Heather Platt

Heather Platt is the Chief Legal Officer at Metrolinx. In this role, Heather provides strategic legal advice to all business units at Metrolinx, with a focus on rail operations, safety, and regulatory matters. She has significant experience in complex commercial matters, and has led the negotiation of several material agreements: including critical agreements with CN, CP and TTR; the master supply and services agreement with Accenture; the maintenance and crewing services agreements with Bombardier; and the agreement for the replacement of the USRC signalling system.

Heather started at GO Transit in 2005. Prior to joining Metrolinx, Heather was a partner at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg LLP, practicing corporate/commercial and information technology law. Heather is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2001.