Diane J. Brisebois
President & CEO, Retail Council of Canada

Diane J. Brisebois, CAE, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Retail Council of Canada (RCC). She oversees the largest retail association in Canada serving over 45,000 retail establishments including independent merchants, chain stores, mass merchants, big box and online retailers. RCC’s membership covers all segments of the retail market including general merchandise, grocery and pharmacy.

Prior to joining Retail Council of Canada, Diane was President & CEO of the Canadian Office Products Association. She serves as a member of the Advisory Board for Ryerson University’s School of Retail Management, University of Alberta’s School of Retailing, as well as the Advisory Board of World Wildlife Federation Canada. Diane is the Chair of the Fair Factory Clearinghouse, an organization established to enable collaboration in assessing and improving workplace conditions globally, and is a member of the Stewardship Ontario Board of Directors.

Her previous board participations include Covenant House Toronto, the Traffic and Injury Research Foundation and the Canadian Society of Association Executives, and she is the Immediate Past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Forum of International Retail Association Executives (FIRAE). FIRAE represents retail associations from more than 35 countries brought together to collaborate on issues affecting the retail sector globally.