Ms. Abdelmessih currently serves as Chair, Export Development Canada, an Ottawa-based Federal Crown Corporation. She also serves as Lead Independent Director and Audit Chair, Scientific Games Inc., based in Atlanta, GA. In her community work, Ms. Abdelmessih is a member of the Advisory group for The Equity Opportunity: Advancing Women’s Economic Well-being, launched by LEAP|Pecaut Centre for Social Impact, and is a past Chair of the TD Bank Enterprise Women in Leadership Committee, as well as past co-chair of the TD Bank United Way giving campaign. Ms. Abdelmessih is a former director of First Nations Bank of Canada, The Canadian Business Growth Fund, Bridgepoint Health Foundation and Greenwood College. Ms. Abdelmessih is a member of the C.D. Howe Institutes’ Domestic Stability Buffer Council. A highly experienced professional in the financial services sector, Ms. Abdelmessih held senior management positions in the front office and key operational roles, driving strategy, growth and transformation during a career spanning over 30 years with Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank, and is the former Chief Risk Officer, Canadian Banking, Auto Finance, Insurance and Global Wealth Management, for TD Bank. Ms. Abdelmessih holds an Honors BA in Political Science and English from the University of Toronto, an MBA from The Richard Ivey School of Business and completed the Wharton Business School Advanced Risk Management Executive Education program. She is a graduate of the Rotman School of Management Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the ICD.D designation as well as the Competent Boards ESG designation.