Cynthia Devine

North York General Hospital Board of Governors

Cynthia Devine

Cynthia Devine is Chief Financial Officer of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) where she oversees all aspects of Finance for the Leafs, Raptors, TFC, and Argos. Prior to joining MLSE, Cynthia held senior finance roles at large TSX-listed companies. From 2015 to 2017 she was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RioCan REIT. Cynthia was the Chief Financial Officer at Tim Hortons for 11 years from 2003 to 2014. In addition to her role as CFO at Tim Hortons, she also had executive oversight of Supply Chain and Manufacturing. She has also served as a senior executive in a financial capacity at Maple Leaf Foods and Pepsi-Cola Canada, where she was Chief Financial Officer.

Since 2013, Cynthia has served on the Board of Directors for Empire Company Limited (Sobeys), and has been the Chair of the Audit Committee for the past 5 years. Cynthia also serves as a member of the Ivey Advisory Board for the Richard Ivey School of Business. She was a member of the Board of Directors of ING Direct Canada from 2009 until its sale to Scotiabank in 2012.


Cynthia holds an Honors Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.  Cynthia is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. In 2010, Cynthia was awarded Canada’s CFO of the year.