Sandra Kegie has been appointed executive director of the Federation of Independent Mutual Fund Dealers.

Kegie’s focus will be to increase the awareness of and membership in the federation; to communicate to and strategize with the membership regarding regulatory and corporate compliance industry initiatives; and to liaise on its behalf with regulatory bodies and associations

Kegie brings with her 30-plus years experience in government and financial services, sales, marketing and communications and for the last eight years held the position of vice president, compliance for mutual fund dealerships. Previously, she was the director of sales administration with Fidelity Investments, the director of member services at The Investment Funds Institute of Canada, and a mutual funds analyst at the Ontario Securities Commission. She has chaired IFIC’s regulatory and sales practices committees, and is co-founder and current chair of the Association of Canadian Compliance Professionals. A frequent speaker at conferences and seminars, Kegie is also co-founder of a program partnership between the ACCP and the Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology in Toronto to provide a certified compliance officer designation.

The Federation of Independent Mutual Fund Dealers is an association of independent mutual fund dealers, including MFDA members, working to strengthen the mutual fund our industry in across Canada. The Federation currently represents 41 independent dealers firms with over $75 billion of assets under administration and more than 14 thousand licensed advisors that provide financial services to serving more than over 3.5 million Canadians.