Charles St-Arnaud is Chief Economist at Alberta Central, the central banking facility and trade association for Alberta’s credit unions. He has more than 20 years of experience as an Economist in the public and private sector, both in Canada and internationally. Before joining Alberta Central, he was Senior Investment Strategist at Lombard Odier Investment Manager in London, England advising investors and portfolio managers on global financial markets. Before that, he was Senior Economist and FX Strategist at Nomura International in NYC and London. Charles was at the Department of Finance in Ottawa during the global financial crisis, where he advised senior officials on economic policy to respond to the crisis. He also worked for the Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Post, Globe&Mail, BNN Bloomberg, CBC/Radio-Canada and Calgary Herald. Charles holds an Msc. in Economics from Université du Québec à Montréal.

Derek Costain is an experienced senior IT leader with 25 years of technology and leadership experience in the aviation sector. Derek is currently serving as Director of Corporate and Airport Technologies at the Calgary International Airport (YYC). In his role, Derek oversees all software and technologies in use at YYC, including enterprise applications used by YYC business units and technology solutions critical to the operation of the airport. Derek also previously spent 4 years as an IT Program Manager delivering the IT program for the International Terminal at YYC and working through both the design and construction phases of the nearly $2 billion terminal expansion.