Lily Mesh is the Executive Vice President at Wellington Dupont (WD). Prior to that, Lily was the firm's Vice President of Government Relations for two years. Before joining WD, Lily worked at a public affairs firm where she advised a wide range of health-focused clients across the private, public, and non-profit sectors in government relations and communications strategies.
Lily has several years of experience in policy analysis, stakeholder relations and communications working for both provincial and federal governments. She previously worked for the former Leader of the Official Opposition at the Ontario Legislature. During her time at Queen’s Park, she produced five Private Member’s Bills focusing on digital disruption, financial services and cutting red tape. During her time working for a federal Member of Parliament, she focused on files pertaining to Public Accounts as well as Industry, Science and Technology to name a few.
Lily has worked on countless political campaigns at all three levels of government for the past 10 years, with positions ranging from Chief Financial Officer to Campaign Manager.
She also brings in marketing and business experience where she regularly launched branding campaigns by creating websites and advertisements, while also performing profit and revenue retention analyses.