1. Maria Artuso is the Branch Manager at Royal Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. An MBA in Financial Services, she is also the Manager, Business Performance at the RBC Bank.
2. Carolan McLarney is a Professor at the Dalhousie University, Canada. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in International Business and Strategic Management. Her areas of interest include the interface between small businesses and international business strategy, the use of strategic alliances to garner success, and board governance issues, particularly the use of outside directors.