As CEO of DIGITAL, Sue leads a portfolio of digital innovation and capacity-building initiatives that since its inception in 2018, has accelerated the production of over 730+ Canadian IP assets, garnered over $1.4 billion in follow-on investment in Canadian companies, facilitated over 34,000 jobs created, and driven $4.2 billion in five-year incremental revenue for Canadian companies. By accelerating digital transformation in the health, natural resources, and skilling sectors through the development and adoption of Canadian-made digital technologies, DIGITAL is supporting the creation of world-leading solutions that advance human health, improve environmental health, and create a skilled workforce for the digital world.
Prior to leading DIGITAL, Sue held leadership roles in major Canadian organizations, including as CEO of LifeLabs, Canada’s largest diagnostic lab, where she led significant growth and technological advancements across Canada’s diagnostic sector. As CEO of Pharmasave, Sue oversaw the delivery of some of the first online access tools for medication management and as the first woman Managing Partner of Fasken Vancouver, Sue spearheaded the merger of three leading Canadian law firms into a leading pan-Canadian firm.
Sue serves on the boards of Stemcell Technologies (Advisory Board), Nexus Energy (Chair of HR Committee), Business Council of British Columbia Executive Committee, and Greater Vancouver Board of Trade as Chair of the Council of Governors, and Own the Podium. She has previously served on the Boards of CORIX Water Systems (Board Chair), Canadian Tire, LifeLabs, Pharmasave National, Northland Properties, (and others).
Sue has been recognized for her community contributions, receiving the Order of British Columbia, King’s Counsel, an Honorary Doctorate of Technology, the Influential Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award, the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, and the Peter Lougheed Award for Public Policy. Sue’s greatest joy is spending time in Canada’s wilderness with her husband, daughters, granddaughters and grandson.