Publisher/CEO: Toby Heaps
Managing Editor: Adria Vasil
Senior Editor: Natalie Alcoba
Associate Editor: Mark Mann
Editor-at-Large: Rick Spence
Copy Editor: Lesley Fraser
Contributing Editors: Melissa Shin, Rachel Pulfer
Creative Director: Jack Dylan
Executive Assistant: Kaleena Martinez
Business Development Manager: Sanket Sharma
Business Development Associates: Mia Lee, Gabrielle Mergier
Director of Research: Ralph Torrie
Director of Sustainable Economy Intelligence: Matthew Malinsky
Director of Ratings and Rankings: Michael Yow
Data Engineer and Senior Research Analyst: Chloe Sainsbury
Research Analysts: Sanna Uppal, Muhammad Talha, Jessica Carradine, Ruby Kuo, Anirudh Gandhi, Saranyan Maraikkadar
Lead Data Engineer: Gabriel Faucher
Website: Pixel Studioz and MyRamani
Toby Heaps
Publisher, CEO
Toby is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Corporate Knights. He spearheaded the first global ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations in 2005, and in 2007 coined the term “clean capitalism.” Toby has been published in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and the Globe and Mail, and is a regular guest speaker on CBC. In 1998, he played centrefield for the Yugoslav National Baseball Team.
Adria Vasil
Managing Editor
Adria is one of Canada's leading environmental journalists, with two decades of experience in sustainability reporting and a trio of bestselling "Ecoholic" books on green living. Having worked as a researcher tracking corporate supply chains in the non-profit world before becoming a journalist, Adria has a nose for investigating corporate sustainability practices. The longtime environmental columnist is a straight-shooting advocate for sustainability and has been a regular commentator on CBC television and radio and other national media outlets. As a lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University's School of Journalism (formerly Ryerson University), she taught third and fourth-year journalism students the finer points of critical and opinion writing.
Natalie Alcoba
Senior Editor
Natalie Alcoba is a Argentine-Canadian journalist based in Buenos Aires. She covers a range of topics, including the women’s movement in Latin America, politics, the economy, human rights and grassroots environmental movements. She has co-produced short documentaries on 100% inflation, trans rights, the impact of the pandemic on women workers, land occupations and the legalization of abortion in Argentina. Prior to moving to Argentina, she was a reporter for more than a decade in Canada at newspapers such as the National Post, the Toronto Star, the Montreal Gazette, and the Hamilton Spectator. She served as managing editor of VICE News Canada for four years, shepherding coverage on national issues such as the crisis of unsafe drinking water in Indigenous communities and the opioid epidemic. She has also reported from Sierra Leone and India. She has taught at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), where she obtained her journalism degree.
Mark Mann
Associate Editor
Mark Mann is a journalist and editor based in Montreal. For twenty years, he has contributed feature reporting to The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, The Walrus, Toronto Life, VICE, Bloomberg News, and many other magazines and newspapers. He was the managing editor of Research Money, an innovation newsletter serving Canada’s innovation sector, and the associate editor-in-chief of BESIDE, a bilingual nature and culture magazine in Quebec.
Rick Spence
Editor-at-Large
Rick is a business journalist, editor, public speaker and entrepreneur. The the former editor and publisher of PROFIT, The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs, Rick has also edited the University of Toronto Magazine as well as Director, the journal of the Institute of Corporate Directors. For 15 years, he wrote a weekly column on entrepreneurship and innovation for the National Post and Postmedia newspapers across Canada – reaching almost one million people per week. Rick is the author of Secret of Success from Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies (published by Wiley), the first Canadian book on scaling a business.
Jack Dylan
Creative director
Jack has been the designer and senior art director for Corporate Knights since fall 2011. He is also a freelance illustrator, creating editorial illustrations, posters, graphics, and comics. A recent review of his work stated that: “In much of his recent work, a minimalist and often restricted approach to form and color is wonderfully complimented by the addition of fine details and contrasting accents, while in many of his other pieces, a more playful tone is achieved through elaborate, dense line-work and subtle abstraction." Past clients have included the CBC, Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, McGill University, New York Press, Toronto Life, Volkswagen (Via Palmhaves) and The Walrus.
Lesley Fraser
Copy Editor
Lesley has been the Corporate Knights copy editor and proofreader since spring 2019 and is the managing editor of The Philanthropist Journal. Other clients include HarperCollins Canada, Travelier magazine, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, and Whitman Emorson design studio. She previously worked at Pink Triangle Press, copyediting the Xtra magazines and website, and NOW magazine. Before stumbling into her editing career, she had a long stint in hospitality and wine sales and is a certified sommelier. She and her partner and their two cats divide their time between Toronto and Point Edward, in southwestern Ontario.
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Sanket Sharma
Business Development Manager
Sanket is the Business Development Manager at Corporate Knights. His work has appeared in the Literary Review of Canada, This magazine, Outpost magazine and he was a fact-checker at The Walrus. Before he worked in publishing, Sanket worked in business development for a start-up and in various financial institutions. He has a Bachelor's degree in Management (B.M.S) from the University of Mumbai and is a graduate of Centennial College's Book, Magazine and Electronic Publishing program.
Corporate Knights Research
Ralph Torrie
Director of Research
Ralph has been working on sustainability issues since the late 1970's when he had a leadership role in Canada's first long range study of the potential for conservation and renewable energy. Years later he produced a low carbon scenario analysis for Canada, possibly the first such study in the world. He is the inventor of strategic planning software for local government climate mitigation that was widely deployed throughout the world. In addition to his consulting practice, he served as assistant coordinator of the Energy Research Group of the United Nations University and the International Development Research Centre, Vice President of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), Managing Director of Navigant (NYSE:NCI), and Managing Director of the Trottier Energy Futures Project. He is widely published in both peer reviewed and popular literature. Ralph lives in Cobourg, Ontario with his partner, has two grandsons, and gardens.
Matthew Malinsky
Director of Sustainable Economy Intelligence
Matthew is Director of Sustainable Economy Intelligence at Corporate Knights Inc., leading the effort to quantify green revenues and investments of the world’s most significant companies. The Sustainable Economy Intelligence database is a super-indicator that is making it easy for investors to target companies poised to succeed in the transition to the low-carbon economy. Matthew also heads Corporate Knights’ research division. He graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Master of Environmental Applied Science & Management program.
Chloe Sainsbury
Data Scientist and Senior Research Analyst
Chloe is a Data Scientist and Senior Research Analyst. She designs and implements robust data pipelines, ensures database quality assurance, and develops interactive tools to showcase data insights. Chloe holds a Master's in Economics from Concordia University and has a passion for leveraging advanced analytics to solve complex problems and uncover opportunities for innovation
Gabriel Faucher
Lead Data Scientist/Data Engineer
Gabriel is a data scientist, developer and writer. He has previously worked for the University of Toronto, the Ontario College of Art and Design, and IBM. Originally from Boston, he now lives in Toronto and holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
Jessica Carradine
Research Analyst
Jessica Carradine manages Corporate Knights' 'Climate Dollars' project, focused on quantifying, defining, and closing Canada's climate investment gap. She holds a Master's in International Political Economy from the University of Manchester, where her research centered on sustainable finance taxonomies. With a deep passion for just energy transitions, climate policy, and the governance of sustainable finance, Jessica works to drive systemic change in how financial systems address climate challenges.
Muhammad Talha
Research Analyst
Muhammad Talha is a Research Analyst with a Master's in Sustainability Management from the University of Toronto. Passionate about environmental solutions, Muhammad contributes to climate action, research, and community outreach, applying data-driven strategies to sustainability challenges.