Judy Fairburn

As Co-founder, Co-CEO and Fund Managing Partner, Judy is a change-maker with a proven track record of building cutting-edge business ventures.

Judy also sits on corporate and entrepreneurial boards, including women-CEO led organizations: deNova (protein technology) and Tundra Oil & Gas. She is also a mentor to numerous women-led startups and emerging women leaders in numerous corporations.

Her career includes executive roles as Chief Digital Officer, EVP Business Innovation and President Environmental Opportunity Fund. She was also the first female Board Chair of Alberta Innovates, an agency of the Alberta government that supports innovators across the health, clean energy, agriculture, and digital sectors. Judy is also a pioneer in corporate/entrepreneurial innovation, including co-founding a first-of-its-kind $100 million cleantech / digital venture fund and a multicompany environmental innovation alliance. She also participated in a unique executive exchange into the Privy Council Office of the Federal Government, gaining a rare first-hand understanding of how government works while advancing Canadian innovation and immigration policy.

Judy holds an MSc degree (Chemical Engineering), an MBA, and Institute of Corporate Directors designation. She is also an award-winning Creative Destruction Lab mentor, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and recipient of the 2020 Calgary Influential Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award, 2021 Schulich School of Engineering Alumni Leadership Excellence Award and WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100.