Denise Karkkainen
Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee
Interiors Manufacturer
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
Canada
Biography
Denise Karkkainen is a seasoned leader with 30 years of experience in commercial real estate spanning senior responsibility for operations, finance and legal. She is principal of Bravura Business Solutions, a recognized leader in governance advisory and contract executive services. Past positions include executive vice president of TitanStar Properties Inc. and co-principal of the IAT Group of Companies, where she helped build the Canadian and American business and assisted in taking privately held Canadian real estate assets public by way of one of Canada’s first income trusts, the IAT Air Cargo Facilities Income Fund. Her extensive experience on numerous Boards includes current appointments with the Vancouver Board of Trade and Musqueam Capital Corporation. Denise is the immediate Past Board Chair for Community Living BC, an $850 million Crown corporation. As a founding director of the BC Provincial Health Services Authority, she participated in the formation of Board governance and as Vice-Chair she helped oversee the creation of an entirely new organization comprised of eight major provincial agencies. She holds a director designation (ICD.D) with the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Research Interest
Business
