Susan Uthayakumar

Ms. Uthayakumar is the Global Sustainability Business Division Leader of Schneider Electric, a leading global provider of energy management and digital automation solutions. She was previously Country President (Canada) of Schneider. Ms. Uthayakumar is a director First Cobalt Corp., a company focused on the exploration, development and refinement of cobalt. Until 2020, she was a director of Adesto Technologies Corporation, a supplier of semiconductors and embedded systems for the Internet of things. Ms. Uthayakumar has over 25 years of experience in finance and management. Since 2004, she has held progressively senior roles at Schneider including, in Canada, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Partner Business, and Vice President, National Sales. She began her career as a Chartered Accountant in the consulting practice at Deloitte, later joining McCain Foods Limited, where she developed and executed global growth strategies. She holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Accounting degrees from the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University.