Canada's Best Private Boards Announces 2026 Summit and Awards Agenda
September 28, 2026
Ottawa/Toronto, ON
Canada's leading private company directors, owners, CEOs and governance leaders will gather in Toronto on November 5, 2026, for a day dedicated to private company governance, boardroom leadership and the future of Canada's private companies.
TORONTO, ON – MondouxRollins Partners Inc. today announced the agenda for the 2026 Canada's Best Private Boards Summit and Awards, taking place on November 5, 2026, in Toronto.
Now in its third year, Canada's Best Private Boards has become a leading platform for recognizing excellence in private company governance and sharing the lessons behind some of Canada's most successful privately held companies. This year's Summit will explore its central theme, "The Competitive Advantage of Private Company Governance," examining what Canada's best private company boards do differently to help organizations grow, navigate complexity, manage succession, develop leaders and create long-term value.
"Canada's Best Private Boards was created to celebrate the important role that boards play in helping private companies succeed," said Jennifer Mondoux, Chair and Founder of Canada's Best Private Boards and CEO and Managing Partner of MondouxRollins Partners Inc. "The Summit brings together an extraordinary community of private company leaders who are committed to learning from one another and sharing ideas."
Through panel discussions, fireside chats, micro-learning sessions and networking experiences, attendees will explore the following topics:
The competitive advantage of governance for private companies
Private company succession and the role of the board
Crisis leadership lessons from private company boards
Compensation in private companies and the board’s role
How private company leaders build high-trust boards
Fireside chat with the 2026 Trailblazers and winners
The view to 2030 from private company boards
Throughout the day, attendees will hear directly from Canada's leading private company boards, exchange ideas with peers from across the country and celebrate the recipients of the 2026 awards. The event will conclude with a cocktail reception honouring this year's winners, Trailblazers and program alumni.
Registration and event information are available at www.boardies.ca.
MondouxRollins Partners Would Also Like to Thank the 2026 Program Sponsors
Canada's Best Private Boards Sponsors:
Richter (PRESENTING Sponsor)
Laulima Consulting (IMPACT Partner)
Torkin Manes LLP (EXCELLENCE Partner)
Nasdaq (INNOVATOR and Board Management Software Sponsor)
Sutherland Investment Group / Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management (CONNECTOR Sponsor)
About Canada's Best Private Boards:
Since 2023, Canada's Best Private Boards has been recognizing the impact of great governance on the performance of private companies. We are cultivating a national culture of best-practice sharing around private company governance, where leaders learn from real, validated examples of board excellence. Now in its third year, the program continues to build strong momentum with an expanding community and deep engagement from business leaders nationwide.
Since inception, Canada's Best Private Boards has received 300+ nominations and participation now includes some of Canada's most recognizable privately held brands. Canada's Best Private Boards recognizes excellence in private company boards, either advisory or fiduciary, as well as the outstanding contributions made to a private company and to its board by an individual board member, committee chair or executive chair through the Trailblazer designation.
The program founder is MondouxRollins Partners Inc., a leading independent executive and board search as well as human capital advisory firm to private companies. www.boardies.ca
About MondouxRollins Partners Inc., the Founders of Canada's Best Private Boards:
MondouxRollins Partners Inc. is a leading independent executive and board search as well as human capital advisory firm to private companies. We are a group of specialists, equipped with decades of experience providing talent solutions for entrepreneurs, founders and executive teams of mid-market private companies.
We are risk-mitigators, trusted advisors and relationship-builders, and we are your one-stop-shop through the entire talent lifecycle, for your team or for your board. We are also the founders of the Canada's Best Private Boards program, a first-of-its-kind national and annual awards program that recognizes the impact of governance on the performance of private companies.
Media Contact:
Jennifer Mondoux
Founder and Chair, Canada's Best Private Boards
416.707.8782 x201
613.421.4800 x201
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