Ratika Gandhi is currently the Head of Legal and Compliance, LACAN (Canada and Latin America) for Alcon, an evolving medical device company with a mission to help patients see more brilliantly. Ratika oversees all legal and compliance issues for the Canadian enterprise and is also responsible for the entire Latin America Region representing 8 additional countries, with a total team of 14 full-time associates representing lawyers and compliance specialists reporting to her. Ratika is an active member of the Canadian and Latin America Leadership Teams, assisting with strategic decision-making and corporate risk analysis. Her approach has always been to be a collaborative but proactive legal advisor, providing risk-management advice and embedding principles of sound corporate governance. Ratika has repeatedly trained other executive members on fiduciary duties, employment law considerations, best practices from a diversity and inclusion standpoint and compliance issues.  

Ratika is a champion of a “Tone from the Top” culture and works to instill principles of integrity and collaboration to facilitate strong performance results. Ratika is also Alcon Canada’s Diversity and Inclusion co-lead, working with a local D&I committee to help deliver on the organization’s D&I mandate.  

Ratika began her legal career at McMillan LLP as an associate in the Business Law Group and in addition to working on core commercial and transactional matters, she developed an expertise in health and regulatory law. Ratika is a recent recipient of Lexpert’s 2024 Rising Stars Awards – Leading Lawyers 40 and Under. Ratika was also a finalist for the Canadian General Counsel Association’s Tomorrow’s Leader Award in 2019 and is an active board member of the Women General Counsel Canada (WGCC). She was also part of WGCC’s inaugural General Counsel University cohort, receiving her GCU certification.