Karam Tawfiq
Karam Tawfiq
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Head of Total Rewards & Operations
Canada
With more than 15 years of global leadership experience, I partner with CEOs, Boards of Directors, and executive leadership teams to help organizations grow, transform, and create long-term enterprise value. My expertise sits at the intersection of human capital strategy, corporate governance, AI enablement, analytics, and operational excellence, ensuring people investments directly support business performance, organizational resilience, and sustainable growth.
As Head of Total Rewards & Operations at D2L, I lead the global strategy and governance for Total Rewards, HR Operations, People Analytics, HR Technology, and AI Enablement across operations in 13 countries. I advise executive leaders on workforce strategy, executive and broad-based compensation, benefits, organizational design, operating models, enterprise risk, and strategic workforce investment, helping ensure human capital decisions support financial performance, innovation, and long-term business objectives.
Throughout my career, I have led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that modernized compensation frameworks, redesigned global job architecture, optimized retirement and benefits programs, implemented AI-enabled operating models, enhanced people analytics capabilities, and transformed HR technology ecosystems. I have also supported mergers and acquisitions through due diligence, organizational integration, governance, and change leadership, helping organizations scale effectively while preserving culture, strengthening employee engagement, and accelerating business performance.
Beyond my executive responsibilities, I serve as a Board Director and Chair of Human Capital Committees for multiple organizations, providing governance oversight on executive compensation, CEO performance, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, enterprise risk, talent strategy, and leadership development. I also contribute to the Standards Council of Canada, helping advance national Human Resources standards and governance practices that strengthen organizations across Canada.
I believe organizations achieve lasting success when governance, technology, data, and people strategy work together. The leaders who can integrate these disciplines will define the future of work, strengthen organizational performance, and create enduring value for employees, customers, shareholders, and the communities they serve. That is where I focus my leadership and where I strive to make the greatest impact.
As Head of Total Rewards & Operations at D2L, I lead the global strategy and governance for Total Rewards, HR Operations, People Analytics, HR Technology, and AI Enablement across operations in 13 countries. I advise executive leaders on workforce strategy, executive and broad-based compensation, benefits, organizational design, operating models, enterprise risk, and strategic workforce investment, helping ensure human capital decisions support financial performance, innovation, and long-term business objectives.
Throughout my career, I have led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that modernized compensation frameworks, redesigned global job architecture, optimized retirement and benefits programs, implemented AI-enabled operating models, enhanced people analytics capabilities, and transformed HR technology ecosystems. I have also supported mergers and acquisitions through due diligence, organizational integration, governance, and change leadership, helping organizations scale effectively while preserving culture, strengthening employee engagement, and accelerating business performance.
Beyond my executive responsibilities, I serve as a Board Director and Chair of Human Capital Committees for multiple organizations, providing governance oversight on executive compensation, CEO performance, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, enterprise risk, talent strategy, and leadership development. I also contribute to the Standards Council of Canada, helping advance national Human Resources standards and governance practices that strengthen organizations across Canada.
I believe organizations achieve lasting success when governance, technology, data, and people strategy work together. The leaders who can integrate these disciplines will define the future of work, strengthen organizational performance, and create enduring value for employees, customers, shareholders, and the communities they serve. That is where I focus my leadership and where I strive to make the greatest impact.
