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Appointee Biographies

Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)

SIMON CHAPELLE

Simon Chapelle has over 25 years of specialty marketing and sales experience in the mining, environmental and telecom industries and more than a decade of community engagement in economic development. Over his career, he has served on two municipal hydro boards, Sudbury Hydro and more recently, as a Public Director with Kingston Hydro. Simon is currently a municipal Councilor in the City of Kingston (2018). Formerly a member of the Parole Board of Canada, he is experienced in making risk-based decisions where he demonstrated effective interpretation and implementation of complex legislation and policy directives. Complementing his governance and board experience, Simon holds a Master of Public Administration and a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution.