Artificial Intelligence Committee


The CMA AI Committee serves as a central hub for AI expertise, innovation, and guidance in the marketing sector. The AI Committee will: 

  1. Regularly monitor and analyze major changes in the AI ecosystem, including industry innovations and government-led regulatory developments, serving as a forum for discussion on these current topics. 
  2. Provide strategic counsel on CMA's positions and activities in response to AI developments, contributing to the organization's feedback on legislation, policies, and regulatory matters. 
  3. Develop content, tools, and guides that help marketers leverage AI effectively and ethically. Such as creating codes of conduct with best practices, and blogs, appearing on CMA’s podcast to enhance AI literacy across the industry. 
  4. Undertake relevant projects that address critical AI-related challenges and opportunities in the marketing industry.  
  5. Actively share and promote CMA's AI-related content and positions with relevant industry stakeholders, at events, within internal teams, and across various platforms and channels. 
  6. Participate as thought leaders in CMA events and engagements, serving as guest speakers to share expertise and insights. 


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Committee Members

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Co-Chair

Bilal Jaffery

SVP and Lead Portfolio Partner, Data & AI,

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Rupinder Dhillon

VP, Enterprise Data Office, Sobeys Inc.

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Isaac De Souza

Director, AI Risk Management, Scotiabank

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Geoff Linton

Senior Consultant, Clarovant Digital Inc.

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Karla Congson

CEO, Agentiiv Inc.

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Craig Hum

Head of Data and AI - Song Canada, Accenture Song

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Alexis Zamkow

Global Offering Leader - Intelligent Marketing, IBM Canada Ltd.

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Ersegun Kocoglu

Managing Partner, Market Me Canada Inc.

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Richard Nestor

Associate Vice President, TD Bank Group

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Smita Tulsani

Global Leader - MarTech, WVI, World Vision Canada

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Alan Macdonald

COO & CAIO, Diamond Integrated Marketing

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Chris McLellan

AI Marketing Consultant, Friends Electric

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Laura Craig

Partner, Twenty44

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Jill Briggs

Manager, Public Policy, Meta

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Suzanne Morin

VP, Enterprise Conduct, Data Ethics & Chief Privacy Officer, Sun Life Financial

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Chris Osborne

President & Founder, Datalogy Analytics Inc.

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Tiffany Wong

Director, Enterprise AI Governance, CIBC - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

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Kevin Floether

Director, Marketing & Communications, CBV Institute

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John Stukel

VP, Client Strategy, Majestic Media Inc.

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Sheng Sinn

Chief Client Officer, William Thomas Digital

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Ryan Bowen

Director of Content Production and Project Management, Walmart Canada Corp.

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Mary Cochrane

Director, Brand & Marketing, Ernst & Young

Recent Articles Authored by Committee

It’s Time to Get More Serious about AI! | Part 3

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Master AI in marketing: Your guide to the CMA's mastery playbook series

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It’s Time to Get More Serious about AI! | Part 2

There are three typical maturity stages in how companies evolve to determine business strategy and scope of AI implementation

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It’s Time to Get More Serious about AI!

Over the last two years, I have spent a lot of time engaging with a cross-section of stakeholders across the North American AI ecosystem.

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Why I'm a data-centric marketer (and why it matters more than ever in the age of AI)

In a time when Generative AI can pump out blog posts, emails, and landing pages in seconds, it's tempting to believe we’ve entered an era of marketing abundance.

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From passive tools to proactive partners: What Google’s Gemini era means for modern marketers

When Google devotes its entire I/O keynote to AI, and not a single Pixel or Android announcement, it’s not just making a product statement.

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