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Commission Members
The following individuals currently serve
as members of the Commission.
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W. DAVID WILSON
Chair
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David Wilson became Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission on November 1, 2005, following an extensive 35-year career in Canada's securities and banking industry.
Prior to his appointment for a five-year term as OSC Chair, Mr. Wilson was Vice Chair of the Bank of Nova Scotia and Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Scotia Capital in Toronto. He was responsible for all of Scotiabank's global wholesale banking activities, which included its corporate, institutional and government relationships on a global basis. Previously, Mr. Wilson held a variety of senior management positions with Scotiabank in the areas of investment banking, retail brokerage and corporate finance. He began his career as a financial analyst and in 1971 joined McLeod Young Weir, a predecessor firm to Scotia Capital.
During his career, Mr. Wilson has been actively involved in securities regulatory matters in Ontario and across Canada. He was Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA), a national self-regulatory organization (SRO), in 1996-1997. He was a founding Director of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA), a SRO for the mutual fund industry, from 1997 to 1998. From 2001 to 2003, he served on the Ontario government's Five Year Review Committee, which reviewed the content of the Ontario Securities Act. Since 2003, he has been advising the Government of Ontario on its work toward the establishment of a common securities regulator for Canada.
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Appointed: November 2005
Term Expires: November 2010
Committees:
• Governance and Nominating Committee (ex officio)
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Investment Banking
• Retail and Institutional Investment
• Finance
Education:
• B.Comm, University of Toronto
• MBA, York University
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LAWRENCE E. RITCHIE
Vice-Chair
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| Lawrence E. Ritchie , a former partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto, was a litigator for nearly 20 years, specializing in general corporate, securities and commercial litigation. He was also cross-appointed to the firm’s Pensions & Benefits Department. His practice included a range of corporate governance, securities, pension, and general corporate and commercial civil litigation before the courts and before administrative tribunals. Mr. Ritchie had also acted for defendants in numerous class action proceedings. Mr. Ritchie participated in a secondment to the enforcement branch of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) in 1993, where he served as enforcement counsel. Upon return to his law firm, he acted for OSC enforcement staff, as well as securities dealers, brokers, promoters, public issuers, officers and directors and other securities market participants, in a wide range of securities-related proceedings. He advised public corporations and other securities-related participants, their officers and directors relating to internal and regulatory investigations, and reputational risk management. In addition to his securities regulatory practice, he acted in numerous private securities disputes and proceedings, including those relating to shareholder rights and remedies, private company disputes and corporate governance issues before the Courts and in ADR forums. Mr. Ritchie has been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada and Lexpert. |
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Appointed: February 2007
Term Expires: February 2012
Committees:
• Adjudicative Committee
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Legal
• Litigation / Adjudication
• Administrative Law
Education:
• BA, University of Western Ontario
• LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School
• LLM, London School of Economics |
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JAMES E. A. TURNER
Vice-Chair
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James E. A. Turner, prior to joining the Commission, was a senior partner with Torys LLP. Mr. Turner has over 30 years of legal experience, specializing in corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. He has advised numerous public companies and boards of directors in connection with governance matters, fiduciary duties, public takeover bids and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Turner is a former General Counsel of the Ontario Securities Commission (1987/88). He is recognized internationally as a leading practitioner in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and securities law. He has been a speaker and panellist at numerous seminars, conferences and law school classes.
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Appointed: February 2007
Term Expires: March 2012
Committees:
• Adjudicative Committee
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Legal
Education:
• BA, University of Western Ontario
• LLB, University of Western Ontario |
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MARY G. CONDON BA, MA, LLM, SJD
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| Professor Mary G. Condon teaches securities law at Osgoode Hall Law School, and also directs and teaches in its part-time LLM program specializing in securities law. In winter 2009, she was the visiting Owen Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia and Co-Director of the National Centre for Business Law. She is co-author of Business Organizations: Principles, Policies and Practice (2007) and Securities Law in Canada: Cases and Commentary (2005). Her book entitled Making Disclosure: Ideas and Interests in Ontario Securities Regulation was published by University of Toronto Press in 1998. She is also the author of articles, book chapters and commentaries on topics related to securities regulation and pension policy and has presented conference papers and given invited lectures nationally and internationally. She has prepared research and policy papers for the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions, the Task Force to Modernize Securities Regulation (with Poonam Puri), the Department of Finance (Wise Persons’ Committee) and the Law Commission of Canada (with Lisa Philipps). She is a member of the Bar of Ontario. |
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Appointed: April 2008
Term Expires: April 2010
Committees:
• Adjudicative Committee
Current Directorships:
• Board of Trustees, York University Pension Fund
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Legal
Education:
• BA, Trinity College, Dublin
• MA, University of Toronto
• LLM and SJD, University of Toronto
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MARGOT C. HOWARD, CFA, MBA
Chair, Human Resources and Compensation Committee
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| Margot C. Howard is a Chartered Financial Analyst with over twenty years of investment management experience and extensive knowledge of the Canadian capital markets. She began her career with McLeod Young Weir in 1985. Most recently, she was a portfolio manager with AMI Partners. Prior to that, Ms. Howard held senior positions with C.A. Delaney Capital Management Ltd. and Scotia McLeod Inc. Ms. Howard is an active member of Women in Capital Markets and is on the board of the Peter Gzowski Foundation for Literacy. |
