The filed record
Appointment of Public Member to the Toronto Hydro Board
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The decision
2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · referred
As filed
City Council on May 21 and 22, 2025, referred Item NC16.1 back to the Corporations Nominating Panel for consideration at its May 29, 2025, meeting.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
The Corporations Nominating Panel will select candidates to be interviewed for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board. The Corporations Nominating Panel will conduct interviews at its next meeting and recommend two candidates to City Council for appointment.
Staff recommended
The City Clerk recommends that: 1. The Corporations Nominating Panel select 6 candidates listed in Confidential Attachment 1a for interview at its next meeting for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board. 2. The Corporations Nominating Panel direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b and 2 remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.
Considered
2025-04-29 · Corporations Nominating Panel · amended
Decision as filed
The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Nicole Martin to the Toronto Hydro Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending June 27, 2027, and until a successor is appointed.
Clerk’s note
The Corporations Nominating Panel: 1. Deferred the selection of candidates for interview for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board to the May 29, 2025, meeting of the Corporations Nominating Panel. 2. Requested the City Clerk to include a Skills Matrix for the Highly Qualified candidates for all Corporations Nominating Panel meetings going forward. 3. Directed that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, and 2 to the report (April 16, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Hydro Board.
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Candidate's biography: Nicole Martin Ms. Martin, P. Eng., brings 20 years of financial services experience with a leading global credit rating agency to the Toronto Hydro Board of Directors. Her understanding of the technical complexities of the utility business is founded on her work as a professional engineer for Ontario Hydro, Hydro One, and Hydro Ottawa. Ms. Martin's entire career has been inspired by the constantly evolving utility sector and a keen awareness of, and a commitment to manage Environmental, Social, and Governance risks and the carbon transition. Ms. Martin has served on the Toronto Hydro Board since 2023 and was recently appointed Chair of the Sustainable Governance Committee.
2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · referred