Jeffrey MacIntosh received a B.Sc. from M.I.T. in 1975, a LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1981, and a LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1982. After teaching for one year at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1982-83, Professor MacIntosh moved to the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1987 and full Professor in 1995. He served as Toronto Stock Exchange Professor of Capital Markets from 1999 to 2020. Professor MacIntosh was a member of the Ontario Securities Commission Task Force on Small Business Financing which delivered its final report in 1996. In 1999, Professor MacIntosh was appointed Associate Director of the Capital Markets Institute at the University of Toronto, a joint venture between the Faculty of Law and the Rotman School of Management, and served as Director in 2001-02.  In addition, Professor MacIntosh spent one year (1987-88) as John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics at Yale Law School. Professor MacIntosh has written extensively on various topics related to corporate and securities law, including minority shareholder rights, the oppression remedy, fiduciary duties, takeover bids, corporate governance, and the choice of jurisdiction of incorporation. More recently, Professor MacIntosh's writings have focused on financing small, high technology companies, with a particular focus on venture capital and on high frequency trading.

Hema Barkhouse is a Finance Executive with over 25 years of experience within retail, consumer packaged goods, telecom and financial services industries. She has held executive roles in some of Canada’s largest publicly traded companies including Loblaw Companies, George Weston, Bell Canada and Canadian Tire Corporation. Ms. Barkhouse has extensive experience in internal and external financial reporting, FP&A, accounting policy, risk management and controls. She is currently the Vice President, Accounting and Controls at Canadian Tire.

Ms. Barkhouse has been involved with various initiatives throughout her career, including volunteering on a Diversity and Inclusion council and Talent committee.
 
Ms. Barkhouse has a CPA, CA designation from PwC and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University.

Brendan Caldwell is the President & CEO of Caldwell Investment Management Ltd (“CIM”). The mutual funds for which Brendan acted as lead portfolio manager have won 5 Lipper Awards for CIM in recent years.  He is also co-portfolio manager of Caldwell’s major exchange related investments, including Urbana Corporation and the Caldwell Growth Opportunities Trust.
Brendan earned his B.Sc. from Trinity College at the University of Toronto in 1991 and his M.A. in English Literature from the University of London, England, in 1992. Brendan has held his Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) designation since 1995.

Prior to joining Caldwell in 1995, Brendan worked for a major Canadian mutual fund company and then a bank-controlled investment dealer. His securities exchange memberships have included Toronto, New York, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Kansas City Board of Trade and the American Stock Exchange (AMEX).

Brendan is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and a member of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts, as well as the CFA Institute. Often interviewed for his insights into current economic issues and in regards to Caldwell’s role as an active investor in global securities exchanges, Brendan is a regular financial commentator and an industry consultant on numerous media outlets.

Brendan is a past Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Trustee of the Bishop Strachan School and of Wycliffe College, University of Toronto and member of the Campaign Cabinet for Neshama Playground, Canada’s first accessible playground for children with all abilities. He is a member of the Church of The Messiah, the Corporation of Trinity College and the Upper Canada College Council of 1829. Brendan is a Director of the Caldwell Foundation whose activities included a partnership with We Charity (a.k.a. Free the Children) to create a base for building schools in Rajasthan, India. Brendan received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for his long record of philanthropy and volunteer service.

Married to Sandra since 1993, Brendan and his wife are the parents of four children. Brendan’s favorite ways to relax are sailing his Nonsuch “Pendragon” on Lake Ontario, Italian rapier fencing, and planting an arboretum in Fairvalley, Ontario.

Lori has more than 30 years of financial, human resources and technology experience and has held roles at CIBC, TD Bank, and BMO. Although now retired, most recently she was Senior Vice-President of Strategic Planning & Operational Effectiveness at Morneau Shepell (now Telus Health), a leading provider of technology-enabled HR and mental health services. Previous to this role Lori held a number of executive positions where she was accountable for strategy, governance, project management, change management, human resources, operations and technology.

Lori consistently volunteers in her community and is a member of several non-profit Boards and advisory committees. She holds a B.A. in Industrial Relations from McGill University and a MBA from McMaster University. She has been awarded her ICD.D designation and is currently enrolled in the Global ESG Competent Boards Certificate Program and will obtain her GCB.D designation later this year.