Richardson, chronicles her first year at ACC, with this monthly blog series. The voice, views and stories expressed in this series are of the author and are not ACC’s. To read the first installment of this series, click here. Networking the Room While Avoiding… Continue Reading
Diversity at Royal Bank of Canada Law: No Flash, Just Pure Substance
Posted in On the RoadHowie Wong is general counsel and corporate secretary at Toronto Community Housing, which is the largest landlord in Canada. Prior to joining Toronto Community Housing in 2005, Howie was an M&A lawyer for 19 years with Gowlings, a national Canadian law firm. David Allgood’s office is surprisingly spartan. Search as you will, but do not… Continue Reading