The board of directors of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) has appointed Mark Gordon as president and CEO, effective October 1.

Gordon will be replacing Larry Waite who will be retiring on September 30.

Gordon joined the MFDA in 1998 and currently holds the title of executive vice president.

Before joining the MFDA, Gordon spent several years with the Ontario Securities Commission as senior legal counsel and, prior to that, he practiced corporate securities law with a major national law firm.

He was one of the MFDA’s two initial employees and he has played a key leadership role in developing and building the MFDA into a national self-regulatory organization with offices in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver and 170 staff.