Christelle François (Chair)

CEO, Equity Economic Development Group

Table of Impact Investment Practitioners (TIIP)

Christelle Francois is a bilingual corporate executive and entrepreneur. She possesses extensive experience as a Strategy Consultant where she specializes in growth acceleration and optimization solutions for various companies and organizations. In 2022, Christelle was listed as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Black Canadians. Christelle is the Founder of Untold & Co Agency. She also assisted in leading the 2019 and 2020 Lobby Day initiatives with Prime Minister Trudeau. In 2021, she was appointed as the President of the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce, where she led a strategy that successfully secured over $5M in funding in less than six months. She most recently joined as a founding member The Canadian Purpose Economy Project.