Stephanie joined SNC-Lavalin’s Canadian nuclear business unit (Candu Energy Inc.) in 2022, as Senior Vice-President of Engineering. In this capacity, she also serves as SNC-Lavalin’s Chief Nuclear Engineer. Overseeing the Engineering group of 800 personnel, she’s responsible for driving SNC-Lavalin’s Canadian nuclear business toward its strategic objectives across profitability, technical excellence, and innovation, with a focused approach to performance management. Stephanie’s broader oversight of the Engineering group spans the design and delivery of CANDU® reactor technology (of which SNC-Lavalin is the steward and original equipment manufacturer), technical support for the existing fleet of 31 CANDU reactors around the world, the development of advanced fuel technologies for implementation in international markets, and support for the development and commercialization of small modular reactors (SMRs) in the global marketplace. Stephanie was previously President and CEO at CANDU Owners Group— an organization of utilities worldwide operating the CANDU reactors found on four continents. She also has extensive experience at Ontario Power Generation (OPG) – operator of the Darlington and Pickering Nuclear Generating Stations in Ontario, Canada. Beginning at OPG as an entry-level systems engineer, she was promoted to progressively more senior roles across operations, maintenance and engineering. Most recently at OPG, she was Deputy Site Vice-President of Darlington station, and also completed a secondment to the World Association of Nuclear Operations. In 2020, she was awarded the 2020 Leader of the Year by Electricity Human Resources Canada. Stephanie has also made history as a female nuclear engineer. At the Pickering Nuclear Station, she became the first female licensed shift manager, and later the first female nuclear plant manager in Canada. She is also a Vice President at the non-profit organization Women in Nuclear (WiN) Canada, an organization SNC-Lavalin proudly supports. Stephanie graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering, and holds the Professional Engineer designation.