Mia Hempey, MBA, is the Chief Executive Officer of Nelligan Law. Before joining the firm, Mia was president of ctc TrainCanada, recognized as one of the largest corporate technology training companies in Canada. She also founded and was president and owner of CTE Solutions, a local technology training company, which she later sold to a national training business.

Mia also held various senior management positions at high-tech companies in the region. In 2009, Mia received the "Businesswoman of the Year – Entrepreneur" award from the Women's Business Network of Ottawa, and in 2005 she was the recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal's "40 Under 40" award. Mia graduated in 2007 with a Masters of Business Administration, Telfer, and a Bachelor of Commerce, from the University of Ottawa in 1993.