Presently, Michael Harold Vels occupies the position of Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Empire Co. Ltd. and Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President for Sobeys, Inc. (a subsidiary of Empire Co. Ltd.). He previously was Chief Transition Officer at Maple Leaf Foods, Inc., Chief Financial Officer at Hydro One Networks, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer & Director at Canada Bread Co. Ltd. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of the Witwatersrand.