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Summary

Nicola 'Nikki' Vanessa Alexander is a Senior Business Leader whose career spans 16+ years in Energy, Banking and Technology. She was born on the tiny Caribbean Island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to parents from St. Vincent and Grenada. After Graduating from High school Nicola immigrated to Grenada to her paternal grandparents, where she enrolled in teachers college for one year. Later the following year she immigrated lived and worked in Canada, the UK and the United States. Ecouraged by the vibrant Canadian Economy, Educational System and Communities, she took Canadian Citizenship in the 1990's. Following an unpleasant separation and divorce from her Canadian born husband between 2002-2004, Nicola would continue her career aspirations by enrolling in an Honours Bachelors Program in International Relations at the University of Toronto in 2002.

Education

Nicola holds an Honours Bachelors Degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto's Monk School for Global Affairs. Whilst at the University's Victoria College, she co-developed the University's Chapter of the Harvard Business School's 'Unite for sight' a philanthropic endeavour that promoted blindness prevention. Nicola also served as a member of the University of Toronto's Debates Committee. In 2005 she would travel to Glasgow in Scotland, where she engaged in a one year exchange program in Foreign Affairs at Strathclyde University.

Currently Nicola is a transitioning Business Executive enrolled in an Executive Masters of Law Degree [GPLLM] at the Faculty of Law in the University of Toronto. There she serves as President of the Graduate Law Students Association,leading engagements between Law and business students and the Executive Business Community. Her Committee acts as the legistlative body, managing relationships between the University's adminisration and professional students on; career development activities and extra- carricular academic development.

Career

Nicola's career has taken her from Energy and Banking Corporations to Technology Companies

At GDF Suez Energy International, she managed the daily office operations and external project communication, and was instrumental in the proxy sale of Ventus Energy to Suez Energy International. Directly reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and later Vice President Development/ Engineering and Vice President of Mergers & Acquisition

With an Offer to join SunPower Corporation in 2008 to develop what was to be the largest solar power plant in North America at 30-megawatt, in Amherstburgh Ontario. Nicola was presented with an opportunity to work with the Canadian and American SunPower Executive team,the Ontario Energy Board and Renewable Associations, to help define and develop what was the recently introduced, Feed-in-Tarrif program. For her contributions Nicola would be recognized as a distinguish leader in Business Operations by Stanford Who's Who in Business Operations Management.

Having left SunPower to join TD Bank in 2010, Nicola served as Director of Information and Infrastructure Technology, where she worked to develop and implement the IT sustainability business strategy. During her time at TD Bank, Nicola took an active role in the Intra-Bank commmittee for sustainable leadership - a committee developed and run by executives in Canada's four major banks. She also served as Senior Cabinet Member for TD GenNext, the fundraising arm for United Way.For her contribution to Innovation in Strategic Operations development and implementation at TD Bank, Nicola was recognized in 2012, as Thoughleader of the year.

After her departure from TD Bank in April 2013, Nicola has taken on executive roles in technology consulting and energy contracts. In September 2019, she enrolled in the Executive Masters Law Program [GPLLM] at the Faculty of Law, in the University of Toronto, focusing on business law; primarily around Innovation and Banking and Financial Institutions.