Katherine Henderson hired as president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada

CALGARY, AB – Following an in depth recruitment course of led by a search committee comprised of key stakeholders and supported by an exterior government search agency, Hockey Canada is happy to announce the appointment of Katherine Henderson as its subsequent president and chief government officer.

The Hockey Canada Board of Directors, below the management of the Hon. Hugh L. Fraser, was tasked with making a imaginative and prescient for the following section of transformation and development of Canada’s official winter sport. One of its key mandates was to determine and recruit a president and chief government officer who aligns with the imaginative and prescient of the board.

Henderson has spent the previous seven years because the chief government officer of Curling Canada, the place she efficiently led initiatives to introduce new Canadians to the game, spearheaded pay fairness for Canada’s males’s and girls’s curling groups, and drove a monetary turnaround of the group’s business mannequin. She can be presently the elected co-chair of the Winter Caucus of Sport (Canadian Winter Olympic and Paralympic Sports).

“Katherine has the track record and experience to lead the ongoing transformation of Hockey Canada,” mentioned the Hon. Hugh L. Fraser, chair of the Hockey Canada Board of Directors. “With her at the helm we are confident that we will continue to take the steps necessary to ensure hockey is a safe and inclusive sport and that Hockey Canada benefits from best-in-class governance.”

“The future of hockey is limitless,” mentioned Henderson. “As a winter sport nation, with a long tradition in our ice and snow sports, playing and watching hockey is undeniably a part of who we are as Canadians. I am looking forward to working with our board and staff, our athletes, our Members and local associations, our corporate and hockey partners, and our fans and participants to ensure that all Canadians have a personal hockey experience that is right for them.”

Before becoming a member of Curling Canada, Henderson was the senior vice-president of selling and income for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games organizing committee the place she helped the Games set attendance, ticket gross sales and tv scores data. Earlier in her profession, Henderson held progressive roles in advertising and marketing and branding with Whirlpool Corporation, Colgate Palmolive Canada, Campbell Soup Canada and General Mills Canada.

A frontrunner within the better sport group, holding quite a few positions that advance sport normally, Henderson attained a Bachelor of Science diploma in vitamin from Western University, an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a grasp’s diploma in theological research from the University of Toronto.

In 2022, she acquired an International Olympic Committee Diploma for her achievements to achieve gender fairness in sport. She additionally delivered to the curling group, Changing the Face of Curling, an International Symposium in partnership with two universities and Curling Canada’s management to advance range, fairness and inclusion efforts.

“Our search committee was comprised of stakeholder representatives including athletes, Members, partners and the Hockey Canada Foundation, and we are appreciative of the time that everyone devoted to the recruitment process,” mentioned Jonathan Goldbloom, who chaired the search committee. “We thank them for undertaking such an important task that will shape the future of Hockey Canada and hockey in Canada.”

Henderson will start her position with Hockey Canada on Sept. 4 and will probably be taking part on the Beyond the Boards Summit later that week. She will probably be based mostly in Toronto, Ont.

Information about media availability will probably be shared at a later date.

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