The BIG Team

Ivy Lumia is the CEO and Founder of BIG, bringing 20 years of corporate governance experience to the team and passion for pushing the envelope for best practices in governance. Prior to the formation of BIG, Ivy headed the corporate governance departments for a Schedule 1 Canadian Bank, publicly-traded and federal crown corporations, and led the national governance and communications programs for Canada’s Lottery corporations. Ivy also managed eight offices internationally and worked with high-profile government leaders to develop humanitarian and infrastructure projects to shape corporate and community cultures.

Ivy Lumia is currently the Ontario Chapter Chair for the Governance Professionals of Canada, holds an ESG Global Competent Boards designation (GBC.D), is certified as a Sustainability (ESG) Practitioner with the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence, and holds an I.B.B.A. with Honours. She is a savvy public speaker, advocate for women and minority rights, expert cat herder, terrible golfer, musician and general do-gooder

Staying true to our core values, we promote diversity of people and thought, which is why we are proud to be partnered with so many internationally recognized firms to assist Boards with anything that matters to them. Whether its EDI, impact investing, digital transformation, strategic risk, circular economics, investor relations, change management or anything else that keeps a Board up at night, we would be pleased to make the introductions.