Alena Thouin
Chief Strategy and Operations Officer

Building Ontario Fund

Alena Thouin is a seasoned public and private sector executive with more than 20 years of progressive leadership experience in financial services, strategy, operations, and public finance.  She is currently the Chief Strategy and Operations Officer at the Building Ontario Fund and has the executive oversight for several key portfolios including the Indigenous Financing Opportunities Program.

Prior to joining the Building Ontario Fund, Alena served as Chief Operating Officer at the Ontario Financing Authority (OFA), where she provided oversight to several functions including various public finance solutions and the former ALGP program.  Alena has also spent time in private and public sector with focus on financial services, capital markets and large-scale public project financing including supporting such projects as the Wataynikaneyap Transmission Line and Hydro One shares issuance to a First Nations consortium.

Alena is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and holds an LL.B. from the University of Windsor. She has also completed executive education at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Wharton Business School Executive Education, and the Rotman School of Management’s Director Education Program (ICD.D).