Alex is a founder and Partner of Southlea Group.

For the past 15 years, he has advised boards and senior management teams on aligning pay programs with their business strategy and performance objectives. He has expertise in all areas of compensation benchmarking, design, and governance, including disclosure, Say on Pay and investor and proxy advisor voting guidelines.

Prior to founding Southlea, he worked at a global multi-service consulting firm as the market leader for the Toronto Rewards Practice, and a member of the North American Governance Team. In these roles, Alex was the lead advisor to many of the largest client relationships in the Toronto market.

Industry Focus
Alex has diverse industry experience, with specific expertise advising publicly-traded organizations in the financial services, mining, and technology industries.

Education
Alex has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Master of Industrial Relations degree from Queens University.

Affiliations
Alex is a member of the Advisory Board for the Greater Toronto Area Rewards Association (GTARA) and a member of the Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC). He is also a former faculty member of the Directors College.

Ryan is a founder and Senior Partner of Southlea, a GECN Group company.

He has 20 years of experience consulting to complex organizations across North America on executive and broad-based compensation including the related governance considerations. He is often the named compensation consultant representing either the human resources committee and/or management. Prior to forming Southlea, he worked in Willis Towers Watson’s Toronto and Vancouver offices leading many of the practice’s large client relationships.

He leverages this expertise to bring stakeholders together and drive meaningful change aligned with key business and talent priorities. He is known for providing fresh and innovative thinking with his most recent research focused on connecting environmental, social and governance (ESG) with people and pay programs.

Industry Focus
Ryan works with a variety of publicly-traded, privately-held, joint venture and government organizations across many industries, including financial services, energy, industrial and technology organizations.

Education
Ryan has a Master of Business Administration in Management and Organization Studies from Simon Fraser University. Ryan completed the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Director Education Program and holds the ICD.d designation.

Affiliations
Ryan is the Chair of the Institute of Corporate Directors’ GTA Chapter. He frequently presents and writes articles on topical compensation and governance matters, including the World Economic Forum, NASPP, The Corporate Board and Equilar.

Amanda is a co-founder and the Managing Partner of Southlea Group.

Prior to this, she grew the Canadian Rewards practice at a large, multi-service consulting firm, spending 25 years as a well-known and trusted advisor to the boards and management teams of many of Canada's largest and mid-sized companies (both publicly-traded and privately-held). She uses her business acumen and direct approach to solve business challenges covering all matters related to pay levels, design and governance.

Industry Focus
Amanda works across all industries, with specific expertise working with miners, asset managers (including, but not limited to, all of the Maple 8 pension plans), broader financial services and insurance, and technology.

Amanda is a well known advisor in the asset management space and is regularly asked to advise Boards on current and projected trends in this unique sector.

Education
Amanda has a Bachelors of Commerce from the University of British Columbia. She is currently enrolled in the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Director Education Program and holds her Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Affiliations
Amanda is a member of the Canadian advisory Committee of the Global Equity Organization (GEO), member of Women Get On Board, and a Board member for the North American AT Children's Project. She frequently presents on topics of compensation and governance matters.