LAWRENCE HABER is a private investor, corporate director and former financial  industry executive and former corporate and securities lawyer. 

Mr. Haber is currently a Director and member of the Advisory Board of Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (a Canadian privately owned asset management firm specializing in investing in banks and financial services companies).  Mr. Haber is also currently a member of the Working Group on Financial Literacy (mandated by the Government of Ontario to provide its recommendations to the Ontario Curriculum Council under the auspices of the Ministry of Education).

From November 2005 to February 2009, Mr. Haber was with the DundeeWealth Inc. group of companies, where he held a number of executive and management positions including  Executive Vice-President and Co-Head of Dundee Capital Markets (the capital markets division of DundeeWealth Inc. which included DundeeWealth’s investment banking, equity sales and trading, investment research, foreign exchange and retail fixed income activities), and  Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Dundee Securities Corporation.  As a member of the Dundee executive team Mr. Haber was integrally involved in the planning, execution and implementation of corporate development and strategy, and in the development of new areas of business. He was also responsible for non financial risk management in the firm’s capital markets and retail brokerage operations. 

From January 2001 to July 2005, Mr. Haber was the Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and Governance of National Bank Financial Inc.  At National Bank Financial, Mr. Haber was a member of NBF’s executive team and had a broad range of governance, corporate, management and non financial risk management responsibilities.  At NBF, Mr. Haber’s responsibilities included integral involvement in the planning, execution and implementation of NBF’s corporate development activities, including strategic investments and the development of new lines of business.

At both National Bank Financial and Dundee, Mr. Haber sat on key internal boards and executive and operating committees, and was integrally involved in representing these organizations in their relationships at the senior level  with regulators, self-regulatory organizations and stock exchanges.  At various times, he was a media spokesman, and was responsible for supervising functions as diverse as marketing, communications, public relations, reputational risk management, legal and compliance. 

Prior to 2001, Mr. Haber was a corporate and securities lawyer and partner in the Toronto law firm of Fogler, Rubinoff LLP for fifteen years, where his practice included extensive experience in a wide range of corporate finance,  M & A advisory,  securities regulatory and general corporate and business matters.

Mr. Haber is a past member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission and has served as a director and trustee of several public, private and non-profit companies and agencies, as well as on various securities industry committees. Mr. Haber is also a director of InvestInKids (a non-profit charitable organization), and was a member of the Ontario Advisory Group to Improve Economic and Financial Education in Ontario.

Contact:

Email: lhaber@rogers.blackberry.net