BSc (Toronto) 1989, MBA (Rotman) 1991, JD (Detroit) 1994, LLB (Windsor) 1994, LLM (Osgoode) 1997, PhD (Schulich) 2003, Bar of Ontario 2000

Professor Leblanc’s research expertise is in corporate governance, specifically in the effectiveness of boards of directors. The recruitment, education and assessment of individual directors, including their skills, competencies and behaviours, are a feature of Dr Leblanc’s research expertise. Governments, regulators, industry and shareholder associations both in Canada and internationally, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, Industry Canada, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Ontario Securities Commission, Toronto Stock Exchange, Financial Services Corporation of Ontario, Crown Investment Corporation, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the International Network of Government Ownership Agencies and commonwealth directors’ associations, have drawn on Professor Leblanc’s expertise and work. 

Dr Leblanc has served as an external advisor to boards that have won national awards and peer endorsement from institutional shareholders for their corporate governance practices and has also acted as a corporate governance expert witness in recent years. He has conducted over two hundred director interviews and has studied, advised and/or assessed dozens of boards in action. This work has spanned audit, compensation, nominating and governance committees, chairs of boards, chairs of board committees and CEOs. 

Dr Leblanc has published in academic and practitioner-based journals, including Corporate Governance: An International Review, International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, The Corporate Board and others. In addition, Professor Leblanc is a co-author or contributing author to a number of books and other publications.