Our Team

As CEO of CreateTO, Vic Gupta is focused on managing the City of Toronto’s real estate assets to unlock the potential of City-owned lands to be activated for the public good. This includes working with our City partners to offer strategic approaches that deliver program needs and support the advancement of Council’s public policy priorities, including building affordable housing within complete communities, creating cultural and employment opportunities, achieving our climate goals and driving economic prosperity.

Vic has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. He served as Principal Secretary to Mayor John Tory during the Mayor’s first term in office. Prior to his time at City Hall, he ran Prime Strategies Group, a public affairs consulting business that he founded in 1999. When the company was acquired in 2011, he ran for elected office, twice as a candidate for the Member of Provincial Parliament in the riding of Richmond Hill.

He has a strong focus on diversity, equity and inclusion and was a founding member and the executive sponsor of CreateTO's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. He is passionate about the arts and entertainment and serves as Vice-Chair of the Board for the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thompson Hall.

Vic has an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario.

Jaspreet Hansra-Kulasingam is CreateTO’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Port Lands Management.

She is a seasoned, multi-dimensional and versatile finance executive with over 20 years of real estate experience and extensive involvement in leading and advising organizations through complex transactions and growth. 

In her role as Chief Financial Officer, Jaspreet provides strategic leadership over financial planning, financial advisory services, accounting and financial reporting, treasury, procurement, information technology and insurance and risk management. In her role as Executive Vice President, Port Lands Management, she provides strategic and operational leadership for over 400 acres of City land in Toronto’s Port Lands including lease management and negotiations, area-wide operations and property management services, capital planning and stakeholder management.

Jaspreet has held several senior positions throughout her career, overseeing complex projects, while effectively managing cross functional teams to deliver financial and operational efficiencies. She is a passionate leader and is strong advocate of developing and mentoring individuals.

Jaspreet is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Masters of Accounting degree from the University of Waterloo.

Michael Norton is the Chief Development Officer at CreateTO where he is responsible for identifying and leading redevelopment opportunities for City-owned real estate, and providing real estate solutions to City divisions, agencies and corporations.

Previously, Michael was Chief Development Officer at Metrolinx, where he oversaw the Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Program for the GO Heavy Rail and LRT portfolios and managed the agency’s real estate portfolio and adjacent development reviews.

Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Studies from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York.

As the Chief Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary at CreateTO, Mary Ormond oversees all legal and governance matters and provides strategic legal counsel to the agency and its staff pertaining to all aspects of CreateTO’s work, including development, real estate transactions and procurement.

Mary is an accomplished lawyer and executive with an extensive track record of success in development, affordable housing, purchase and sale transactions, lease drafting, negotiation and administration and environmental management.

Prior to joining CreateTO, Mary served as the Vice President, Real Estate Portfolio Management at Cara Operations Limited, where she was responsible for the management of an extensive real estate portfolio of owned and leased properties. Mary also served on the Planning Committee for the ICSC Canadian Shopping Centre Law Conference for several years, serving as Chair of the conference in 2017.

Mary received a Masters degree in Public Policy, Administration and Law from York University in 2019 and was awarded the Ian Greene MPPAL book prize for placing first in the graduating class.