The Ontario Securities Commission has selected 10 members for its Investor Advisory Committee (IAC).
The IAC was established in response to the commitments made at the OSC Town Hall Meeting last May.
The committee’s mandate is to provide advice and guidance on any aspect of the OSC that has an impact on investors.
The OSC says the members were selected from more than 140 applicants on the basis of their experience of investing in the capital markets, knowledge of securities issues, as well as their experience representing retail investors on a broad scale.
“We believe that direct investor input is critical to the health of Ontario’s capital markets and we are looking to the IAC to play a key role in our efforts to address issues of importance to retail investors,” said David Wilson, chairman of the OSC.
Eric Kirzner will chair the IAC. Kirzner is a Professor of Finance and the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
He is currently the vice-chairman of the board of Market Regulation Services Inc. and co-author of a number of books on investing.
The other committed member, each of whom will serve for a two-year term are:
- William Gleberzon, Co-director of Canada’s Association for the Fifty-Plus (CARP);
- Robert Goldin, investment dispute consultant and forensic financial auditor;
- John Hollander, civil litigator with Ottawa-based Doucet McBride LLP;
- Gloria Hutton: private investor;
- Richard Manicom, information technology consultant and private investor;
- Poonam Puri, Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University;
- Pamela Reeve: private investor;
- Kelly Rodgers: consultant to private clients, foundations and aboriginal communities on investment policy, portfolio management and evaluation;
- Ellen Roseman: business columnist with the Toronto Star;
- Whipple Steinkrauss, Consumer Council of Canada board member.