Colette Stewart

Colette is a Senior Corporate and Commercial lawyer with experience in Professional Services, Information Technology, and Privacy.

Expertise:

Commercial; Information Technology; Privacy & Data Security

Former firms & in-house roles:

Axiom; Bell Canada; CBC; Gilead Services Inc; Interac Corp; Kodak Canada; McCarthy Tetrault LLP; Purolator Inc; Sears Canada

With extensive experience in professional services, Colette is a trusted advisor to clients navigating risk and operational challenges. She offers strategic counsel across commercial contracts, litigation, and go-to-market planning and has a proven track record of providing hands on strategic and legal direction to drive product delivery.

Colette’s expertise includes advising on software licensing, corporate governance, data governance, confidentiality and information security controls, AI strategy, end to end logistics, and UX development. She’s also led on the development and operationalization of enterprise-wide privacy governance programs aligned to regulatory modernization and advancement of corporate strategy.

Colette’s experience spans from multinational enterprises to privately held companies, where she’s earned a reputation for her strategic insight, adaptability, and innovative approach to privacy. This includes acting as an advisor to third‑Party Logistics and Intra‑Company Sales teams (Canada & U.S.) in a number of areas including high-profile sales offerings. Her ability to translate complex challenges into practical, scalable solutions makes her an asset to every team she supports.

Education:

Toronto Metropolitan University, (CERT) 2023

Harvard Business School Online, (CERT) 2021

University of Windsor, (J.D.) 1996

University of Winnipeg, (B.Sc.) 1994

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