Mr. Dovigi is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GFL. In 2007, Mr. Dovigi had a vision to create a company that is a “one stop shop” provider of environmental solutions. Since then, drawing on the discipline he learned in his earlier hockey career, Mr. Dovigi has driven GFL to become the 4th largest environmental services company in North America. Mr. Dovigi has instilled an entrepreneurial culture in GFL’s leadership team with a focus on operational excellence, sustainability and safety as core values. In 2017, he was recognized by Waste360 with a Top 40 under 40 award, and in the EY Entrepreneur of the YearTM Ontario Awards, as Entrepreneur of the Year in the Power & Utilities Sector. In 2022, he was recognized by Waterstone Human Capital as one of Canada's Most Admired CEOsTM. Mr. Dovigi currently serves on the board of directors of the UHN Foundation.
Luke Pelosi, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Pelosi has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2018. Mr. Pelosi joined GFL as Director, Mergers & Acquisitions in January 2015 and became Executive Vice President, Corporate Development in October 2016. Mr. Pelosi was also appointed interim Chief Financial Officer in January 2017. Mr. Pelosi held the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until October 10, 2018, during which time Mr. Pelosi worked with Mr. Dovigi on the development and execution of our acquisition strategy. Mr. Pelosi has over 20 years of financial management experience with a focus on financial analysis, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance. Prior to joining GFL, Mr. Pelosi was a Director in the M&A Advisory group of KPMG LLP where he provided due diligence services to Canadian private equity market investors. Prior to that, Mr. Pelosi worked in KPMG’s Complex Accounting group. Mr. Pelosi is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Concordia University.
Allen Gransch, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Gransch has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2026. He joined as Executive Vice President in September 2026 in connection with our acquisition of SECURE Waste Infrastructure Corp. Mr. Gransch brings nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the diversified waste management and environmental services business. Mr. Gransch joined SECURE in September 2007, where he held progressively senior leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to 2007, Mr. Gransch held various positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Calgary, Georgetown and Saskatoon, including Senior Manager. Mr. Gransch is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Professional Accounting degree from the University of Saskatchewan.
Prior to joining GFL as Executive Vice-President and General Counsel in October 2018, Ms. Gilbert served as a lawyer and partner at Davies Ward Philips and Vineberg LLP for over 16 years. Her practice focused on corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. She brings a wealth of legal and business experience, advising clients in areas such as domestic and international public and private offerings of debt and equity, loan financings, and private equity-related transactions. As Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, Ms. Gilbert is responsible for overseeing all legal matters impacting GFL, including corporate governance, financings, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation. Named as one of the 2013 Lexpert® Rising Stars Leading Lawyers Under 40, Ms. Gilbert is a former member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Listings Advisory Committee and the Ontario Securities Commission Securities Advisory Committee. She currently serves on the Alumni Board of Osgoode Hall Law School. Ms. Gilbert holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School.
Ms. Grahek has been our Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives since October 2018. She joined GFL as Vice President, Legal in March of 2011, became General Counsel in May 2014 and Executive Vice President in April 2017. She has an LL.B from the University of Toronto and has practiced law since her call to the bar in 1983, initially in private practice with a small boutique firm in Hamilton, Ontario and since 1997 primarily as in-house counsel for publicly traded and private companies in the waste management sector including as General Counsel of Capital Environmental Resource Inc. from 1998 to 1999 and as Associate General Counsel at Waste Services Inc. (WSI), the successor to Capital Environmental from 2003 until 2010, where she was responsible for all commercial and legal compliance matters affecting the company’s waste management operations including acquisitions and divestitures, contract and employment matters and worked with WSI’s General Counsel on financings and securities matters. In November 2016, Ms. Grahek was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2016.