The Mutual Fund Dealers Association has updated its board of directors.

Kevin Wolfe of Franklin Templeton Investments is the new chairman of the board.

The current board members are:

  • Joe Oliver, president and CEO of both the Investment Dealers Association and MFDA;
  • Ted Cadsby, president and CEO CIBC Securities Inc.;
  • Tim Calibaba, president TWC Financial Corp.; Senator Catherine Callbeck;
  • Ron Daniels Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto;
  • Karen Fisher, head of Mutual Funds and Managed Asset Programs at Scotiabank;
  • William Grace;
  • Debra Hewson, vice president and COO Odlum Brown Ltd.;
  • Tom Hockin, president and CEO of IFIC;
  • Bob Munroe, vice president Assante Financial Management Ltd.;
  • Janet Pau, vice president and treasurer Canfor Corp.;
  • John Platt, senior vice president Private Client Research BMO Nesbitt Burns;
  • Murray Reimer, president Reimer Financial Services Inc.;
  • Irene A. Seiferling of H.J. Linnen Associates;
  • Ian Sinclair of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts;
  • Fred Smith of Raymond James;
  • Matthew Varey from Royal Mutual Funds Inc.;
  • David Wood, chief administrative officer of National Bank Financial;
  • Bob Wright, deputy chairman of Teck Cominco; and
  • Terry Wright, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Investors Group.

The initial board also included Oliver, Callbeck, Daniels, Grace, Hockin, Pau, Sinclair, Smith, and Bob and Terry Wright.