We’re on a mission to celebrate great private company governance.

Join our ecosystem of founders, executive leaders, chairs and directors of family businesses, employee-owned and investor-backed firms, as well as family offices, as we celebrate leadership in private company governance.

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2025 Canada’s Best Private Boards Award winners posing on stage at the Canada’s Best Private Boards Summit and Awards, presented by MondouxRollins Partners

Welcome to Canada’s Best Private Boards.

Since 2023, our awards program has been recognizing the impact of great governance on the performance of private companies.

We are cultivating a national culture of best practice sharing around private company governance, where leaders learn from real, validated examples of board excellence.

Now entering its third year, the program continues to build strong momentum with an expanding community and deep engagement from business leaders nationwide. Since inception, we have received 185 nominations and participation now includes some of Canada’s most recognizable privately-held brands.

Jennifer Mondoux, Founder and Chair of Canada’s Best Private Boards and CEO and Managing Partner of MondouxRollins Partners, speaking at the 2025 Canada’s Best Private Boards Summit and Awards
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  • "There are times you see a new innovation and marvel at how it was missed for so many years. That’s exactly how I felt when Jennifer and her team launched Canada’s Best Private Boards Awards last year — celebrating, analysing, and uplifting the Canadian marketplace by shining a light on great governance.”

    - Gavinder Bhatia, 2025 Summit Attendee, CEO of Brick and Bear Consulting

  • “Powerful discussion, passionate leaders, memorable moments.”

    – Heather McLachlin, 2024 Summit Attendee and Independent Director

  • “Incredibly powerful event with passionate, nuanced and insightful perspectives. So happy to be included. Thanks to Jennifer Mondoux for dreaming big and making all of the attendees better tomorrow.”

    – Allan Malcomson, 2024 Summit Attendee and Co-Founder of Meerby

  • “A wide range of corporate governance topics were covered in an engaging format with many opportunities to network throughout the afternoon.”

    – Jordan Bilkas, 2024 Summit Attendee and Vice President Commercial Insurance at Orbit Insurance Services

  • “Richter recognized Canada’s Best Private Boards as a much-needed platform to demonstrate how well-defined and focused boards can drive the performance of private companies.”

    – Bill McLean, Partner at Richter (Gold Sponsor) and Vice Chair of the Canada’s Best Private Boards Voting Committee

  • “To think that this was just an idea not long ago. You created something special and have been able to gather support, sponsors and perhaps most importantly, meaningful submissions and participation.”

    – Jerry Bouma, 2024 Winner and Advisory Board Chair of The Little Potato Company

  • “Your willingness to discuss not just successes but also setbacks demonstrates the true spirit of continuous improvement that lies at the heart of good governance.”

    – Teri Quimby, 2024 Summit Attendee and President of Quimby Consulting Group

  • “MondouxRollins Partners Inc., kudos for seeing the value of board governance in private companies and for hosting this inaugural awards program, of which PDA is a proud sponsor.”

    – Debra McGuire, President and CEO at Private Directors Association (Ecosystem Partner)

  • “Congratulations for visualizing the possible and creating this great governance event. Pleased to be recognized in this inaugural group of honorees and to play a part in the day as a panelist.”

    – Kerry Gerber, 2024 Winner and Chair of the Board of Directors at MTE Consultants

  • “Congratulations Jennifer Mondoux and the MondouxRollins Partners Inc. team for having the vision and then making it happen with such success. It was a fantastic afternoon.”

    – George Rossolatos, 2024 Voting Committee Member and Independent Advisor at Riverdale Capital Corporation

  • “This was a fantastic day of discussions and learnings of private company governance and boards.”

    – Paul Vickers, 2024 Summit Attendee and Fractional/Interim CFO

  • “The first Canada's Best Private Boards Summit solidified that there is a huge need to put a spotlight on great private boards and what they look like and honour those that are best in class.”

    – Robert Olsen, 2024 Voting Committee Member and Vice Chair of Nicola Private Capital

  • “This insightful event was an incredible day filled with networking, thought-provoking discussions, and expert insights into the vital role of governance in private companies.”

    – Quantropi, 2024 Winner

  • "What a forward-thinking, cutting-edge event hosted by MondouxRollins Partners Inc., recognizing private boards and the importance of governance in Canada.”

    – Craig Smith, 2024 Summit Attendee and Past President of SICK Ltd (Canada)

  • "MondouxRollins Partners is a visionary in its execution of the Canada’s Best Private Boards program designed to publicly recognize the leaders in this discipline, tell their stories, and set out the path that others might follow in achieving related excellence.”

    - Douglas McDonald, 2025 Voting Committee Member, Trusted Strategic and Financial Advisor

  • "What an incredible day of learning, shared wisdom, and celebration!”

    - Karen McKnight, 2025 Summit Attendee, Executive Coach and Consultant

  • "The insights! What a strategy to unlock what all private boards need to know. Congratulations on a successful event!"

    - Suzanne Grant, 2025 Sponsor, Executive Director of Capital Angel Network

  • "We discussed how governance, vision, and effective boards are essential drivers of performance and innovation in today’s rapidly changing business landscape. A big thank you to MondouxRollins Partners Inc. and all the event organizers and sponsors”

    - James Nguyen, 2024 Winner, CEO and Co-Founder of Quantropi 

  • "So many interesting examples of private companies successfully leveraging advisory and fiduciary boards to navigate uncertainty, succession, and growth."

    - Beatriz Orrantia, 2025 Summit Attendee and Independent Director

Shehzad Janmohamed (Soul Foods Group) and Todd Nicklin (VMAC Global Technologies) discussing the importance of the CEO-board chair relationship at the 2025 Canada’s Best Private Boards Summit and Awards.

We’re telling the stories of Canada’s Best Private Boards and carving the path for others to follow.

Join our Ecosystem

We are looking for transformational stories of great governance in Canadian private companies.

Meet the People Behind the Program

Learn about MondouxRollins Partners, the founders of the program, and meet our independent voting committee who adjudicate the submissions.

Book a Best Practice Session or Join Our Events

Book us to educate your board on the eight major themes shaping private company governance today or sign up to learn more about our annual summit and other private company governance events.

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Explore Our Award Categories

  • We will recognize fiduciary boards in the following categories:

    • Family Business

    • Unrelated Shareholder Ownership / Investment backed

    • Employee-Owned

    • Family Office

  • We will recognize advisory boards in the following categories:

    • Family Business

    • Unrelated Shareholder Ownership / Investment backed

    • Employee-Owned

    • Family Office

  • We will also recognize significant individual contributions, in both advisory and fiduciary boards, in private companies:

    • Trailblazer Award: This award recognizes the outstanding contributions made to a private company and to its board by an individual board member, committee chair or executive chair.

Canada’s Best Private Boards is a MondouxRollins Partners Award.

MondouxRollins Partners Inc.is an executive search and human capital advisory firm. Our vision is that all private companies will see the transformational impact of great governance on the performance of their organizations.

A post card at the 2025 Canada’s Best Private Boards Summit and Awards on the Founders’ of the program, Canadian executive search firm MondouxRollins Partners Inc.
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Ready to join Canada’s private company governance ecosystem?

Send us a message to learn about the nomination process, our events or to schedule our “eight major themes shaping private company governance today” session, as uncovered through our groundbreaking Canada’s Best Private Boards program.

CEOs, founders, advisory board members, directors and board chairs attending the 2025 Canada’s Best Private Boards Summit and Awards, learning about best practices in private company governance.