Born in amiskwacîwâskahikan, Raylene is a member of the Métis Nation within Alberta, with roots in Kikino, Pakân, and the lower Red River colony.

Raylene works with institutional investors to develop rights-based investment frameworks that account for Indigenous jurisdiction, consent, and relationships to land. She also supports Indigenous Nations, boards, and organizations in assessing whether corporate commitments to Indigenous rights translate into governance, accountability, and structural change.

Her doctoral research examines how corporate sustainability reporting represents Indigenous Peoples’ rights and interests, with a focus on whether disclosure frameworks can meaningfully account for Indigenous jurisdiction, consent, and relationships to land.

She serves as Chair-Elect of First Nations University of Canada and as Vice-Chair of a First Nation development corporation. She was an inaugural member of the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board, where her work focused on advancing the inclusion of Indigenous rights and interests within corporate sustainability disclosure frameworks. She is also the founder of INDIGI-X, a global exchange for Indigenous professionals in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Raylene’s perspective is shaped by nearly 20 years of senior leadership and advisory experience across capital markets, professional services, and the energy sector. She previously served as an equity partner at Deloitte, directed a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and led a $42 billion capital efficiency program for a national energy company in the Middle East. She has lived and worked internationally, including several years in Ecuador, where she founded Canative Energy and worked alongside Indigenous communities impacted by the energy sector.

Earlier in her career, Raylene trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in London, UK, working across audit, transactions, and restructuring. She was later seconded to British Petroleum’s Commercial Performance Improvement Unit, completing projects in the North Sea and West Africa. In 2014, she took a sabbatical to work as a roughneck on a triple-pad drilling rig in northern Alberta, an experience that grounded her understanding of the energy sector and continues to inform her approach to governance and accountability.

Raylene is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, holds an MBA from Aberdeen Business School, and is completing an interdisciplinary PhD in Indigenous Studies and Business at the University of Alberta.