GOVERNANCE TEAM

Governance Advisory Board

Justin Fogarty - Chairman & Partner

Known for his creativity and a founder of Pivotas he has been one of the Globe’s top internationally legal counsel in corporate finance, banking, M & A, restructuring and corporate governance. He has been a senior advisor to major corporations, financial institutions and governments dealing with complex policy and business issues. He has been an investment banker in London and has founded two successful investment funds and is a Swiss FINMA registered Client Advisor. His global experience as a top lawyer, advisor, board member and entrepreneur provides Pivotas’ clients an experienced international perspective that brings creative value solutions to achieve winning outcomes.

Marc Tassé - Managing Director

World-renowned expert in the field of forensic accounting and in the fight against corruption and financial crime, Mr. Tassé has acted as an external consultant and advisor for senior executives of various departments and agencies of the federal, provincial and foreign governments, as well as for civil society organizations and Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Tassé was selected as an independent expert by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to perform the mid-term evaluation of its “Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Thematic Trust Fund”, and testified before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on the “Statutory Review of the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act”.

Pamela Leonce - Senior Advisor

Pamela has a career spanning over 30 years at executive and non-executive levels in the public and not for profit sector. She is an experienced Board Chair, a HR and Renumeration Committee Chair, and Chair of Audit & Risk committees.

As the CEO of Stowhill, Pamela provides HR services, executive coaching, diversity, equity and inclusion expertise, and conducts governance reviews. Her clients are based across the world, including Bank of England, Shell, Capita, and companies in the Caribbean. Pamela is also a partner of the international headhunting firm, Saxton Bampfylde.

Pamela has extensive knowledge of governance effectiveness and was recently selected to review and develop a new Code of Governance for the National Housing Federation, a membership organization with 800 members.

Her previous non-executive roles include Barclays Bank Foundation, Olympic Development Authority, the Westfield Group and Advisor to the Mayor of London.

Richard Bissonnet - Senior Advisor

Richard has been a financial advisor since 2002, initially as a founder of independent partnerships based in Geneva and Zürich.

He has advised on corporate M&A, institutional real estate transactions and venture capital funding in Switzerland, the EU and in south-east Asia.

In the earlier part of his career he was a senior executive with Reuters Holdings plc in London, Geneva, Zürich, Paris and Milan.

Richard’s current focus is on cybersecurity, and he is Executive Chair of Authentico Technologies AB, a Swedish-based provider of unique data encryption solutions.

He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a former President of the Swiss INSEAD Alumni Association.