OSC Announces New Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee Members

TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is pleased to announce the updated membership of the Securities Proceedings Advisory Committee (SPAC).

The SPAC is an advisory committee to the Office of the Secretary, and provides comment and advice on a variety of policy and procedural initiatives relating to proceedings before the Commission’s administrative tribunal. The SPAC consists of 10 to 12 members who are members in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario and who are currently practicing, or have within the last three years practiced, in the area of securities litigation. Members serve three-year terms.

The Office of the Secretary would like to thank the SPAC members whose terms expired in January 2018 for their time, expertise and valuable contributions:

Wendy Berman	Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Alexander Cobb	Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Emily Cole	Miller Thomson LLP
Linda Fuerst	Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Paul Le Vay	Stockwoods LLP
Melissa MacKewn	Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP
Janice Wright	Wright Temelini LLP

New incoming members are:

Daniel Bach	Siskinds LLP
Susan Kushneryk	Hansell LLP
Ryan Morris	Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Bruce O’Toole	Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP
Laura Paglia	Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Continuing members are:

Andrea Burke	Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Andrew Gray	Torys LLP
Jessica Kimmel	Goodmans LLP
Shara Roy	Lenczner Slaght LLP
Usman Sheikh	Gowling WLG

Staff of the Enforcement Branch of the Commission are members of the SPAC:

Johanna Superina	Deputy Director
Matthew Britton	Acting Manager
Yvonne Chisholm	Senior Litigation Counsel, JSOT

Staff of the Office of the Secretary are members of the SPAC:

Grace Knakowski	Secretary to the Commission, (Chair of SPAC)
Robert Blair	Manager, Adjudication Legal Services
Carolyn Slon	Senior Legal Counsel (secretary to SPAC)

Additional information about the SPAC, including its mandate is available on the OSC’s website.

The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices and to foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets. Investors are urged to check the registration of any persons or company offering an investment opportunity and to review the OSC investor materials available at www.osc.ca.

 

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