Rona Ambrose

The Honourable Rona Ambrose is a dynamic national leader, a champion for the rights of women and girls, the former Leader of Canada’s Official Opposition in the House of Commons, and the former Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Rona is Deputy Chairwoman at TD Bank Group's Investment Bank, TD Securities, where she leads a team focused on spurring investment into the Canadian economy. She is also the founder and Chair of the Council of Women CEOs.

Rona has served on several corporate and non-profit boards, including Andlauer Health Group, Manulife Financial, TransAlta Corp., and Coril Holdings Inc. among others. Additionally, Rona served on Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Advisory Council, is part of the Senior Advisory Board of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, the advisory board of the Canadian American Business Council and the Trilateral Commission. Rona was also part of the Prime Minister's council to renegotiate the NAFTA Accord.

Rona is the recipient of the Famous Five Nation Builder Award, Public Policy Forum’s “Service to Canada” Award, Friends of Africa Humanity Award, the U.N. Women Canada National Committee Award, the Canadian AIDS Society leadership pin, the Golda Meir Award for Courage, the Florence Ladue Legacy and Legend Award for “Western Spirit”, the Rare Disease Rarity Heroes Award for Policy Leadership, the Fraser Institute's Founders Award, and is 2025s recipient of the Churchill Society's Award for Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy.

Prior to her retirement from politics in 2017, she served as a cabinet minister across several government departments, including Vice-Chair of the Treasury Board and Chair of the Cabinet Committee for Public Safety, Justice and Aboriginal Issues.

Her service includes developing federal policies in military procurement, industrial strategies such as the federal shipbuilding program, health innovation and improvements to sexual assault laws. As the former environment minister, Rona was responsible for Canada’s first GHG regulatory regime in place across several industrial sectors today.

Rona is a passionate advocate for supporting and protecting disadvantaged women and girls. Her commitment to this fight led the global movement to create the “International Day of the Girl” at the United Nations. Rona serves as the Chairwoman of the board of directors for Plan International Canada and is the co-author of a best-selling children’s book “International Day of the Girl: Celebrating Girls Around the World”. Rona’s proceeds from the book are donated to Plan International Canada.

She was recognized by the U.N. Women’s “She Innovates” initiative as 1 of 100 women who are “Impossible to Ignore”. She was also named by WXN as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women and presented the “Women of Courage Award”. In recognition of Rona's tireless advocacy for women and girls, she was named as one of ten Iconic Champions for Children by Children First Canada. Rona secured the unanimous support of the Canadian House of Commons for legislation she initiated to ensure judges receive sexual assault law training, which became law in 2021. Rona is also proud to be the first leader of her Party to march in a Pride parade.

When she’s not working, Rona is usually found in the Rockies horseback riding, hiking or skiing with her husband, JP, and three kids.