Cannect with Canada’s Top Innovation Leaders

Cannector is Canada’s executive and board search service for innovators, powered by the Council of Canadian Innovators.

Built by the Council of Canadian Innovators, Cannector offers curated access to the most experienced leaders in Canada’s innovation economy—vetted, trained, and ready to help your company scale.

Whether you’re seeking a board member with scale-up expertise, a Chief of Staff to help drive organizational efficiency, or an executive who’s scaled internationally, Cannector helps broker introductions to vetted leaders from Canada’s innovation economy.

We go beyond titles and LinkedIn profiles to broker meaningful introductions with leaders who can help you scale-up globally.

Built by the Council of Canadian Innovators, Cannector provides curated access to Canada’s most experienced innovation leaders—vetted, trained, and ready to help your company scale.

Promote roles directly to our roster of high-performing professionals through targeted newsletters or direct outreach. For a more concierge-style experience, CCI can build a custom shortlist and broker introductions on your behalf.

Cannector’s brokered introduction service includes:

  • Curated Matches — Only highly qualified leaders with relevant scale-up experience.

  • Built-In Credibility — Our roster includes vetted leaders from Canada’s fastest-growing companies, alumni of CCI’s governance, AI, and Chief of Staff training programs, and trusted experts in our network.

  • Tailored Scouting — We listen first. Then we introduce you to leaders who align with your growth goals, culture, and challenges.

  • Confidential and Efficient — Save time. Stay focused. CCI has always moved at the pace of business to serve companies in need of our support.

Who’s on our roster?

Canada’s Most Strategic Operators

Cannector’s network includes:

  • Current and Former C-suite leaders from high-growth Canadian companies

  • Founders-turned-advisors

  • Experienced Chiefs of Staff

  • Board directors and committee chairs

  • Experts in AI, cybersecurity, and go-to-market strategy—trained through CCI programs

These are leaders who’ve built, scaled, and governed companies from 10 to 1,000+ employees.

  • Thealzel Lee

    Board Director
    E-Fund

  • Susy Martins

    CEO, Founder, Chief People
    Advise2Rise

  • Mike Etuhoko

    Board Chair
    TEC Canada

  • Karen McClure

    Chief Investment Officer
    DIGITAL Supercluster

  • Donna Wong

    Managing Director
    On Point Advisors Inc.

  • Neil Desai

    Chair
    Solace Power / ClearRisk

  • Denise Achonu

    Chief Financial Officer
    Verve Senior Living

Looking to hire your next board member, executive, or fractional leader?

Let us introduce you to the right Canadian leaders—strategic, experienced, and aligned with your mission.

For Canadian Innovators, By Canadian Innovators

We know what it takes to scale in Canada—because we’ve built the network to do it. Since 2015, CCI has been helping the country’s fastest-growing companies access the talent, capital and customers they need to scale-up globally.

As the executive search arm of the Council of Canadian Innovators, Cannector is uniquely positioned to help your company find the leadership talent it needs to go global.