Michèle D. McCarthy, LLB

Michèle D. McCarthy LLB, is a legal expert with significant experience in leading and implementing strategic acquisitions in the financial services industry and managing change within an organization. Since October 2003, she has been running her own law practice, McCarthyLaw, which provides a Virtual General Counsel service to medium sized hedge funds, mutual funds, reporting issuers and Schedule II and III banks. In 2002 and 2003, she was a Consultant on the Corporate Reorganization of UBS Bank (Canada) and was responsible for establishing UBS AG Canada Branch. Prior to that she was the Chief Legal Officer, Director & Corporate Secretary for Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, Deutsche Bank Canada (DBC), Deutsche Bank Securities Limited (DBSL) and subsidiaries and from 1983 – 1997 she was a lawyer and then partner with Fraser & Beatty, the predecessor firm to Fraser, Milner Casgrain LLP.  Michèle has expertise in Canadian and U.S. regulatory, compliance and corporate governance matters and is fluent in English and French.

Michèle is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Port Authority and a member of the Small Business Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission. From 1997 to 2005, she was a Trustee of Trinity College (University of Toronto). She is also a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Education: University of Toronto’s Rotman School/Institute of Corporate Directors: Director’s Education Course.  Certified as ICD.D 2004. LLM in Securities Law (pending) - Osgoode Hall, Toronto (Part-Time Program) 2004-2006. Admission to the Ontario Bar 1986. LLB - Osgoode Hall, Toronto 1984.  MA (Political Science) - University of Windsor 1981. B.A. (Honours) - University of Toronto (Trinity College) 1979.

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