Ms Margaret-Jean Mannix / Chairman, Viridian Family Office

Margaret-Jean Mannix is currently Chairman of a family office located in Calgary, Alberta. She is engaged in various levels of governance roles within her family enterprise, including Chairman of the family foundation and board member of the holding company for their operating entities. Ms. Mannix has been involved in the field of family enterprise for 25 years, having served on the board of a number of Family Business Center Advisory boards at universities in Canada and the US, in addition to serving on the board of Family Enterprise Canada since December of 2011, currently serving as Chair of the Family Enterprise Foundation. Additionally, she has sat on the board of the Alberta University of the Arts and currently serves on the Max Bell Foundation Board and Fraser Institute Board. For many years, she has been actively involved in studying the fields of Families in Business, the Family Office, and Family Philanthropy and she is a graduate of Loyola University’s Next Generation Leadership Institute.  Ms. Mannix has obtained both her ICD.D and FEA designations.