MARK PODLASLY
Senior Vice President Business Development and Head of ESG Advisory
Mark Podlasly, a member of the Nlaka’pamux Nation in British Columbia, is the Chief Sustainability Officer at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, a national 175+ First Nations organization dedicated to ensuring Indigenous environmental and economic values are incorporated into major projects (>$100m) in traditional territories.
Mark’s international experience includes the planning, permitting and construction of large capital projects related to energy, resource development and community infrastructure around the world. He has designed and delivered corporate strategy, leadership and globalization programs for a client list that includes GE, Unilever, General Mills, Clorox, Goldman Sachs, and Praxair. He is also a frequent contributor about industry-Indigenous economic reconciliation, with writings covering a range of issues including ESG, climate change, economic wellbeing and governance.
Mark is a board director of CIBC and Hydro One, as well as a trustee of his First Nation’s mining revenue trust fund.
Mark holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor-General of Canada for the founding of Teach for Canada, a non-profit organization that works with northern First Nations to recruit and support committed teachers.
