Lisa Skakun

As Chief Legal, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer at Coast Capital, Lisa is responsible for all legal, corporate development, public affairs, compliance and financial crimes risk management, as well as all corporate governance-related functions supporting the Board of Directors at Coast Capital Savings. Lisa has her LLB from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Laws degree in business law from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, and also holds her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. She is the recipient of the Lexpert Zenith Award: Celebrating Women in Law, the Association of Women in Finance’s PEAK award for Rising Star, and the National Post Award for Tomorrow’s Leader at the Western Canada General Counsel Awards and has been named to Canada’s Diversity 50 list by the Canadian Board Diversity Council. Lisa also serves as a Director on the Board of Nano One Materials, and was previously the Board Chair of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a past board member on the Cause We Care Foundation, a previous Chair of the BC Business Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, and was a member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee for the British Columbia Securities Commission. Outside of work, Lisa is a passionate food lover, trained sommelier, and Stepmom to two wonderful kids.