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Michelle is the Director of ESG and Responsible Supply Chain at Upswing Solutions and has 25 years experience working with private and publicly traded companies, governments, and non-profits to enhance sustainability including over 10 years of experience in responsible procurement. Michelle was the former Head of Responsible Sourcing and Supplier Diversity at a large North American Bank and is highly experienced at developing sustainable procurement programs which include net-zero supply chain programs and human rights due diligence strategies for companies. Michelle is also a part-time Professor at Seneca Polytechnic College where she teaches Supply Chain Sustainability.

Michelle has a Masters of Science in Health and Environmental Sciences from the University of Waterloo, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Toxicology (minor in Statistics) from the University of Guelph. She holds the FSA SASB certification, the GHG Scope 3 certificate as well as the Climate Change and TCFD: Risks and Opportunities for the Banking Industry certificate from the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

Rahul Chandran is a senior sustainability executive with over 15 years of practical and policy experience. Prior to joining Upswing as Managing Partner, he was the VP of ESG Policy at Export Development Canada, where he defined EDC’s new ESG framework, built core teams and secured board approval. 

Before EDC, Rahul was the CEO of CARE Impact Partners, where he worked with major companies such as Mars, McCormick and Target to build corporate ESG strategies and translate them into operational plans, such as supply-chain processes. He also worked in sustainable development and innovation for over 15 years, leading a global alliance on scaling public-private partnerships in innovation, ran the sustainable development workstream at the Center of Policy Research at the United Nations, and worked for numerous technology start-ups.