Talia Varley

Dr. Varley is a clinician leader and executive advisor at the intersection of business and healthcare, with responsibility for the strategic and day to day success of major corporate engagements. Primary Care physician with subspecialty work in Addiction Medicine and Chronic Pain, practicing across urban inner city and rural settings at the front lines of the opioid crisis. Clinical interest areas include women’s health, mental health, substance use, healthcare systems and management, women & leadership development Physician Lead of Advisory Services at Cleveland Clinic Canada, holding P&L responsibility and advising cross industry executives. Member of Senior Leadership Team which includes developing annual strategic and financial planning , succession planning, setting of corporate policy, talent management, risk management as well as monitoring of corporate performance against business plans and KPIs. Published ESG thought leader (Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Globe and Mail, National Post) Clinician leader with unique management background that combines the rigour of medicine with corporate training excellence of management consulting. Deep experience at McKinsey & Company across broad spectrum of international corporate mandates including due diligence, corporate finance , operations, human resources & talent, enterprise strategy and organizational agility as well as digital transformation. Work experience further includes sustainability, People Risk, executive resilience, corporate & community partnerships, DEI and governance Master in Public Health from Harvard University, MD & CCFP from McMaster University and BSc from Western University. Work experience at Harvard Business School, University of Toronto and SickKids Hospital, and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME)