Colleen Johnston Joins Shopify’s Board of Directors
January 24 2019 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SHOP) ("Shopify") announced today
that Colleen Johnston has been appointed to its board of directors,
effective immediately.
Colleen is the former Chief Financial Officer of
Toronto-Dominion Bank, where as a member of TD's Senior Executive
Team, she led a team of over 16,000 professionals. Prior to her
retirement in 2018, Colleen spent 14 years at TD, ten of which she
spent as Group Head, Finance, Sourcing, Corporate Communications
and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to TD, Colleen held senior
leadership roles at Scotiabank over the course of 15 years,
including as CFO of Scotia Capital.
"We are thrilled to welcome Colleen to the Shopify board of
directors," said Tobi Lütke, founder and CEO of Shopify. "Colleen
brings deep expertise in financial services, strategic growth, and
organizational development acquired over the course of an
impressive career. I have great confidence that Shopify will
benefit greatly from Colleen’s decades of experience."
"Helping entrepreneurs strive for independence and success is a
mission I’m proud to be a part of," said Colleen Johnston. "I’m
looking forward to contributing to the next phase of Shopify’s
growth."
Colleen was recognized as Canada's CFO of the Year in 2012, an
award that is presented annually by Financial Executives
International Canada, PwC and Robert Half International. She was
named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by American
Banker three years in a row from 2009 to 2011. She was chosen by
the Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's Most Powerful
Women three years in a row and in 2007 Johnston was inducted into
Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame.
Colleen has a Bachelor of Business Administration from York
University’s Schulich School of Business as well as her Chartered
Accountant designation. In 2006, she was elected a Fellow Chartered
Accountant, the highest designation conferred by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Ontario.
Colleen currently serves on the board of directors of WestJet
(TSX), a global airline based in Calgary, Alberta, McCain Foods,
Unity Health Toronto, and the Shaw Festival Theatre.
About ShopifyShopify is the leading multi-channel
commerce platform. Merchants use Shopify to design, set up, and
manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including
mobile, web, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar
locations, and pop-up shops. The platform also provides merchants
with a powerful back-office and a single view of their business,
from payments to shipping. The Shopify platform was engineered for
reliability and scale, making enterprise-level technology available
to businesses of all sizes. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada,
Shopify currently powers over 600,000 businesses in approximately
175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Nestle, Kylie
Cosmetics, Allbirds, MVMT, and many more.
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