Gina Parvaneh Cody, C.M., F.C.A.E, has over 30 years experience as a professional
engineer, corporate executive and principal shareholder of a national engineering firm,
providing services to some of Canada’s largest REITs, financial institutions, builders and
developers. Dr. Cody is also the benefactor and namesake of the Gina Cody School of
Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University in Montreal, the first
engineering faculty in Canada, and one of the first internationally, to be named after a
woman. In 2025, Dr. Cody was appointed as Chancellor of Concordia University.
Previously, Dr. Cody was the Executive Chair of CCI Group Inc. (“CCI”). Under her
tenor, CCI was recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, through
Canada’s leading business awards program. Dr. Cody was also named one of Canada’s
Top Women Entrepreneurs by Profit Magazine in 2010 and 2011. Dr. Cody is a member
of the Order of Montreal and the Order of Canada and was named one of the Top 25
Women of Influence in Canada in 2020. Dr. Cody holds a Masters and a PhD in Building
Engineering from Concordia University. She is the first woman awarded a PhD in
Building Engineering in Canada. Dr. Cody was awarded an honorary doctorate in
engineering in 2022 by the University of Sherbrooke, and she was awarded an honorary
doctorate in engineering in 2025 by the University of Waterloo. In 2025, she also
received the King Charles III Coronation Medal, and she was appointed as Honorary
Colonel of the 34 Combat Engineer Regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. In
addition to her role as Chair of CAPREIT, Dr. Cody is the Chair of the Board of Trustees
of European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:ERE.UN) and a director of
Sienna Senior Living Inc. (TSX:SIA.TO).