Stephen McDonald, corporate vice chair for the TD Bank Financial Group will address Ivey Business School alumni and guests at the Canadian Consulate in New York on February 13, 2002. This event will be simulcast live on the Web to 17,000 alumni in over 80 countries around the world. In this year’s 15th J.C. Taylor Distinguished Lecture Series in Finance, McDonald will speak on the “Evolution of online brokerages — past, present and future.”

Prior to assuming a new role within TD Bank Financial Group on January 25, Mr. McDonald ran TD Waterhouse, a leading online financial services firm and the world’s second largest broker for self- directed investors. In that role, McDonald had overall responsibility for the strategic direction and growth of the firm which services 4.5 million
customer accounts in North America and around the world.

McDonald chairs the Ivey Annual Fund Council and is a member of the Ivey Advisory Board. He graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business with an MBA in 1983. Under his leadership, Ivey’s Annual Fund has grown more than 300%. McDonald says that the education he received at Ivey was good preparation for the frenetic world of e-commerce.