our advisory council
Our Advisory Council brings decades of experience across business, finance, law, and leadership. Their perspective supports Granite by offering thoughtful insight and bringing added depth to how we approach growth, risk, and long-term planning.
Together, they help us look beyond the immediate and bring valuable perspective to the path ahead.
Howard
Greenspoon
Howard Greenspoon brings more than 35 years of legal, business, and entrepreneurial experience to the Granite Family Advisory Board. As Managing Partner of Greenspoon Winikoff LLP, he advises on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, private equity, and complex commercial transactions.
In addition to his legal practice, Howard has been a founder and shareholder of several businesses across the finance, software, and real estate sectors. His ventures have included CorporationCentre.com, Fundstream Inc., Journey Capital, as well as real estate development projects and private lending businesses.
His combined legal and entrepreneurial experience provides the Board with a practical perspective on business growth, ownership, financing, and strategic decision-making.
Charles
St-Germain
Charles worked as an investment banker in the securities brokerage industry for more than 40 years at CIBC Capital Markets and National Bank, within their Corporate Credit, Corporate Financing, and Mergers and Acquisitions departments. He has been retired since 2025.
Throughout his career, Charles arranged bank, equity, and bond financing for clients across a wide range of industries. These many transactions allowed him to develop a sharp understanding of what does or does not constitute a sound growth strategy, a solid capital structure, good governance, and prudent risk management.
Charles holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Université de Montréal, a Master’s degree in Taxation from the Université de Sherbrooke, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
André Roy
André Roy has practiced law for more than 40 years at Stikeman Elliott in Montreal in the area of business law, with a particular focus on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He has been retired since 2021.
He served as Managing Partner of the Montreal office and was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors from 2009 until the end of 2018.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of CHU Sainte-Justine from 2018 to 2022, a member of the International Faculty Advisory Board of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management from 2015 to 2022, and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation from 2006 to 2015.
SUSAN STERN
Susan Stern is a leader, relationship-builder and lifelong believer in the power of curiosity.
Her career has taken an unconventional path—from music educator and conductor to entrepreneur, strategist and, for the past 21 years, CEO of Weizmann Canada.
She describes her role as that of a matchmaker: connecting people who want to make a difference with brilliant minds tackling humanity’s biggest challenges.
Susan believes the best leaders don’t have all the answers—they listen, stay curious and ask great questions.
The Advisory Council acts solely in an advisory capacity and does not perform any governance, oversight, or investment decision-making functions on behalf of Granite or its clients.