Raymond James leader named new IIROC chair

Regulator announces 2018-19 board

Raymond James leader named new IIROC chair
Steve Randall

The chairman and CEO of Raymond James has been elected to chair the investment industry’s regulator.

Paul Allison will chair IIROC for 2018-19 having also been re-elected to its board for a new 2-year term. He has served on the board since 2013.

“As we welcome our new Directors, we also want to recognize the long-standing service and contributions of our outgoing Chair, Marianne Harris,” Mr. Allison said.

Vice-chair is corporate director Catherine Smith who has been an IIROC board member since 2012 and was also among the seven directors re-elected at the September 26 meeting.

New members joining the regulator’s board are Jos Schmitt, one of the founders and President & CEO of the Aequitas NEO Exchange; and FCAC Commissioner Lucie Tedesco.

They replace the outgoing Thomas Wittman and Marianne Harris.

“The breadth of experience brought by our Board members will help guide our work as a public-interest regulator in a rapidly changing environment,” said IIROC President and CEO, Andrew J. Kriegler.  

The new IIROC board
Seven Directors were re-elected to serve on the Board for two-year terms:

  • Paul Allison (Dealer Director), Chairman and CEO, Raymond James Ltd.
  • Jean-Paul Bachellerie (Dealer Director), President and COO, PI Financial Corp.
  • James Donegan (Independent Director), Co-Founder and Managing Partner, AGAWA Partners
  • Edward Iacobucci (Independent Director), Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
  • Gerry O’Mahoney (Independent Director), Principal and Founder, Tralee Capital Markets
  • Luc Paiement (Dealer Director), Executive Advisor to the President and CEO, National Bank of Canada
  • Catherine Smith (Independent Director), Corporate Director

Five Directors will continue to serve the second year of their two-year terms:

  • Rita Achrekar (Dealer Director), Senior Vice-President of Compliance, Scotiabank
  • Holly Benson (Dealer Director), Vice-President, Finance and CFO, Peters & Co. Limited
  • Michèle Colpron (Independent Director), Corporate Director
  • Luc Fortin (Marketplace Director), President and CEO, Montreal Exchange and Global Head of Trading, TMX Group
  • Brian Heidecker (Independent Director), Corporate Director

 

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