Mike McLeod is President of CAEM Canada. Prior to joining CAEM, he was with the Ontario Energy Board for more than six years, leading the Strategic Services Group. He was responsible for the Board’s energy research and policy development work dealing with the electricity and natural gas industries, including performance-based regulation and mergers and acquisitions activities. He also served as executive director of the Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals (CAMPUT). Before joining the Board, Mike was division coordinator for the Ministry of Environment’s Policy Development and Intergovernmental Affairs Division and was assistant director of the Ministry’s Environmental Assessment Branch. There he was heavily involved in the siting and approvals of electricity generation and transmission facilities in the Province. Mike graduated from York University in Toronto, having specialized in geography and community planning. He is also President of Regulatory Compliance Services Ltd. and President and Secretary of Bancroft Light and Power Ltd.