FAIR Canada, the new investor advocacy group, is seeking to recruit a couple of industry professionals to its team.

The Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights (FAIR Canada) is recruiting a deputy executive director (ED) and an associate director to join the new non-profit agency, which aims to be “a catalyst for change in the cause of improving the rights of shareholders and retail investors”.

The group, which has startup funding from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, is being led by long-time regulator and securities lawyer, Ermanno Pascutto, as the first executive director. It will be based out of Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

FAIR Canada has immediate openings for a deputy executive director and an associate director (either one full-time person or two part-timers).

The deputy ED will be a lawyer, accountant or other investment/financial professional with at least 10 years experience in financial markets regulation and related experience. The deputy ED should be experienced and capable enough to be a candidate to take over as executive director within six months of joining the organization, it notes.

Associate director candidates will also be professionals with a background in law, finance, economics or communications. This is open to applicants interested in either full-time or part-time employment.

FAIR Canada says it will offer a competitive compensation package in the context of a non-profit investor advocacy organization. The deadline for applications is December 31.

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