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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m A u g u s t 2 0 1 4 39 MOST INFLUENTIAL TOP THE THE WORLD STAGE LOUISE ARBOUR FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO, INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP, BELGIUM ARBOUR IS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN Canadians working internation- ally and has been on the global legal scene for many years. Although she stepped down from her position at the International Crisis Group on June 30, under Arbour, its efforts toward the prevention of deadly international conflicts, including publishing approximately 90 reports and briefings annually to help recommend policies that will create peace in targeted regions, has become much more well known. Arbour, a former Supreme Court of Canada justice, has played a key role in analysis and advocacy of many global conflicts, and in the past year and a half, has worked ith the ICG in the Central African Republic, Colombia, Niger, and Mexico. Arbour is involved with many other organizations including the Global Commission on Elec- tions Democracy and Security, the Global Commission on Drug Policy, and the Global Commission against the Death Penalty. The Montreal native and Companion of the Order of Canada was previ- ously the United Nations high commissioner for human rights as well as the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. What voters had to say: "Louise has been exemplary in her contribu- tions to law and society a er leaving the bench and is a model to all judges of the stunning scope and breadth of what can be accom- plished in a public service career a er stepping down." "Justice Arbour is a genuine Canadian heroine whose name is synonymous with international change for the better!" BORN IN NEWFOUNDLAND and a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, Greene presided over the massive — and not without con- troversy — privatization of the U.K.'s Royal Mail last year. The Financial Times' 2014 Person of the Year is the first non-Briton and woman to head Royal Mail, however, true to her Canadian heritage, she is also a board member of Tim Hortons Inc. Greene is a trailblazer and has received numerous awards including being named one of the U.K.'s most powerful women in 2013. Prior to working at Royal Mail, Greene was president, CEO, and a member of the board of Canada Post. MOYA GREENE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ROYAL MAIL, LONDON, U.K. What the panel had to say: "A real force in the business world." louiS PRud'homme PhotoGRaPhe