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Appointed: December 2006
Reappointed: December 2008
Term Expires: December 2011
Committees:
• Audit and Finance Committee
• Human Resources and Compensation Committee (Chair)
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Retail and Institutional Investment
Education:
• BA, York University
• MBA, University of Western Ontario
• CFA, CFA Institute
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KEVIN J. KELLY
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| Kevin J. Kelly has over thirty years of senior experience in the North American capital markets and financial services industry. He has served as President and Co-CEO of Wellington West Capital Inc., President of Fidelity Brokerage Company based in Boston, President of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Co., President and CEO of Fidelity Investments Canada Ltd., and President and CEO of Bimcor Inc. Prior to holding these positions, Mr. Kelly served in senior management positions at Investment Corporation, Midland Walwyn Capital, Inc., and Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. |
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Appointed: December 2006
Reappointed: December 2008
Term Expires: December 2011
Committees:
• Audit and Finance Committee
• Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Current Directorships:
• Chair, Canada-US Fulbright Foundation
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Investment Management
• Retail and Institutional Investment
• Investment Banking
• Finance
Education:
• B.Comm., Dalhousie University
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PAULETTE L. KENNEDY, CA
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| Paulette L. Kennedy is a chartered accountant with over 30 years financial and management experience. A chartered accountant since 1979, Paulette has held senior management positions at Ford Motor Company of Canada, Sun Life Financial, Sobeys Inc. and AEGON Canada. Areas of responsibility have included taxation and trade, accounting and financial reporting, financial management, internal auditing and corporate governance. Paulette has experience in IFRS reporting and the implementation of internal control attestations. Paulette has been a member of the board of directors of financial services and mutual fund management companies. She is currently a member of the business board of the University of Toronto and vice chair of their audit committee. |
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Appointed: April 2008
Term Expires: April 2010
Committees:
• Audit and Finance Committee
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Audit
• Accounting
• Financial Management
Education:
• BComm, McMaster University
• Chartered Accountant
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DAVID L. KNIGHT
Lead Director
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| David L. Knight was a partner in the accounting firm KPMG LLP (Canada) or its predecessor firm, Peat Marwick, for 30 years. For most of that time, he was a Vice-Chairman. Mr. Knight became a Chartered Accountant in 1962. He was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1985 in recognition of his professional accomplishments and service to the accounting profession and society. During his 46-year career in public accounting, Mr. Knight chaired committees and task forces which dealt with a wide range of matters including professional standards-setting, partnership governance, risk management, computer technology in auditing, and quality review of professional work. Mr. Knight has a long history of volunteer board-level involvement with health care organizations, including the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, where he served as National Chair for two years. In 2002, he was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of his community service. |
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Appointed: August 2004
Re-appointed: June 2007
Term Expires: June 2010
Committees:
• Governance and Nominating Committee
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Accounting
• Auditing
Education:
• CA |
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PATRICK J. LeSAGE, Q.C.
Chair, Adjudicative Committee
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| Patrick J. LeSage is a former Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario. During his 29-year career on the bench, he presided over some of Canada’s most publicized and complex cases. He began his career as a Crown Attorney in the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, where he rose to the position of Director of Crown Attorneys for Ontario. Appointed to the County and District Court in 1975, he became Associate Chief Judge of that Court in 1983. In 1994 he became Associate Chief Justice and in 1996 was appointed Chief Justice of what is now the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario. He held that position until September 2002, when he became a Senior Resident at Massey College, University of Toronto. Mr. LeSage is currently a member of the Advocacy Law Group at Gowling Lafleur Henderson in Toronto. |
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Appointed: December 2005
Reappointed: December 2008
Term Expires: February 2011
Committees:
• Adjudicative Committee (Chair)
• Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Current Directorships:
• Board of Governors, York University
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Legal
• Adjudication
• Administrative Law
Education:
• B.Comm., University of Ottawa
• LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School |
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CAROL S. PERRY
Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee
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| Carol Perry is a former investment banker with more than 35 years of business experience. During her twenty year career in the investment industry she held senior investment banking positions with major Canadian firms, including CIBC World Markets and RBC Capital Markets, and started her own boutique financial advisory firm in 2000. Her public service and regulatory experience includes having served as a director and Audit Committee Chair of the Independent Electricity Market Operator. Ms. Perry is a former Chair of St. Joseph’s Health Centre Board of Directors and is an active member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, currently serving on its Marketing and Membership Committee. |
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Appointed: February 2005
Re-appointed: February 2008
Term Expires: February 2011
Committees:
• Audit and Finance Committee
• Governance and Nominating Committee (chair)
Current Directorships:
• Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Professional / Industry Experience:
• Finance
• Investment Banking
Education:
• B. Engineering Science (Electrical), University of Western Ontario
• MBA, University of Toronto
• ICD.D, Directors Education Program, Rotman/ICD Corporate Governance College
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