About

An effective leader with 27 years of experience, Christopher Ginther has occupied senior and prestigious legal and operational positions at a variety of Canada’s largest business enterprises. Well known for building and leading high-performing legal and business teams he has shown executive leadership experience in a broad scope of matters. Ginther’s unique style of leadership, depth of experience, legal and business acumen have culminated in a high level of respect from the Canadian legal and business community. Ginther is highly respected for his vision, scope and high performance approach. Apart from that, he is credited for being an expert in problem-solving, crisis management and dispute resolution, as well as a trusted advisor and excellent communicator. Ginther currently holds the position of general counsel at Ontario Power Generation, where he is responsible for the oversight and management of all legal affairs. His innovative leadership brought about fundamental changes in corporate culture, governance and strategy at his former employer Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), which resulted in functional relationships with OLG’s internal teams as well as the corporation’s large and varied stakeholder community, and external firms. In a previous role as mentor and senior business development advisor for law firm Gowlings, Ginther assisted in the implementation of growth strategies in the telecommunications and gaming sectors, and developed a “best in class” proposition for corporate, commercial and litigation lines of business. Prior to that, for nearly a decade, Ginther served in a number of senior positions within the BCE/Bell Canada law department. During his tenure as vice president and general counsel from 2002 to 2008, Ginther demonstrated strong ability to engender support from external teams to reach favourable resolution to a number of complex disputes. In addition to that, Ginther oversaw the negotiation and implementation of a $6bn complex telecom solution with global leaders in financial services, technology, manufacturing and government, as well as outsourcing arrangements with a number of global players.