Ivy Lumia,
CEO and Founder, Best in Governance (BIG) Inc.

Ivy Lumia is the CEO and Founder of Best in Governance Inc., also known as BIG, an award-winning firm delivering modern governance solutions to boards and executive teams. With 25 years of experience, Ivy is recognized as a bold voice in corporate governance—named by Diligent as one of world’s top 30 governance innovators and by SustainabilityX Magazine as Global Top 50 Women in Sustainability.

Prior to launching BIG, Ivy led the governance for multinational public and private companies, not for profits, federal Crown corporations and a Schedule I Canadian bank. Ivy also managed eight offices internationally where she worked with high-profile government leaders to develop sustainable infrastructure projects.

Ivy currently serves with the Standards Council of Canada / ISO for Governance of Organizations and was past Chair of the GPC Ontario Chapter. She holds a GPC.D, GCB.D ESG, and Sustainability ESG Practitioner credentials. She’s a polyglot, inclusion advocate, expert cat herder, Second City alum, terrible golfer, and general do-gooder.