Naveen Prasad is President of VICE Media Canada, Canada's leading youth media company and digital studio. In his role, Naveen oversees all aspects of the business including its studio, digital media division and VIRTUE, the creative agency born out of VICE. Prasad joined VICE as a consultant in March of 2018. He was appointed President in July and, in August, announced a multi-year, multi-faceted partnership with Bell Media. Prior to VICE Media Canada, Prasad served as Executive Vice President & GM of Elevation Pictures Corp., the Toronto based media company he helped build since its launch in 2013. Prior to Elevation Pictures, Naveen was Senior Vice President, Television at eOne, overseeing the company’s TV and Digital division. He served in the same role at Alliance Films prior to its acquisition by eOne where he also led the re-launch of Alliance’s production business. Naveen is also the Co-Founder of Impossible Objects, a film and television production company he started with filmmaker Jamie M. Dagg which has a multi-year feature film output deal with Elevation Pictures.

Passionate about strategy, management and operations, Josée Daignault has 25 years of experience as an entrepreneurial manager with a background in executive management and finance. Josée has always worked in the service sector, and since 2001, she has focused mainly on media and entertainment, as well as information technology. As a lawyer who holds an accreditation from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), an MBA and a diploma of doctoral studies in international economic law from Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris), her diligence and natural leadership were recognized in 2005, with the Prix Relève Excellence du Réseau HEC, and in 2004 by the Réseau des Femmes d’affaires du Québec. Guided by the success of her judicious strategic interventions, she contributed to catapulting KOTV Inc. among the top-ranking television production companies and launched its print arm, KO Média Inc. in 2015. Prior to that, she was head of operations at Attraction Média, and executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Just For Laughs Group. From 2010 to 2018, she worked with the president of the Quebecor Fund to establish several programs. She has chaired the board of the Maison Théâtre since 2016, and also works as the administrator and treasurer of the Fondation Véro & Louis from 2016 to 2019.

Clare is currently CFO of the MindBeacon Group. MindBeacon is an innovator in the delivery of mental health care through both its clinics and the BEACON platform which provides treatment through digitally delivered therapist supported Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Prior to joining MindBeacon, Clare was Senior VP Finance, TV with Bell Media. She was a key member of the transaction team for both acquisitions and divestures, supporting regulatory processes, financial reporting and integration activities. Clare is CPA (CA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University.

Denise Cooper is a lawyer and strategic business advisor to publicly traded and privately held companies and leaders in the Canadian and international media and technology space, as well as venture-funded startups. Her expertise is in the areas of corporate/commercial, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, privacy, film and television licensing, production and distribution, employment and intellectual property law, and she was recognized by L’expert in 2005 when she received the Top 40 Under 40 In-house Counsel Award. Prior to entering private practice, Denise was Vice President and General Counsel for Virgin Mobile Canada. Prior to that, she spent 14 years at CHUM Limited, where she served as Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In addition to sitting as a director on the Bell Fund, Denise is currently a director of Interactive Ontario. Denise received her Bachelor of Laws Degree (J.D.) from Osgoode Hall at York University (Toronto) and a Masters of Law Degree (LL.M.) from Columbia University (New York). She is a member of both the Ontario and New York State Bars.

Payal Gabrani-Bahl is Vice President of Marketing and Pricing for Bell Canada, and develops marketing strategies that strengthen Bell’s position as a leading Canadian telecommunications provider. Drawing on over 15 years of marketing experience, Payal oversees marketing programs for all of Bell’s residential products and leverages data driven insights to build national campaigns to increase revenue, value and differentiation across Bell’s markets. Prior to this, Payal was Vice President of Content for Bell Canada, accountable for sourcing and packaging leading programming for Bell TV and all digital platforms, ensuring Bell’s customers had access to the best content in Canada. She has also held senior leadership positions across the organization in strategic planning and sales. Payal holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at Western University and an Honours BA in Economics from the University of Waterloo.

Prem Gill is Chief Executive Officer of Creative BC. The agency is designated by the Province of British Columbia to focus on uniting, sustaining and growing British Columbia’s dynamic and diverse creative sector including motion picture, music and sound recording, interactive and digital media, and magazine and book publishing. Prem has been named one of Canada's 100 most powerful women, Vancouver Magazine’s “Power 50” and received the Community Catalyst award from the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade . She brings more than 20 years of experience from the digital media and entertainment industries to her current role as CEO, where she is responsible for delivering a wide range of programs and services that will expand BC’s creative economy to reach its economic and creative potential both at home and globally. Before Creative BC, Prem spent eight years with TELUS, most recently in the role of Director of Production & Original Programming. Her commitment to the advancement of BC’s creative economy can be seen through her achievements there, including the successful development and launch of the StoryHive program and TELUS’s Optik TV community channel. For many years, Prem has championed Canadian creativity as a representative and spokesperson to media, industry and government at all levels. Previous roles and responsibilities have included government and regulatory affairs, independent media consultation, cross-platform marketing, communications, research, public affairs and multicultural programming. Prem is currently on the Board of Directors of the National Screen Institute, The Actors Fund of Canada and the PuSH Festival.

For nearly two decades, Kevin Goldstein has provided strategic advice on legal, regulatory and public policy issues to both domestic and international companies operating in the rapidly evolving communications sector. In his current role as Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, Content and Distribution at BCE, Kevin is responsible for all regulatory matters for the media and broadcast distribution divisions of Canada’s largest communications company. In addition, he manages copyright issues across the company. Kevin joined BCE following its acquisition of CTVglobemedia, where he had held the position of Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs since 2007. Prior to that, he was Director, Regulatory Affairs, Radio & Television for CHUM Limited. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts (1995) and a Bachelor of Laws (1998) from the University of Manitoba. In 2013, he was recognized as one of the leading lawyers in Canada under the age of 40 by Lexpert Magazine.

Dany Meloul is Vice-President, Programming, French-Language TV at Bell Media since October 2015. She is at the helm of all activities pertaining to scheduling, planning, original content, and acquisitions for Bell Media’s French-Language specialty channels Canal Vie, Canal D, Z, VRAK, and Investigation, as well as pay services Super Écran and Cinépop. At Bell Media, she also held the position of Assistant General Counsel, Québec and previously, with Astral Broadcasting Group Inc., she was Vice-President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs and Affiliates Relations for the company’s specialty channels. Before joining Bell Media, she was Director, Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Secretary of Transcontinental Inc. and Senior Counsel for Alcan Inc. in Canada and in the United States. Dany graduated from McGill University Faculty of Law in 1988 with Civil Law and Common Law degrees, and is a member of the Québec Bar as well as the New York Bar. Dany is President of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council for the province of Québec. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for INIS (National Sound and Image Institute), and The Fonds Harold Greenberg.