IIAC Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) meets quarterly and is comprised of 15 elected individuals from its Member firms. Board members represent all sectors of Canada’s investment industry, including:

• > Large retail dealers (non-bank owned)
• > Medium retail dealers
• > Small retail dealers
• > Institutional dealers
• > Integrated dealers (including bank-owned)

2019-2020 Board of Directors

Richard Rousseau (Chair) 
Executive Vice-President, Head of Wealth Management, Private Client Group
Raymond James Ltd.
Toronto ON

Benoit Lauzé (Vice-Chair)
Managing Director & Head, Equity Capital Markets – Global Investment Banking
CIBC World Markets Inc.
Toronto ON

Roger Casgrain
Executive Vice-President
Casgrain & Company Limited
Montreal QC

David Cusson
Chief Executive Officer
Echelon Wealth Partners Inc.
Toronto ON

Sean Etherington
President
Assante Wealth Management
Toronto ON

Tim Evans
Managing Director, Products & Services, Wealth Management
Canaccord Genuity Corp.
Toronto ON

Pruyn Haskins
Managing Director and Head, Global Equities
Scotiabank
Toronto ON

Sandra Henderson
Chief Operating Officer
BMO Private Wealth
Toronto ON

Dave Kelly
Senior Vice-President and Head of Private Wealth Management & Financial Planning
TD Wealth
Toronto ON

David Lang
Global Chief Compliance Officer
RBC
Toronto ON

Martin Lavigne
President
National Bank Financial, Wealth Management
Montreal QC

Andrew Marsh
President and Chief Executive Officer
Richardson GMP Limited
Toronto ON

Sylvain Perreault
Chief Compliance Officer
Desjardins Group
Montreal QC

Ian Russell 
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Investment Industry Association of Canada
Toronto ON

Deborah Starkman
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
GMP Securities L.P.
Toronto ON