The Empire Club of Canada
Hybrid
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
On Tuesday May 12, The Empire Club of Canada will host the Second Annual State of the Airport featuring President and CEO of Toronto Pearson Deborah Flint. Deborah’s address will reflect on the state of air travel at Canada’s gateway airport, and preview how the airport is entering its next era that will be defined by change and growth across Pearson’s facilities, customer experiences, commercial enterprises and in partnerships.
The Pearson Economic Zone is a powerful engine of growth for the country that is increasingly enabling collaboration with Canadian companies, which will be explored further in a panel discussion that shows how strategic alignment across the Pearson ecosystem can drive growth, competitiveness and long-term national prosperity.
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Deborah Flint, a Canadian-born business leader is the President and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), which leads Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada’s biggest passenger and cargo airport with daily direct connectivity to the world’s largest economies.
At the helm of Toronto Pearson, Flint is focused on ‘Putting the Joy Back into Travel’, by creating a world-class passenger experience and sustainably building the airport of the future through LIFT: Long Term Investment in Facilities & Terminals.
Ms. Flint has a track record of spearheading airport infrastructure and capital transformation. As the Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles World Airports (LAX, VNY), Flint initiated a $14 billion airport modernization plan, including the first Airport Rail Connector Project, standing up the largest rental car facility in the United States, and accelerating a terminal development plan to better service over 90 million annual passengers at LAX and VNY, one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world.
Ms. Flint is a Director of the Airports Council International World Governing Board, and the Toronto Region Board of Trade. She formerly served as a Director on the Federal Reserve Bank (San Francisco Branch), and as Chair of the National Academy of Science’s Airport Cooperative Research Program. She is a proud recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Toronto Metropolitan University.
